Lost Roman Gold Mines Revealed in Spain’s Pyrenees After Nearly 1,800 Years
Roman gold mines do not always reveal themselves through glittering treasure. In Spain’s Eastern Pyrenees, their traces survived in a quieter form: river terraces, carved…
Zack Rafiel
Jerusalem Researchers Look Behind Ancient Bullae to Reveal What They Once Sealed
Ancient bullae from Jerusalem are usually studied for the seal impressions on their front faces. But a new research project is turning them over. On…
Roman-Era Tomb of an Elite Woman Discovered in Turkey’s Ancient Lycian City of Olympos
A monumental tomb uncovered in the ancient city of Olympos on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast is offering a rare look at how one elite woman was…
Long-Lost Fragment of Zeugma’s “Gypsy Girl” Mosaic Returns to Turkey from the United States
The Gypsy Girl mosaic, one of Turkey’s most recognizable ancient artworks, has gained another missing fragment after a panel linked to the Roman composition from…
1,100-Year-Old Abbasid Gold Treasure Unearthed Along Saudi Arabia’s Ancient Hajj Route
A glittering set of gold jewelry, buried or lost more than 1,100 years ago, has emerged from the sands of central Saudi Arabia, offering a…
100,000-Year-Old Burned Human Bones in Ethiopia May Reveal Earliest Trace of Cremation
On a floodplain in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift, early Homo sapiens left behind stone tools, animal bones and human remains that open an unusually close window…
Lost Apollo Sanctuary in Cyprus Reveals 2,500-Year-Old Offerings Still Standing Where Worshippers Left Them
For more than a century, the Sanctuary of Apollo at Frangissa survived mostly as an old archaeological story. First explored in 1885, then poorly published…
Ancient Cult Site Linked to the Pre-Roman Veneti People Found Near Padua
A road construction project in northern Italy has uncovered an important ancient cult site linked to the Veneti, a people who lived in the Veneto…
1,300-Year-Old Peruvian Hairless Dogs Found in Wari Tombs Were Fed Like Children
Peruvian Hairless Dogs were more than familiar animals in the ancient Andes. New research from Castillo de Huarmey in Peru suggests that some of them…