A 1,100-Year-Old Turkic Inscription Linked to the Oghuz Discovered in Kazakhstan
A modest stone kept for years inside a small school museum in southern Kazakhstan is now reshaping scholarly views on early Turkic literacy. Identified in…
Zack Rafiel
Elymaean Rock Carving in Iran Shows Possible Parallels with the Hercules–Hydra Myth
A newly identified Elymaean rock carving in southwest Iran is drawing scholarly attention due to its unusual iconography and its possible visual parallels with the…
A Forgotten Route to Knowledge Reappears at Nysa: Roman Steps Leading to an Ancient Library Uncovered
At first glance, it was just another stretch of a Roman street. But as archaeologists continued to peel back the layers at Nysa Ancient City,…
Copper Surveys in Mongolia Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Nomadic Burial Mounds
Geological surveys conducted at Mongolia’s Oyut Deposit have unexpectedly revealed a series of ancient nomadic burial mounds, shedding new light on funerary traditions that span…
Rome to Introduce Controlled Access to the Trevi Fountain to Curb Overtourism
Rome is preparing to reshape how visitors experience one of its most iconic landmarks. Starting in February, the city will introduce a controlled access system…
Turkish Archaeologists Unearth a 2,600-Year-Old Tandoor at Oluz Mound
Cut into the ground and built from fired clay, the oven uncovered at Oluz Mound does not immediately look ancient. Its shape, depth, and construction…
A Bronze Age Tragedy Buried Together: Evidence of a Sudden Mass Death Emerges in Southern Scotland
Beneath the windswept uplands of southern Scotland, archaeologists have uncovered chilling evidence of a single, sudden catastrophe that struck a Bronze Age community more than…
Luxury in the Age of Empires: An Iron Age Elite Burial Rewrites Life under Assyrian Rule
The Iron Age is often imagined as a world shaped by scarcity—agrarian communities living under imperial pressure, far removed from luxury or global exchange. A…
DNA Reveals the Hidden Social Life of a 3,500-Year-Old Bronze Age Community in Southern Italy
Deep in the rugged mountains of southern Italy, a prehistoric cave has quietly preserved the genetic memory of a forgotten Bronze Age community. Now, for…