A Tiny Badge Lost in a Finnish Field Belongs to One of the Rarest Medieval Pilgrimage Finds
A medieval pilgrim badge found in a field in South-West Finland has been identified as part of one of the rarest known groups of devotional…
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2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Stele Discovered at the Sun Gate of Ancient Nineveh
A stone monument has been uncovered at Bab Shamash, the ancient Sun Gate of Nineveh, where people once passed into one of the most powerful…
One-of-a-Kind Anglo-Saxon Die Stamp Found in Kent May Reveal a Lost Elite Craft in England
A one-of-a-kind Anglo-Saxon die stamp found in Kent may preserve rare evidence for the making of elite warrior equipment in early medieval England. The small…
Unique 2,500-Year-Old Bronze Ritual Cart with Achelous Found at Casas del Turuñuelo
A small bronze cart, broken in half and buried for nearly 2,500 years, has become the latest surprise from Casas del Turuñuelo, the Tartessian site…
Archaeologists Return to Scotland’s Largest Pictish Fort, a Burned Power Base on the Moray Firth
Archaeologists are returning to Burghead, the largest known Pictish fort in Scotland and one of the most important early medieval strongholds in northern Britain. The…
A Tiny Shrine to Minerva Was Carved Into a Roman Quarry in Spain 1,800 Years Ago
A Roman quarry in central Spain has yielded an unusually intimate trace of worship: a tiny rock-cut shrine to Minerva, carved directly into the same…
Five-Ton Roman Sarcophagus Found Sealed Beneath Cavtat After 1,500 Years
A five-ton Roman sarcophagus discovered beneath Cavtat, Croatia, was found still closed, sealed with lime mortar, and untouched after more than 1,500 years. The stone…
Broken Ribs on a 6,000-Year-Old Infant Skeleton Reveal a Dark Side of Early Urban Life
A 6,000-year-old infant skeleton from Tell Brak in northeastern Syria has revealed one of the rarest traces of violence against a child in prehistoric archaeology.…
Offerings Buried With the Llullaillaco Maiden Reveal When the Famous Inca Child Was Sacrificed
Frozen near the summit of a volcano, the Llullaillaco Maiden has looked almost untouched by time for more than 500 years. Now, maize, cassava and…