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Ancient Road in Spain Reveals 3,000-Year-Old Burial Landscape Linked to Stelae and Cultural Exchange
Archaeologists excavating beside an old road in south-west Spain have found rare evidence linking prehistoric stelae directly with burials, movement routes, and changing funerary customs. The discovery comes from Las Capellanías, near Cañaveral de León in Huelva. The site first drew attention in 2018, when a carved diademated stela was found by chance. Later surveys…
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A 2,000-Year-Old Incense Burner Depicting the Egyptian God Serapis Discovered in Ephesus
Morning light was spilling across the ruins of ancient Ephesus when archaeologists reached a layer of collapsed masonry inside the vast Harbor Bath. Among scattered marble fragments and broken architectural blocks, a small terracotta object caught their attention—its reddish surface, its sharp contours, and, most strikingly, the unmistakable face of Serapis, the Egyptian god who…
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Hidden in the Bavarian Earth: Monumental Roman Tumulus Reveals an Elite’s Legacy in Ancient Raetia
Long before the Roman Empire’s northern frontier dissolved into memory, a powerful family in Raetia carved their claim into the landscape of southern Germany — not with words, but with stone.Near Wolkertshofen, archaeologists have now uncovered the remains of a monumental Roman burial mound unlike any other in Bavaria, rewriting the region’s funerary map. An…
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Blond Foreigner Found in 8th-Century Tang Dynasty Tomb Sheds Light on China’s Cosmopolitan Past
Archaeologists in northern China have uncovered an exceptionally well-preserved Tang dynasty tomb from around A.D. 736, revealing stunning murals — including the lifelike image of a blond-haired foreigner who may have been a merchant from Central Asia. A Window into Daily Life During the Tang Golden Age The tomb, unearthed near Taiyuan in Shanxi Province,…
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Bronze Age Settlement Unearthed in the Maghreb, Described as ‘Empty Land’
A groundbreaking discovery in Morocco is forcing a reassessment of North African history during the Bronze Age. Excavations at Kach Kouch, a site near the Lau River in northwestern Morocco, have unearthed evidence of a thriving settlement dating back to 2200-600 BCE, long before the arrival of the Phoenicians. This finding, published in the journal…