2,000-Year-Old Greek Theatre Mask Found in Croatian Cave May Reveal Illyrian Rituals
A terracotta face linked to ancient Greek theatre has emerged from a hidden chamber inside a cave on Croatia’s Pelješac Peninsula, offering archaeologists a rare…
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Archaeologists Find Switzerland’s First Roman Bread, Burned Nearly 2,000 Years Ago
Beneath a modern construction site in northern Switzerland, archaeologists noticed a small blackened object in the soil. It was not a stone, nor an ordinary…
Rare 1,800-Year-Old Roman Scutum Reveals the Painted World of Legionary Warfare
A shield once carried by a Roman legionary on the empire’s eastern frontier is now studied as one of the rarest surviving examples of ancient…
A Giant ‘Death Jar’ in Laos Held the Remains of 37 People for Generations
A Laos death jar has revealed something archaeologists had long suspected but rarely seen so clearly: at least one of the great stone vessels of…
Sparta Was Not Born Alone: Mycenaean Palace and Ancient Sanctuary Point to an Older Lakedaimonian World
A new study by historian Hans Beck of the University of Münster suggests that Sparta did not rise in an empty or passive landscape. Long…
Rare Rock Carvings Found in Oman Show Animals and Human-Like Figures Cut Into Stone
On a rock surface in northern Oman, ancient marks still hold their shape: animals, human-like figures, and geometric signs cut directly into stone. Oman’s Ministry…
Archaeologists Find Teotihuacan-Era Tombs and 47 Miniature Vessels Near Tula
Beneath the floors of an ancient domestic complex near Tula, archaeologists have found a burial world tied to the age of Teotihuacan. The discovery includes…
A Dark Glass Bead Emerges From a 1,600-Year-Old Village Buried Beneath a Saxon Gravel Pit
A large, dark glass bead decorated with pale wave-like bands has become the most striking find from a 1,600-year-old settlement uncovered at a gravel extraction…
AI Tool Detects Ancient Handwriting Hidden in Hittite Cuneiform Tablets
A broken Hittite tablet may look like little more than clay, damage and rows of wedge-shaped marks. But inside those marks, researchers can sometimes find…