Unusual Funeral Rites Discovered in an Early Bronze Age Mound in Azerbaijan
Five burials uncovered inside an Early Bronze Age mound in southern Azerbaijan show that the dead were laid to rest in markedly different ways. Archaeologists…
Early Bronze Age
4,200-Year-Old Wall Emerges at a Vast Settlement Across the Dardanelles from Troy
Seven meters beneath Maydos Kilisetepe, archaeologists have reached a defense wall built more than four millennia ago. The Early Bronze Age structure once protected a…
5,000-Year-Old Drainage System Reveals Early Planning in Western Türkiye
Archaeologists excavating Liman Tepe, a prehistoric coastal site in western Türkiye, have uncovered a stone drainage system built approximately 5,000 years ago. The channels ran…
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…
Stone Axe Handed to Polish Heritage Officials May Point to Early Bronze Age Mierzanowice Culture
A stone axe handed over to heritage officials in Lublin, eastern Poland, may belong to the Early Bronze Age Mierzanowice culture, despite sharing features with…
5,000-Year-Old Pithos Burial Discovered in Coastal Attica Reveals Complex Bronze Age Rituals
An exceptionally preserved Early Bronze Age pithos burial has been uncovered in eastern Attica, revealing complex funerary architecture and long-lived ritual activity along the coast…
5,000-Year-Old Winepress and Canaanite Ritual Site Discovered near Megiddo
Long before the rise of ancient Israel, people in the Jezreel Valley were already producing wine and performing sacred rituals. Recent excavations east of Tel…
Traces of a 5,000-year-old earthquake have been uncovered beneath Çayönü, one of the oldest agricultural settlements in southeastern Turkey
Beneath the rolling plains of southeastern Turkey, archaeologists have uncovered traces of a devastating earthquake that struck some 5,000 years ago, toppling a rectangular mudbrick…
A Hand Missing One Finger: The 5,000-Year-Old Trace of Mourning Unearthed in Küllüoba
There are moments when archaeology does more than uncover the past — it touches something recognizably human.In the Early Bronze Age settlement of Küllüoba, deep…