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An Iron Age well in southern England still bears an unusual repair: a wooden shovel blade used to support its damaged side. It is one of five remarkably preserved wooden…
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…
A mysterious gold object from a 3,000-year-old grave in Germany has taken an unexpected turn in the hands of conservators. What archaeologists initially suspected might…
An Old Kingdom tomb near King Merenre’s pyramid has revealed unusual objects that archaeologists cannot yet fully explain. The discoveries, including two wooden figures and…
Two remarkably preserved skeletons from China reveal an armored amphibian that lived permanently in the ocean 237 million years ago. The discovery challenges a long-standing…
Nearly 4,000 years ago, a dog walked across a wet mudbrick in western Anatolia, leaving paw prints that would survive for millennia. Archaeologists have now…
An early clay sculpture of a woman believed to have taken part in rituals has been recovered from a fifth-century tomb in Gunma. The find…
