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2,000-Year-Old Street Emerging at Troy Reveals the Scale of Its Roman City
Archaeologists at Troy are uncovering a major Roman street that once ran through the lower city, exposing part of an urban landscape shaped nearly 2,000 years ago at a place Romans closely associated with their own legendary beginnings. The street is emerging during the 2026 excavation season at the ancient site in northwestern Türkiye. Researchers…
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3,000-Year-Old Wheat Ears Found Intact as Ritual Offerings Beneath Italy’s Lake Bolsena
Archaeologists excavating the submerged Gran Carro settlement in Italy’s Lake Bolsena have found intact ears of ancient wheat placed inside ceramic vessels as offerings more than 3,000 years ago. The unusual organic remains survived on the lakebed alongside pottery, wooden structures and traces of a settlement dating back to the Final Bronze Age. The finds…
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Inverted Human Skull and Iron Nails Found in an Unusual Grave in Poland
An inverted human skull has been uncovered in a puzzling grave at Ślipcze in eastern Poland, where archaeologists had already found disarticulated bones and iron nails among the human remains. The toothless skull was positioned with its cranial vault facing downward and the foramen magnum — the large opening at the base of the skull…
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2,400-Year-Old Gold Coin Minted During Carthaginian Invasion Found at Ancient Akragas
A rare gold coin struck in Syracuse during the Carthaginian invasion of Sicily has been discovered at ancient Akragas, almost exactly where archaeology and history intersect at one of the city’s most turbulent moments. The coin was recovered during an emergency excavation at the Maddalusa necropolis near modern Agrigento, on Sicily’s southern coast. Archaeologists had…
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2,400-Year-Old Tomb Found at Aspendos May Have Belonged to a Wrestler
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Aspendos in southern Türkiye have uncovered a roughly 2,400-year-old cist grave containing coins decorated with images of wrestlers, raising the possibility that the person buried there may have been connected to sport. The grave was discovered in the newly identified Eastern Necropolis, the first burial area of its kind…
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More Than 5,500-Year-Old Graves and a Hyksos-Era Settlement Unearthed in Egypt’s Nile Delta
Archaeologists excavating a site in Egypt’s eastern Nile Delta have uncovered evidence of communities that lived and buried their dead there across more than five millennia, from the Predynastic Period to Ptolemaic Egypt. The discoveries at Kom El-Khelgan in Dakahlia Governorate include graves dating back more than 5,500 years, a settlement from the Second Intermediate…
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Hundreds of Dressel 1A Amphorae Found at 2,100-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck off Sicily
At a depth of 46 metres off southwestern Sicily, investigators have documented a Roman shipwreck surrounded by hundreds of amphorae, two lead anchor stocks and another structure made of lead. The site lies about three miles from Mazara del Vallo and has been provisionally dated to between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, Italy’s Ministry…
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A Unique 1,500-Year-Old Vessel Depicting Daniel’s Four Beasts Discovered at Pisidian Antioch
A 1,500-year-old liturgical vessel discovered at Pisidian Antioch carries a scene that archaeologists say has no known parallel in Christian art: Daniel shown together with all four beasts from his biblical vision. The two-handled vessel dates to the 6th century AD and was uncovered during excavations in the ancient city’s Christian complex in Yalvaç, southwestern…
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2,500-Year-Old Etruscan Ritual Well in Italy Yields Bronze Offerings and Human Remains
Archaeologists excavating the ancient Etruscan city of Kainua in northern Italy have uncovered a 2,500-year-old ritual well containing exceptionally preserved bronze offerings and the remains of two adults. The discovery was made in the sacred quarter of Kainua, near modern Marzabotto in the Emilia-Romagna region, during the 39th excavation campaign led by the University of…