3,500-Year-Old Gold Jewels Found on Aegina May Unlock a Mystery in the British Museum
A group of 3,500-year-old gold jewels unearthed on the Greek island of Aegina may offer something that one of the British Museum’s most enigmatic Bronze…
Zack Rafiel
The Vestal Virgins Held Extraordinary Power but Lived Under Rome’s Absolute Control
At the eastern edge of the Roman Forum, a small fire carried the symbolic weight of an empire. Its flames belonged to Vesta, goddess of…
Ancient Cave Paintings in Thailand Reveal Monkeys, Wild Cattle and a Child’s Handprint
A newly documented group of ancient cave paintings in Thailand depicts monkeys, wild cattle and the handprints of an adult and a child. Overlapping images…
The Ancient Egyptian Shipwreck That Showed Herodotus Got a 2,500-Year-Old Detail Right
For centuries, one of Herodotus’ most detailed passages about ancient Egypt presented historians with a problem. The Greek writer described an unusual Nile cargo boat…
Excavations Begin at Hadrianoi, the Hidden Roman City in Türkiye
A monumental building has begun to emerge at Hadrianoi, a hidden Roman city on the southern slopes of Mount Uludağ in northwestern Türkiye. Archaeologists say…
2,400-Year-Old Iberian Statue Head Found Built Into a Roman Granary in Spain
The nearly life-size limestone head may once have belonged to an Iberian funerary monument associated with elite identity. Centuries later, it was stripped of its…
A 2,400-Year-Old Etruscan Tomb Echoed Like a Cathedral and May Have Altered the Senses
Anyone descending into the Etruscan Tomb of the Blue Demons would have left daylight behind and entered a chamber of flickering illumination, distorted voices and…
A Second 4,600-Year-Old Game Found at Iran’s Burnt City Has No Surviving Board
Archaeologists at Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran’s ancient Burnt City, have uncovered a second 4,600-year-old game, but unlike the famous gaming set discovered there nearly half a…
3,000-Year-Old Stone Grave Shaped Like a Ship Discovered in Sweden
Archaeologists in southern Sweden have uncovered a prehistoric burial site where stones were arranged to form the outline of a small ship. No actual vessel…