A 7,000-Year-Old Village Emerges Along a Future Highway in Czechia
The houses are gone, but their outlines remain beneath the fields of central Moravia. Archaeologists working ahead of a highway project near Přerov have identified…
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Colorful Stone Found in a Polish Tobacco Field Is a Nearly 6,000-Year-Old Axe
A colorful stone uncovered while a couple were weeding tobacco in eastern Poland has been identified as a nearly 6,000-year-old Neolithic axe. Made from distinctive…
First Excavation of a Slavic Stronghold in Germany Reveals Iron Age and Neolithic Activity
The first archaeological excavation at the Pilatsch Slavic stronghold in eastern Germany has uncovered evidence that people used the site long before its medieval defenses…
Prehistoric Stone Artifacts Found Inside a Parcel Bound for the U.S.
Three prehistoric stone artifacts discovered inside an international postal parcel traveling from Ukraine to the United States have been transferred to a museum, more than…
Beyond Göbekli Tepe’s Giant Pillars, Archaeologists May Have Found 10,000-Year-Old Homes
Göbekli Tepe is known around the world for its giant T-shaped pillars and monumental buildings. But new excavations may have uncovered 10,000-year-old homes, offering a…
One of Anatolia’s Oldest Painted Caves Discovered in Malatya’s Tohma Canyon
A prehistoric cave discovered in Tohma Canyon in Malatya, eastern Türkiye, may rank among the oldest and richest painted caves known in Anatolia. Initial surveys…
8,800-Year-Old Neolithic Houses on Gökçeada Reveal One of the Aegean’s Earliest Farming Villages
Five 8,800-year-old Neolithic houses uncovered at Uğurlu-Zeytinlik Höyük on Gökçeada are offering a rare view into how some of the earliest farming communities of the…
A Puzzling Feature Emerges at the Ness of Brodgar—And Archaeologists Aren’t Ready to Explain It
A site once thought thoroughly excavated may be preparing to deliver one of its most intriguing surprises. On Orkney’s Ness of Brodgar, new 3D Ground…
Wigan Archaeologists Uncover a 4,000-Year-Old Neolithic Henge and Bronze Age Cemetery
On a quiet stretch of farmland near the outskirts of Wigan, northern England, a team of volunteers have stumbled upon what could be one of…