Satellite Images Reveal 260 Unknown Monumental Tombs in Africa’s Atbai Desert
Between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea, hundreds of monumental tombs in the Atbai Desert have endured for millennia in a landscape often treated…
Zack Rafiel
One of Anatolia’s Oldest Painted Caves Discovered in Malatya’s Tohma Canyon
A prehistoric cave discovered in Tohma Canyon in Malatya, eastern Türkiye, may rank among the oldest and richest painted caves known in Anatolia. Initial surveys…
A 2,700-Year-Old Figurine from Guatemala May Preserve Mesoamerica’s Earliest Numbers
Mesoamerica’s earliest numbers may have survived on something far smaller than a monument. A fragmentary ceramic figurine found at La Blanca, on Guatemala’s Pacific coast,…
Ancient Oracle and Freedom Inscription Found at Termessos, Turkey’s Mountain City Above Antalya
High above Antalya, among the rugged slopes of southern Turkey, Termessos has always carried the image of a city that refused to bend. Newly examined…
A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Makeup Box from Munigua Blends Beauty with Memory After Death
A small bronze makeup box from the Roman city of Munigua in southern Spain brings an unusually intimate detail into view: the daily act of…
Sealed Cave Near Haifa Preserves 300,000-Year-Old Traces of Early Humans
A sealed prehistoric cave near Fureidis, south of Haifa, is giving archaeologists a rare chance to study human life in the Levant around 300,000 years…
A Building Older Than Hadrian’s Villa Has Been Found at Villa Adriana
Archaeologists working at Villa Adriana have uncovered a structure that may predate one of the Roman world’s most famous imperial residences. The newly identified underground…
Rock Inscriptions Bearing Caliph Umar’s Name Found in Saudi Arabia’s Medina Region
Rock inscriptions bearing the name of Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab have been documented in Saudi Arabia’s Medina region, in a discovery that adds a rare…
100,000-Year-Old Teeth from a Polish Cave Reveal Central Europe’s Oldest Neanderthal Genetic Group
A few ancient teeth from a cave in southern Poland have given researchers a rare genetic portrait of Neanderthals who lived north of the Carpathians…