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Ashurbanipal Stele Found at Nineveh’s Shamash Gate, Where Two Catastrophes Struck 2,600 Years Apart
At Nineveh’s Shamash Gate, archaeologists have uncovered an unusually powerful record of destruction: the fall of the Assyrian capital in 612 BC and the scars of the modern battle for Mosul more than 2,600 years later. The discovery comes from recent work at the monumental eastern entrance to ancient Nineveh, one of the most important…
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Dozens of Medieval Cannonballs Found Beneath Future Civic Building in Belgium
Dozens of medieval cannonballs have been discovered beneath the site of a future Administrative Centre in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, revealing how one modern construction plot preserved traces of defence, civic life and war across several centuries. Archaeologists working in Nieuwpoort-Stad, between the historic Stadshalle and Willem De Roolaan, uncovered a depot of natural-stone cannonballs, medieval building…
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A 3,500-Year-Old Gold Jewelry Set Found on Aegina May Help Unlock a Bronze Age Mystery
That is the case at Kolona on the Greek island of Aegina, where archaeologists have uncovered an exceptional set of Middle Bronze Age gold ornaments dating to the first half of the second millennium BCE. Announced by the Greek Ministry of Culture, the discovery may offer fresh insight into elite identity, funerary customs, and the…
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Roman Tool Discovered in Czech Republic May Reveal How Legionary Chainmail Was Made
A small iron plate, punctured with a precise sequence of holes, may hold the key to how Roman craftsmen produced one of the empire’s most recognizable forms of armor. Discovered in the Czech Republic, the object appears to have been used to draw metal wires—an essential step in the production of Roman chainmail. Archaeologists believe…
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck Reveals How Ancient Engineers Waterproofed Their Vessels
A Roman-era shipwreck off the coast of Ilovik Island is offering a rare, close-up look at how ancient shipbuilders protected their vessels against the constant stress of the sea. By combining chemical analysis with pollen research, scientists have reconstructed not only the materials used on the ship, but also the environments it moved through and…
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2,300-Year-Old Alcohol Discovered in Qin Tomb Reveals Advanced Brewing Techniques
A 2,300-year-old alcoholic beverage discovered inside a sealed bronze vessel in a Qin Dynasty tomb is offering rare scientific insight into ancient brewing techniques. Preserved in near-perfect condition, the liquid provides direct evidence of how early Chinese communities produced and stored fermented drinks long before imperial unification. A sealed vessel preserved for over two millennia…
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Archaeologists Uncover a 2,000-Year-Old Athena Statue in Laodikeia’s Western Theater
For centuries, it lay hidden beneath collapsed stone and dust. Now, a 2,000-year-old marble statue of Athena has surfaced in the ancient city of Laodikeia, offering a rare glimpse into how this Anatolian city once expressed identity through art, architecture, and myth. The nearly two-meter-tall sculpture was discovered in the Western Theater, one of the…
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4,000-Year-Old Tablets Reveal How Magic Shaped Power in Ancient Mesopotamia
A vast archive of 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets is offering a rare, layered view into how ancient Mesopotamian societies understood power. The newly analyzed collection shows that governance was never purely administrative. It was ritual, belief, and control of the unseen—woven together into a single system. Researchers from University of Copenhagen and National Museum of Denmark…
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Bronze Age Ceremonial Site Discovered in Bosnia
A quiet hill above the Lašva River in Bosnia and Herzegovina has produced one of the most puzzling discoveries in recent Balkan archaeology. What looked like an ordinary rise in the landscape turned out to conceal a Bronze Age ceremonial site built around a wall that doesn’t defend anything. Instead of enclosing space, the structure…