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A Tiny Lead Venus Changes the Story of a Roman Village Near Ancient Aquincum
For four years, archaeologists excavating a Roman village northwest of ancient Aquincum have been reconstructing the practical side of life there through houses, pottery, tools and traces of everyday work. This season, they found something the site had not produced before. A small lead figurine…
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What Did People Sleep On 2,000 Years Ago? Graves in Poland May Hold the Answer
What did a comfortable bed look like nearly 2,000 years ago in northern Europe? An unusual discovery inside ancient graves in Poland may offer part of the answer. Archaeologists studying organic remains from the vast cemetery at Czarnówko in northern Poland have identified traces of…
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First In Situ Defensive Wall Discovered at the Phrygian Midas Fortress in Türkiye
Archaeologists working at Yazılıkaya, also known as Midas Fortress, in central Türkiye have uncovered a substantial section of an ancient defensive wall still standing in its original position. Researchers already knew that fortifications once surrounded parts of the Phrygian stronghold. Cuttings and wall beds carved…
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A Roman Temple at Blaundos Was Built Inside a Sacred Space Centuries Older Than Itself
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Blaundos in western Türkiye have uncovered a 250-meter-long enclosure wall that shows the city’s North Temple was built inside a sacred precinct already centuries old. The North Temple dates to roughly 1,900 years ago, but the wall surrounding its…
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10,500-Year-Old Wooden Remains Found 20 Meters Beneath a German Lake
Deep beneath a lake in northern Germany, archaeologists have found remarkably preserved wooden remains dating back some 10,500 years. The discovery could provide rare evidence of how Mesolithic hunter-gatherers built and organized the places where they lived. The wooden remains were discovered in Lake Arendsee…
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A Christian Church Was Built Around a Mysterious Life-Size Figure in Ancient Sudan
On a granite hill overlooking the Nile’s Third Cataract in northern Sudan, archaeologists are reconstructing the history of a remarkable site. At its center stands the ruin of a seventh-century Christian church built around a much older, life-size human figure carved into the rock. The…
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13,000-Year-Old Spear Points Reveal How Ice Age Hunters Learned an Unfamiliar Land
At the end of the last Ice Age, people moving through the Tennessee River Valley faced a challenge that went far beyond finding food. They also had to learn an unfamiliar landscape — where rivers led, where animals moved and where the stone needed to…
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Perfectly Preserved Bronze Age Sword Found Beneath an Italian Lake
A perfectly preserved Late Bronze Age sword has been discovered beneath the waters of Lake Mezzano in central Italy, adding a striking new find to one of the region’s most important submerged prehistoric settlements. The weapon was recovered from the lake’s southern shore near Valentano,…
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Giant Stone Spheres Hidden in a Bosnian Forest Defy an Easy Explanation
Deep in the forests around Zavidovići in Bosnia and Herzegovina, enormous stone spheres emerge from stream beds, slopes and layers of earth. Some are almost perfectly rounded, giving them an appearance that can seem more engineered than geological. Around 60 stone spheres have been recorded…