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Roman-Era Tomb of an Elite Woman Discovered in Turkey’s Ancient Lycian City of Olympos
A monumental tomb uncovered in the ancient city of Olympos on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast is offering a rare look at how one elite woman was remembered in Roman-period Lycia. The discovery was made in the harbor district of Olympos, a coastal settlement in Antalya’s Kumluca district and one of the best-known cities of ancient Lycia.…
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Long-Lost Fragment of Zeugma’s “Gypsy Girl” Mosaic Returns to Turkey from the United States
The Gypsy Girl mosaic, one of Turkey’s most recognizable ancient artworks, has gained another missing fragment after a panel linked to the Roman composition from Zeugma was returned from the United States. Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced on social media that the fragment, determined to belong to the famous “Gypsy…
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1,100-Year-Old Abbasid Gold Treasure Unearthed Along Saudi Arabia’s Ancient Hajj Route
A glittering set of gold jewelry, buried or lost more than 1,100 years ago, has emerged from the sands of central Saudi Arabia, offering a rare glimpse into wealth, movement, and craftsmanship in the Abbasid world. Archaeologists working at the Dariyah archaeological site in the Al-Qassim region have uncovered a collection of 100 gold jewelry…
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100,000-Year-Old Burned Human Bones in Ethiopia May Reveal Earliest Trace of Cremation
On a floodplain in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift, early Homo sapiens left behind stone tools, animal bones and human remains that open an unusually close window onto life and death 100,000 years ago. A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports discoveries from the Halibee Member of the Dawaitoli Formation, part…
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Lost Apollo Sanctuary in Cyprus Reveals 2,500-Year-Old Offerings Still Standing Where Worshippers Left Them
For more than a century, the Sanctuary of Apollo at Frangissa survived mostly as an old archaeological story. First explored in 1885, then poorly published and eventually lost from the map, the rural sanctuary near Pera Oreinis in Cyprus had become one of those places known more through fragments than through the ground itself. Now…
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Ancient Cult Site Linked to the Pre-Roman Veneti People Found Near Padua
A road construction project in northern Italy has uncovered an important ancient cult site linked to the Veneti, a people who lived in the Veneto region long before Roman rule. The discovery was made in Ponso, in the Province of Padua, during works for a new section of Regional Road 10. Archaeologists found inscribed stones,…
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1,300-Year-Old Peruvian Hairless Dogs Found in Wari Tombs Were Fed Like Children
Peruvian Hairless Dogs were more than familiar animals in the ancient Andes. New research from Castillo de Huarmey in Peru suggests that some of them lived close to people, received special care as puppies, and may have entered the world of the dead as symbolic companions. Archaeologists studying animal remains from the Wari-period site on…
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2,000-Year-Old Greek Theatre Mask Found in Croatian Cave May Reveal Illyrian Rituals
A terracotta face linked to ancient Greek theatre has emerged from a hidden chamber inside a cave on Croatia’s Pelješac Peninsula, offering archaeologists a rare glimpse into the ritual world of the Illyrians more than 2,000 years ago. The discovery was made in Crno Jezero cave during excavations carried out between April 23 and May…
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Archaeologists Find Switzerland’s First Roman Bread, Burned Nearly 2,000 Years Ago
Beneath a modern construction site in northern Switzerland, archaeologists noticed a small blackened object in the soil. It was not a stone, nor an ordinary piece of charcoal. Early analysis suggests it was bread, burned nearly 2,000 years ago inside the Roman military world of Vindonissa. The rare find was uncovered in Windisch, in the…