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23 Ancient Artifacts Returned from France Are on Display in Damascus After 15 Years
Twenty-three archaeological artifacts returned to Syria from France after about 15 years are now on display at Damascus Citadel, including funerary reliefs from Palmyra and objects dating to the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods. The artifacts are being exhibited in the citadel’s Throne Hall as part of the Syria Summer Festival for the Family 2026,…
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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…
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1,400-Year-Old Moche Pottery Workshops Found in Peru
Archaeologists excavating Cerro Mayal on Peru’s northern coast have uncovered new evidence of 1,400-year-old Moche pottery workshops, revealing how one of the ancient Andes’ most distinctive ceramic traditions was produced. The excavations, in the Chicama Valley of the La Libertad region, have exposed ceramic molds, potters’ plates, large quantities of production waste and architectural remains…
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A Vast 18th-Century Warship Slipway Is Emerging from the Mud of an English River
At low tide on the Beaulieu River, volunteers are scraping away layers of dark mud from a structure that once carried Royal Navy warships into the water. When the tide rises, British Army divers continue the search below the surface. The excavation is taking place at Buckler’s Hard in Hampshire, one of Britain’s most important…
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More Than 450 Mice May Reveal an Unknown Apollo Cult at a 2,700-Year-Old Sanctuary in Crete
The remains of more than 450 mice discovered in a votive deposit at an ancient sanctuary in Crete may offer the first archaeological evidence for an Apollo Smintheus cult in Gortyn. The unusual deposit was uncovered in 2025 at the Sanctuary of Apollo, one of the oldest religious complexes associated with the emergence of the…
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Blank Receipts Hid a 1,500-Year-Old Roman Tax Scandal in Western Anatolia
In AD 480, a Roman tax scandal in western Anatolia pushed one of the Eastern Roman Empire’s highest officials to threaten dishonest collectors with death. Before the year was over, he too had been sentenced to die. Newly identified inscription fragments from Stratonikeia are now filling gaps in the decree behind the affair. The text…