1,000-Year-Old Byzantine Gold Coin Found in Shallow Waters Off Turkey
A gold coin dating back more than 1,000 years has been discovered in shallow waters off the coast of western Turkey. The Byzantine coin was…
Byzantine archaeology
A 700-Year-Old Gold Ring from Bulgaria Carried a Byzantine Woman’s Name and Authority
A 14th-century Byzantine gold seal ring associated with southern Bulgaria preserves more than the name of an aristocratic woman. Inscribed for “sevasta Maria Skulena,” the…
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…
15 Newly Discovered Churches at Binbir Kilise Suggest Lost Byzantine Pilgrimage Center in Anatolia
A new wave of archaeological discoveries in central Turkey is reshaping what we know about one of Anatolia’s most enigmatic sacred landscapes. In the volcanic…
1,000-Year-Old Water System in Amphipolis Reveals Three Empires Shared the Same Network
Ancient Amphipolis built something that refused to disappear. For more than 1,000 years, through the rise and fall of empires, the city’s water system continued…
A 1,600-Year-Old Nursing Home Has Been Discovered in a Byzantine City Near the Sea of Galilee
At first glance, it looked like an ordinary mosaic floor. But a short inscription embedded in stone told a very different story—one that reaches into…
A Byzantine Pilgrimage Industry Revealed by a 1,400-Year-Old Souvenir Mold in the Judean Desert
Archaeologists working at Hyrcania, a remote hilltop complex in the Judean Desert, have uncovered a rare limestone mold that once produced small pilgrimage flasks more…
As Water Recedes, a Mosaic-Floored Ancient Structure Resurfaces in Lake Sapanca, Türkiye
A newly exposed Late Antique building is shedding light on the early Christian footprint of the Lake Sapanca region. When the water level of Lake…
Excavations at Abila Reveal Byzantine Basilicas and a Rare Church Inscription
Archaeological research at Abila, one of the ancient Decapolis cities in northern Jordan, is uncovering a long-lost landscape of Byzantine faith, Greco-Roman art, and early…