DNA Reveals Poland’s First Genetically Confirmed Same-Sex Medieval Burial
A rare same-sex medieval burial beside a cathedral wall in southern Poland is forcing archaeologists to rethink one of the oldest assumptions about people buried…
Ancientist
AI App Learns to Read Dinosaur Footprints—Without Knowing Their Names
At first glance, a fossilized dinosaur footprint looks deceptively simple. Three toes. A heel mark. But for paleontologists, identifying which dinosaur made which track has…
As the Euphrates Receded, Familiar Stones Emerged: Is the Taş Tepeler World Expanding?
When the waters of the Upper Euphrates pulled back, the stones left behind told a story archaeologists know well—but not from this place. Along the…
A 4,000-Year-Old Silver Goblet May Preserve One of Humanity’s Earliest Visions of the Cosmos
A small silver cup, barely taller than a matchbox, is reshaping how archaeologists think about the origins of cosmic thought. Known as the ʿAin Samiya…
An 1,800-Year-Old Roman Bath Unlike Any Other Is Uncovered at Ancient Myra
At Myra Ancient City, archaeologists have uncovered an 1,800-year-old Roman bath whose design does not correspond to any known bath or water monument in the…
A Jewel of Power: Pearl-Inlaid Ivory Archer’s Ring from an Artuqid Palace Stuns Archaeologists
Archaeologists working at Hasankeyf have uncovered an object so rare that it has no known parallel in medieval archaeology. During the 2025 excavation season, a…
One of the World’s Oldest Churches Reopens in Aqaba, Dating Back to Around 290 AD
Jordan’s Red Sea port city of Aqaba has brought one of early Christianity’s rarest monuments back into public view. The Aqaba Archaeological Church, dated to…