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2,200-Year-Old Iberian Cemetery with Complete Warrior Panoplies and a Ritual Burner Linked to Tanit Unearthed in Alicante
A group of 2,200-year-old Iberian tombs containing curved swords, shields, spears, horse equipment and a female-headed ritual burner linked to the goddess Tanit has been uncovered in Alicante, southeastern Spain. According to Alicante City Council, the cemetery was discovered during construction work on a privately owned plot in the coastal district of Albufereta. Archaeologists dated…
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Rock-Cut Tomb Linked to a Deified Thracian Ruler Unearthed Beside a 1,700-Year-Old Mausoleum at Perperikon
Archaeologists at Perperikon in Bulgaria have uncovered a monumental circular mausoleum and two unusual rock-cut graves, one of which may have belonged to a Thracian ruler worshipped after death. The discoveries were made in a necropolis beside the ancient road leading toward Perperikon’s acropolis. Excavators say the concentration of circular mausoleums found there has no…
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Byzantine Ballista Bolts Unearthed at Manzikert Reveal the Siege Before Anatolia’s Turning Point
More than nine centuries after the armies of Byzantium and the Seljuks confronted one another near Manzikert, archaeologists have uncovered evidence from the tense days that preceded the battle. Four iron ballista bolt heads have been found at Taşbaşı, a strategic area about 500 metres southeast of the inner fortress of Malazgirt in eastern Türkiye.…
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2,000-Year-Old Mosaic of Poseidon’s Mythical Sea Horse Found Beneath Byzantine Workshop at Tralleis
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Tralleis in western Türkiye have uncovered an exceptionally well-preserved Roman floor mosaic depicting a hippocampus, the mythical sea horse associated with Poseidon. Dating back nearly 2,000 years, the mosaic was discovered in a newly excavated hall within the northern section of the city’s monumental bath-gymnasium complex. Significant parts of…
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Two Tiny 40,000-Year-Old Ivory Birds Unearthed in Germany’s Hohle Fels Cave
Archaeologists working in Germany’s Hohle Fels Cave have uncovered two miniature bird figurines carved from mammoth ivory around 40,000 years ago. Barely larger than a thumbnail, the figures were recovered by a University of Tübingen team from deep Aurignacian layers inside the UNESCO World Heritage cave. One appears to show a resting or brooding bird,…
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2,800-Year-Old Face-Down Burial With Turtle-Shaped Vessel Found in El Salvador
Archaeologists excavating beneath a residential area in El Salvador have uncovered a pre-Hispanic burial that may date to around 850 B.C. The grave was discovered at the Pasaje 4 archaeological site in Antiguo Cuscatlán, part of the San Salvador metropolitan area. The individual had been buried face-down, while a small ceramic vessel shaped like a…
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Who Walked the Shores of Ancient Kenya? 1.4-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal Surprisingly Large Hominins
Several early hominins crossed the muddy edge of a lake in northern Kenya around 1.43 million years ago. Their footprints survived long after the water disappeared, preserving a brief scene of movement that bones alone could never record. The tracks, uncovered at the GaJi10 site in East Turkana, suggest that some of these individuals were…
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5,000-Year-Old Melos Obsidian Found at Çaltılar Höyük Reveals Aegean Connections
Archaeologists excavating Çaltılar Höyük in southwestern Türkiye have uncovered stone tools made from obsidian originating on the Aegean island of Melos. The discovery shows that the highland settlement was connected to long-distance exchange networks around 5,000 years ago, linking the Aegean islands with inland Anatolia. Çaltılar Höyük lies in the Seydikemer district of Muğla, around…
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4,000-Year-Old UAE Tomb Remained in Use for More Than 1,000 Years
A Bronze Age tomb discovered in the United Arab Emirates served as a communal burial place for more than a millennium, with successive generations returning to the same underground chamber to bury their dead. Archaeologists from the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi uncovered the tomb at the Qattarah Necropolis in Al Ain.…