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1,700-Year-Old Marble Busts Found Face Down in an Ancient Winepress Near Caesarea
Two intact marble busts dating back about 1,700 years have been uncovered near Binyamina in northern Israel, lying face down inside the collection pit of a Roman-Byzantine winepress. The discovery, announced by the Israel Antiquities Authority, stands out because the statues were not found where they once stood. They had been carefully placed inside the…
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A Viking Trading Hub Linked to Norway Is Emerging Beneath a Field in Ireland
A field beside the River Suir in southeast Ireland is beginning to look like one of the most important Viking Age sites ever found on the island. At Woodstown, near Waterford City, Irish and Norwegian archaeologists are investigating what may be Ireland’s largest Viking Age trading settlement, a place probably established by Norse Vikings from…
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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 as empty space on the map. A new archaeological study has identified 260 previously unknown monumental burial structures across the Atbai Desert, a vast arid region stretching through northeastern Africa…
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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 identified nearly 100 human and animal figures on the cave walls, along with numerous geometric symbols. The paintings, made in red and reddish-brown tones, appear to belong to a symbolic…
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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 inscriptions at its ruined gate now give that reputation a voice: one declares the lasting rights of the “Independent Termessians,” while another reveals an oracle system based on knucklebones. The…
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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 ago. The cave is being uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Haifa, with support from Ayalon Highways. Researchers say the site was sealed for hundreds of…
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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 feature, found in the Palazzo area of the UNESCO World Heritage site near Tivoli, could be the oldest documented construction so far known at Hadrian’s Villa. The discovery was made…
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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 early Islamic reference to the kingdom’s archaeological record. The inscriptions were found during a large-scale survey in Al Mahd Governorate, where Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission recorded 1,774 archaeological finds across…
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“My Name Is Aba”: Rare Old Turkic Inscription Found Among 1,200 Petroglyphs in Kazakhstan
More than a thousand years ago, someone named Aba carved his name into a rock in southern Kazakhstan. Archaeologists have now found that short Old Turkic sentence among more than 1,200 petroglyphs in Burkhansai Gorge. The discovery was made in the Jambyl Region, in Zhualy District, where researchers began systematic work in 2024. The site…