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Submerged Etruscan Harbor Found Off Rome May Be the Oldest Known Linked to a Temple
Archaeologists surveying shallow waters north of Rome have identified a submerged Etruscan harbor that may once have carried sailors directly to a coastal sanctuary. The stone structure lies off Santa Marinella, about 90 meters from the modern shoreline and at an average depth of 1.5 meters. Its construction has been tentatively dated to between the…
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2,500-Year-Old Greek House in Spain Reveals a Painted ‘Siren’ and Traces of Daily Life
Archaeologists excavating the ancient Greek settlement of Empúries in northeastern Spain have uncovered new evidence of daily life inside one of the earliest houses of Neapolis, including a kitchen, storage vessels and an unusual painted female head that may represent a siren. The ceramic fragment dates to the 6th century BC, when the Greek settlement…
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New Excavations Reveal More of Cyprus’ 4,500-Year-Old Kissonerga Settlement
A new excavation season at Kissonerga-Skalia in western Cyprus has provided further evidence for the development of a Bronze Age community that remained occupied for centuries before undergoing a dramatic transformation into a center of specialized production. The four-week 2026 campaign was conducted by the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, or CAARI, in association with…
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Rare Greek Hippodrome Comes to Light at Ancient Apollonia in Libya
Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Apollonia on Libya’s eastern coast have brought a rare Greek hippodrome back into view, while also identifying a previously unknown theater overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The findings were announced in modern Susa by the Mission archéologique française de Libye (French Archaeological Mission in Libya). Researchers also reported the…
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Unique 2,500-Year-Old Bronze Ritual Cart with Achelous Found at Casas del Turuñuelo
A small bronze cart, broken in half and buried for nearly 2,500 years, has become the latest surprise from Casas del Turuñuelo, the Tartessian site in southwestern Spain that keeps forcing archaeologists to rethink one of the Iberian Peninsula’s most elusive ancient cultures. The object was found during the eighth excavation campaign at the site,…
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600-Year-Old Helmets Found off Spain’s Coast Were Not Roman After All
Medieval helmets found off Spain’s coast have overturned a long-standing archaeological assumption. For decades, a group of iron helmets recovered from the seabed near Benicarló, in eastern Spain, seemed to belong to the ancient Mediterranean world. They had been found in the same underwater zone as Roman anchor stocks, amphorae and bronze helmets, so the…
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Ancient Greek City of Akragas Reveals Hidden Lives as Excavations Resume in Sicily
For generations, the ancient city of Akragas has been defined by its monumental temples rising above Sicily’s southern coast. But as excavations resume in 2026, archaeologists are shifting attention away from sacred architecture toward something far more intimate—the everyday lives of the people who once inhabited this powerful Greek city. A new excavation campaign inside…
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The Tombs That Stayed Closed: How Hala Sultan Tekke Reveals Cyprus’ Forgotten Power
Some archaeological discoveries impress by their scale. Others by their beauty.What archaeologists encountered at Hala Sultan Tekke in 2025 was different. These tombs mattered because they were left alone. For more than three thousand years, two Bronze Age burial chambers lay sealed after their stone ceilings collapsed in antiquity. No later burials. No looting. No…
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Nature Uncovers the Past: Is Neapolis Reappearing on Tunisia’s Coast?
A powerful winter storm has done more than reshape Tunisia’s shoreline. Along the coast of Nabeul, the retreating sea has exposed stone structures that may belong to one of North Africa’s most enigmatic ancient cities. What began as a destructive weather event has now sparked renewed attention toward a long-lost Punic-Roman settlement—Neapolis. When the Sea…