Exploration goes beyond the pursuit of knowledge
A roughly 1,700-year-old curse tablet from ancient Antioch called upon Iao—the Greek form of the divine name Yahweh—to attack an ordinary greengrocer named Babylas. Inscribed…
Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Apollonia on Libya’s eastern coast have brought a rare Greek hippodrome back into view, while also identifying a…
Iran has nominated the Cultural Landscape of Alamut and its related fortifications for UNESCO World Heritage status, seeking international recognition for one of the most…
Nearly 4,000 years ago, Egyptian princesses trained with bows and daggers, a new study of skeletal remains from Dahshur suggests. The women were buried with…
A remarkably rare Bronze Age sword has been recovered from the seabed at the protected Salcombe wreck sites off the coast of Devon in south-west…
Archaeologists working in Agrigento, Sicily, have uncovered a polychrome geometric mosaic and a group of objects linked to the city’s early Christian community. The discoveries…
A miniature Celtic bronze duck more than 2,000 years old has been discovered near the village of Tučín in Moravia, in the eastern Czech Republic.…
Archaeologists excavating a courtyard in central Tallinn have discovered a 14th-century lead seal issued under Pope Clement V. It is the first papal seal ever…
A 4,000-year-old communal tomb in Al Ain has been found containing the remains of hundreds of people. Discovered at the Qattarah Necropolis in the United…
