A Huge New Rock Art Panel Emerges at Sweden’s Tanum World Heritage Site
A survey of the Tanum rock carvings at Trättelanda has revealed 16 previously undocumented carved rock surfaces. The largest contains ships and human figures across…
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Ancient Grave in Kazakhstan Reveals a Woman With a Mysterious Skull Injury
A woman was buried beside a man and two children in southern Kazakhstan. An injury near her temple has left archaeologists with a question the…
Rare Priapus Figurine and Head of Mithras Found at Roman Fortress in Bulgaria
A rare bronze figurine of Priapus and a sculpted head identified as the god Mithras have been found at Novae, a Roman legionary fortress beside…
Roman City with an 8,000-Seat Amphitheater Discovered in Austria
Archaeologists have identified a Roman city beneath fields near the Danube in Austria. Its planned streets cover 25 to 30 hectares, and a newly detected…
Roman-Era Pyramid Tomb in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis Reveals a 19-Line Greek Poem
Fourteen steps descend to a stone doorway in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis. Its carvings draw on ancient Egyptian beliefs about protection after death. Deeper inside the…
Giant Stone Circles Spotted in Satellite Images May Mark a Sacred Site in Argentina’s Andes
High in Argentina’s Andes, a mountaineer searching satellite images noticed a pattern of circles and passages on a remote mountainside. After two failed attempts to…
9,000-Year-Old Bones Reveal Moose and Salmon at a Swedish Stone Age Site
A fragment of moose vertebra, a beaver claw and tiny pieces of burned bone are helping archaeologists reconstruct life at a Stone Age settlement in…
4,000-Year-Old Stone Tomb Found in Norway Has No Bones, but Its Soil May Hold Clues
Archaeologists believe a stone grave near Norway’s border with Sweden is about 4,000 years old. They found an amber bead and arrowheads inside, but no…
A Roman Coin Was Already 270 Years Old When Someone Buried This Silver Hoard in Germany
A silver coin minted in 148 BC was still part of someone’s savings more than 270 years later. Archaeologists found it among 934 Roman denarii…