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10,500-Year-Old Wooden Remains Found 20 Meters Beneath a German Lake
Deep beneath a lake in northern Germany, archaeologists have found remarkably preserved wooden remains dating back some 10,500 years. The discovery could provide rare evidence of how Mesolithic hunter-gatherers built and organized the places where they lived. The wooden remains were discovered in Lake Arendsee in Saxony-Anhalt, according to the State Office for Heritage Management…
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Perfectly Preserved Bronze Age Sword Found Beneath an Italian Lake
A perfectly preserved Late Bronze Age sword has been discovered beneath the waters of Lake Mezzano in central Italy, adding a striking new find to one of the region’s most important submerged prehistoric settlements. The weapon was recovered from the lake’s southern shore near Valentano, in the province of Viterbo, during ongoing underwater archaeological investigations.…
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A 2,100-Year-Old Adrasan Shipwreck Still Holds an Ancient Delivery That Never Arrived
Somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean around 2,100 years ago, merchants loaded thousands of newly made plates, bowls and serving dishes onto a ship and prepared them for a journey that would never reach its destination. The vessel sank off what is now Adrasan, on Türkiye’s southern coast, taking its commercial cargo to the seabed. More…
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A 3,000-Year-Old Village Beneath an Italian Lake Is Revealing Its Bronze Treasures
Archaeologists working beneath the murky waters of Lake Mezzano have uncovered collapsed wooden structures surrounded by pottery and bronze objects, opening a new window onto a village occupied in Italy more than 3,000 years ago. The position of the finds at different depths may now help researchers separate centuries of activity along the changing lakeshore.…
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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 between terraces at different elevations and probably directed rainwater toward a designated part of the site. Located in Urla, İzmir, Liman Tepe was an important coastal centre during the Early…
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Divers Map Traces of a Medieval English Town Lost to the North Sea 700 Years Ago
Divers surveying the seabed off Cromer on England’s Norfolk coast have documented stone structures associated with the submerged medieval town of Shipden. The work may help researchers determine whether some of the remains belonged to buildings and harbor installations or formed part of an attempt to hold back the advancing North Sea. The underwater investigation…
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The Ancient Egyptian Shipwreck That Showed Herodotus Got a 2,500-Year-Old Detail Right
For centuries, one of Herodotus’ most detailed passages about ancient Egypt presented historians with a problem. The Greek writer described an unusual Nile cargo boat built from short pieces of acacia wood arranged “like bricks,” yet no surviving vessel seemed to match his account. That changed when an ancient Egyptian shipwreck was examined beneath the…
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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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Nearly Intact Roman Statue Weighing Hundreds of Kilograms Pulled from the Danube in Hungary
A nearly intact Roman statue weighing several hundred kilograms has been recovered from the Danube near Dunaújváros, Hungary, as exceptionally low water levels continue to expose archaeological remains around the ancient settlement of Intercisa. Industrial divers discovered the statue in a difficult-to-access section of the river. Its considerable weight made the recovery challenging, and additional…