Exploration goes beyond the pursuit of knowledge
The first archaeological excavation at the Pilatsch Slavic stronghold in eastern Germany has uncovered evidence that people used the site long before its medieval defenses…
Archaeologists excavating the Inca site of Wancasanga in northern Peru have uncovered evidence of an Inca closing ritual in which a doorway was deliberately sealed.…
A giant 6,000-year-old pottery kiln unearthed at Ursoaia in north-eastern Romania is revealing just how large and technically sophisticated ceramic production had become in prehistoric…
A female marble statue found at Mozia in the summer of 2025 has given Sicily’s famous marble Youth an unexpected companion 46 years after his…
Exploratory drilling in Austria’s prehistoric Hallstatt salt mine has identified an extensive Iron Age mining complex made up of enormous chambers arranged beside and above…
For generations, Troy’s story has centered on destruction—war, fire, earthquake and the collapse of the Bronze Age city immortalized in Homer’s Iliad. Troy’s oldest agora,…
Divers surveying the seabed off Cromer on England’s Norfolk coast have documented stone structures associated with the submerged medieval town of Shipden. The work may…
A 14th-century Byzantine gold seal ring associated with southern Bulgaria preserves more than the name of an aristocratic woman. Inscribed for “sevasta Maria Skulena,” the…
An enamelled Roman sword fitting has emerged from a second-century layer at Roman Vindolanda, the frontier fort near Hadrian’s Wall in northern England. Although small…
