Exploration goes beyond the pursuit of knowledge
In Berlin, researchers have virtually “unrolled” an ancient Buddhist prayer scroll that had remained sealed for centuries. Scientists at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin used advanced 3D X-ray…
Archaeological excavations at Sardis Ancient City have uncovered the remains of a Lydian palace dating back to the 8th century BCE. This historic site, recognized…
As the first light of dawn turned the Sussex coastline to gold, the quiet atop Highdown Hill was broken only by the soft scrape of…
A new species of toothed whale that roamed the seas off Australia 26 million years ago has been brought to light. Named Janjucetus dullardi, this…
After eight years of continuous excavations, archaeologists from the University of Alicante have uncovered a monumental 1,300-square-meter bath complex in the ancient Roman colony of…
Archaeologists in southwestern Turkey have traced the origins of Çaltılar Höyük (Çaltılar Mound) back to a marshside community in the Late Chalcolithic, evolving through multiple…
A newly uncovered funerary inscription, engraved horizontally in Pahlavi script on a rock face beside an ossuary, has been found at the renowned necropolis of…
New research into a spectacular Viking-Age silver hoard uncovered in North Yorkshire has reshaped our understanding of Viking wealth, revealing that much of it came…
Scientists have identified a deadly prehistoric plague strain in an animal for the first time – a 4,000-year-old domesticated sheep from the Eurasian Steppe –…
