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A Nearly 2,000-Year-Old Roman Mosaic Made with Two Techniques Emerges Beneath Soissons
A nearly 2,000-year-old Roman mosaic discovered beneath Soissons is revealing an unusually refined glimpse of elite life in ancient northern France. Archaeologists from the Conseil Départemental de l’Aisne uncovered the exceptional Gallo-Roman pavement in the Saint-Crépin district during preventive archaeology work linked to the installation of a district heating network. Dated to the late 1st…
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Rare Celtic Elite Grave in Germany Reveals Gold Jewelry, a Wagon, and an Etruscan Bronze Jug
A rare Celtic elite grave discovered near Bad Camberg in Germany has revealed gold jewelry, the remains of a two-wheeled wagon, an iron spearhead, and an Etruscan bronze jug, placing the Taunus find among the most important Iron Age burials recently identified in Hesse. The discovery, first reported by hessenschau, was made during archaeological work…
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Traces of Earlier Settlement and Rare Wild Boar Burials Found Beneath Greco-Roman Cemetery in Egypt
Archaeologists at Tell Kom Aziza in Egypt’s Beheira Governorate have uncovered part of a Greco-Roman cemetery built above much older settlement layers, revealing a site that was used and reused for thousands of years in the Nile Delta. The excavation, carried out by an Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities, revealed graves,…
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Archaeologists Find 1,000-Year-Old Elite Woman’s Grave with Gold-Plated Earrings and Horse Gear in Siberia
Archaeologists studying a medieval burial in the Sayan Mountains have identified a rare elite woman’s grave containing gold-plated earrings, a newborn child, a horse-skin ritual deposit, and a rich set of riding equipment. The burial was found at Sayany-Pogranichnoye-4, a cemetery near the Idzhim River in southern Krasnoyarsk Krai. The site belongs to a wider…
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1,700-Year-Old Roman Bridge Found Beneath Switzerland’s Aare River in Solothurn
Archaeologists in Switzerland have confirmed the remains of a late Roman bridge beneath the Aare River in Solothurn, ending a long-running question about one of the most likely crossing points of ancient Salodurum. The discovery was made during underwater archaeological work carried out before the renewal of the SBB railway bridge. Divers working on behalf…
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Lost Language of Ancient Anatolia Moves Closer to Decipherment as Sidetic Alphabet Expands to 31 Letters
Researchers studying Sidetic, the ancient language of Side, have expanded the known alphabet from 26 to 31 letters. The advance may seem small, but for a language preserved in only a limited number of inscriptions, five additional signs can make a major difference. Sidetic was used in and around the ancient city of Side more…
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DNA Reveals Poland’s First Genetically Confirmed Same-Sex Medieval Burial
A rare same-sex medieval burial beside a cathedral wall in southern Poland is forcing archaeologists to rethink one of the oldest assumptions about people buried together: that closeness in death usually means family. In Opole, near the Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, researchers found the remains of two adults placed in a…
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A 4,000-Year-Old Child’s Skull in Uzbekistan Reveals a Risky Bronze Age Surgery
A small grave in southern Uzbekistan has drawn archaeologists into one of the most difficult corners of Bronze Age life: illness, childhood, and the decision to cut into a human skull. At Djarkutan, a major settlement of the ancient Oxus civilization, researchers uncovered the remains of two children buried side by side. One was about…
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Rare 2,500-Year-Old Bronze Neck Rings Found Inside a Swedish Grave Monument
Archaeologists excavating at Marby, east of Norrköping in Sweden, have uncovered two rare bronze neck rings inside a Late Bronze Age grave monument. The ornaments, more than 2,500 years old, were found in a setting that researchers describe as highly unusual, perhaps even unique. The discovery was made during archaeological investigations ahead of planned housing…