7 February 2026 The Future is the Product of the Past
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Imagery of conquered provinces depicted as women: (left) reverse of a Judea Capta coin showing Titus towering over a seated Judea; (right) Gallia portrayed as a subdued female figure on the breastplate of the Augustus of Prima Porta. After RIC II.1 (167); photo courtesy of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Credit: Wigodner A. (2025), Cambridge Archaeological Journal
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2,500 Roman Votive Offerings in Britain and Gaul Reveal Gender Divide Between Clay Women and Metal Gods

7 February 2026

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7 February 2026

A new archaeological study examining nearly 2,500 votive offerings from Roman Britain and northern Gaul suggests that gender in the...

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Petra’s Hidden Engineering: Rare 116-Meter Lead Pipeline Discovered in Nabataean Aqueduct System

7 February 2026

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7 February 2026

In the rose-red cliffs of Petra, water was never just a necessity. It was power, prestige—and engineering brilliance carved directly...

One of the two wall-trench houses visible in the aerial view. Credit: David Petö, Archäologie am Hellweg e.G.
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2,500-year-old Salt Production and Rare Germanic Settlement Discovered in Werl, Germany

7 February 2026

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7 February 2026

Archaeological excavations in Werl-Westönnen uncover a 2,500-year-old salt production site and a unique Germanic farmstead Nearly two years of archaeological...

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2,000-Year-Old Kushan Coin Hoard Discovered in Tajikistan

6 February 2026

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6 February 2026

A chance discovery in southern Tajikistan has opened a new window onto the early history of the Kushan Empire. In...

Satellite imagery showing expanse of modern Tabriz in 2022, with inset detail of the modern development on the garden site (source: Maxar and Airbus, via Google Earth). Fradley et al., Antiquity (2026)
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Possible Remains of a Monumental Persian Garden Complex Identified Near Tabriz

6 February 2026

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6 February 2026

A vast, long-lost landscape may once have shaped the southern edge of historic Tabriz. Using declassified military aerial photographs and...

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Archaeologists Unearth 2,700-Year-Old Phoenician Scarab Seal and Amulet at Nuragic Ruinas in Sardinia

6 February 2026

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6 February 2026

Archaeologists excavating the Nuragic complex of Ruinas in central-eastern Sardinia have uncovered an extraordinary artifact: a Phoenician scarab carved in...

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Ancient Roman Mithras Temple Discovered in Regensburg Old Town, Revealing Bavaria’s Oldest Mithraeum

5 February 2026

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5 February 2026

An extraordinary archaeological discovery in the historic heart of Regensburg, a UNESCO World Heritage city in southeastern Germany, has reshaped...

Mythology, News

The Myth Behind Homay: New Study Reveals Ancient Links Between Turkic Mother Spirit Umay and Korean Mother Goddesses

5 February 2026

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5 February 2026

Across continents and thousands of years, two ancient mythological figures—one rooted in the Korean Peninsula, the other spanning the vast...

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They Worshipped the Olympian Gods Until the 9th Century — DNA Reveals the Hidden Descendants of Ancient Hellenes

5 February 2026

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5 February 2026

A new Oxford-led DNA study reveals that the isolated Deep Mani Greeks preserved ancient Hellenic ancestry and continued pagan Olympian...

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Rare Early Medieval Pendant Used to Identify a Princely Official Found in Staraya Ladoga

5 February 2026

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5 February 2026

Archaeologists in Old Ladoga have discovered a rare medieval pendant bearing the Rurikid trident — an object believed to have...

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