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Dozens of Roman Graves and Rare Shield Unearthed in Ancient Black Sea City of Tomis
Construction works at the Constanța Municipal Hospital have led to a significant archaeological discovery inside the ancient necropolis of Tomis, revealing 34 Roman-era graves — some arranged in catacomb-style burials — along with rare and high-status funerary objects. The finds were made during legally mandated preventive excavations carried out by the Constanța Museum of National…
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Painted Coffins of the “Singers of Amun” Discovered in Luxor’s Asasif Necropolis
A tightly packed rock-cut chamber in the necropolis of Asasif on Luxor’s West Bank has yielded one of the most visually striking finds of recent years: 22 brightly painted wooden coffins linked to women who served as “Singers of Amun” during Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period. The discovery was announced by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and…
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Massive 15th-Century Ceremonial Offering Discovered at the Heart of Tenochtitlan
Archaeologists working under the Templo Mayor Project (PTM) have revealed what may represent the largest single ceremonial offering ever documented at the Mexica capital during the reign of Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina. The discovery adds a new dimension to our understanding of ritual power at the sacred heart of Tenochtitlan. The findings come from ongoing excavations at…
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3,000 Ritual Water Vessels Unearthed at Aigai’s Demeter Sanctuary in Western Türkiye
On a windswept ridge above the fertile plains of western Anatolia, archaeologists have uncovered something unexpectedly intimate: thousands of small clay vessels once filled with water and offered in devotion. Excavations at the Demeter–Kore Temple in the ancient city of Aigai have revealed approximately 3,000 terracotta hydriskoi — small ritual water containers — concentrated in…
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Centurion of the First Italic Legion Revealed in Newly Discovered Nove Necropolis Grave
On the edge of the Danube, where Rome once stationed thousands of soldiers — including those of the First Italic Legion — to guard its northern frontier, a broken slab of stone has quietly returned a forgotten name to history. Rescue excavations in the western necropolis of Nove, near modern Svishtov in Bulgaria, have identified…
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10,500-Year-Old Fishing Gear Discovered in Siberia’s Yenisei Region
A fragment of carved deer antler, shaped into a hook thousands of years ago, is rewriting what we know about early human survival in northern Eurasia. Archaeologists in Krasnoyarsk have identified fishing equipment dating between 9,000 and 10,500 years ago—evidence that communities in Yenisei Siberia mastered complex riverine technologies at the dawn of the Holocene.…
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7th-Century Cemetery with Over 100 Skulls Discovered in Erbil During Construction Work
Archaeologists in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have uncovered a 7th-century cemetery beneath a modern neighborhood in Erbil, revealing more than 100 human skulls and a small assemblage of grave goods that may shed new light on the region’s late antique past. The discovery was made in the Baghlou Minara district of Erbil after construction…
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The True Date of the 2,000-Year-Old Wooden Coffin of the “Princess of Bagicz” in Poland Revealed
A windswept stretch of Poland’s Baltic coast has quietly reshaped one of the most persistent chronological puzzles in European archaeology. The so-called “Princess of Bagicz” — the only well-preserved wooden log coffin from the Roman Iron Age ever found in Poland — has finally been dated with precision, resolving a discrepancy that troubled researchers for…
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Greek Inscription Found in Syria’s Great Mosque of Homs May Help Locate the Lost Temple of the Sun
A Greek inscription discovered beneath a column inside the Great Mosque of Homs is reopening a long-standing debate about the precise location of the ancient Temple of the Sun at Emesa — the sanctuary whose high priest rose to become Roman emperor in the third century under the name Elagabalus. The inscription, carved directly into…