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Scientists have failed to find a geological match for Stonehenge’s six-tonne Altar Stone among the Scottish sandstone formations examined so far. Although research published in 2024 pointed to northeastern Scotland…
DNA recovered from a 30,000-year-old woman in southwestern France has revealed unexpected genetic connections between Ice Age populations previously considered largely separate. Her ancestry suggests…
Archaeologists investigating a 1596 Ottoman battlefield in Hungary have discovered a Bronze Age hoard more than 3,000 years old. The find at Mezőkeresztes includes a…
An adult buried in a seated position inside a narrow, well-like grave and a human-shaped menhir are among the discoveries at a Neolithic cemetery near…
The horses and wild cattle engraved on the rocks of Portugal’s Côa Valley have survived for thousands of years as outlines carved into stone. But…
A 1,400-year-old lead seal discovered on a tiny island off Croatia’s Adriatic coast bears the name of a bishop missing from surviving historical records. Polish…
Archaeologists excavating the historic port city of Nagapattinam in southern India have discovered a bronze statue of Shiva performing his cosmic dance. The four-armed sculpture…
Excavations at the ancient city of Manduria in southern Italy have uncovered a 2,300-year-old Messapian tomb containing two inscriptions and painted images associated with religious…
A newly discovered inscription near Naqsh-e Rostam in southern Iran offers a glimpse into an ancient Zoroastrian burial tradition in which human bones were preserved…
Two human-faced stone figures discovered in Jordan’s southeastern desert stood at the center of an unusual Neolithic ritual complex associated with large-scale gazelle hunting. Dating…
Archaeologists discovered the remains of a lamb or young goat beside a Celtic woman buried in Bavaria around 250 BCE. Her grave also contained elaborate…
A sealed Roman-era child’s sarcophagus discovered in Constanța, Romania, has preserved clay toys, bronze amulets, floral decorations, and the remains of a wooden coffin. Dating…
Archaeologists investigating Latvia’s Lake Indzers have recovered a prehistoric fishing spear that may be thousands of years older than a nearby island settlement. Their excavations…
