Rare Gold Fittings Found in 1,000-Year-Old Elite Grave at Undisclosed Site in Hungary
Rare gold fittings discovered at an undisclosed site in Hungary have been linked to an elite burial from the Hungarian Conquest period more than 1,000…
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A Minoan Ritual Inscription from Crete May Preserve an Early Name Linked to Dionysus
A tiny stone object discovered at a Minoan sanctuary on Crete may preserve something far more significant than its size suggests: a ritual invocation containing…
Beyond Göbekli Tepe’s Giant Pillars, Archaeologists May Have Found 10,000-Year-Old Homes
Göbekli Tepe is known around the world for its giant T-shaped pillars and monumental buildings. But new excavations may have uncovered 10,000-year-old homes, offering a…
Athens Reveals a 60-Room Roman Complex Above an Even Older Defensive Ditch
Beneath a major avenue in central Athens lies an extraordinary sequence of the city’s past: a sprawling Roman complex with more than 60 rooms, built…
Nearly 180 Ancient Coins Trace Hunnic and Turkic Rule From Central Asia to India
Ancient coins preserved in a major Vienna numismatic project offer an unusually detailed view of the rulers who controlled parts of Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan…
2,000-Year-Old Leather “Mouse” Comes Out of Storage at Roman Vindolanda
A tiny piece of leather cut into the shape of a mouse has emerged from the vast collections of Roman Vindolanda, offering an unusual glimpse…
A Turquoise Mosaic Skull Spent 60 Years in Europe. Researchers Now Want to Know Who He Was
A human skull covered with turquoise, shell, jadeite and rock crystal spent six decades in a museum in the Netherlands. Now back in Mexico, it…
A 545-Year-Old Tsunami May Explain the Destruction of Patara’s Roman Lighthouse
Patara’s Roman Lighthouse stood at the entrance to one of ancient Lycia’s most important harbors for more than a thousand years. A new study now…
Archaeologists Trace Lost Royal Guesthouse Linked to Queen Isabella at Spain’s Guadalupe Monastery
Archaeologists working at the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe in western Spain have uncovered remains of a lost royal guesthouse that disappeared in…