2,000-Year-Old Kushan Coin Hoard Discovered in Tajikistan
A chance discovery in southern Tajikistan has opened a new window onto the early history of the Kushan Empire. In…
Possible Remains of a Monumental Persian Garden Complex Identified Near Tabriz
A vast, long-lost landscape may once have shaped the southern edge of historic Tabriz. Using declassified military aerial photographs and…
Archaeologists Unearth 2,700-Year-Old Phoenician Scarab Seal and Amulet at Nuragic Ruinas in Sardinia
Archaeologists excavating the Nuragic complex of Ruinas in central-eastern Sardinia have uncovered an extraordinary artifact: a Phoenician scarab carved in…
Ancient Roman Mithras Temple Discovered in Regensburg Old Town, Revealing Bavaria’s Oldest Mithraeum
An extraordinary archaeological discovery in the historic heart of Regensburg, a UNESCO World Heritage city in southeastern Germany, has reshaped…
2,000-Year-Old Kushan Coin Hoard Discovered in Tajikistan
A chance discovery in southern Tajikistan has opened a new window onto the early history of the Kushan Empire. In...
Possible Remains of a Monumental Persian Garden Complex Identified Near Tabriz
A vast, long-lost landscape may once have shaped the southern edge of historic Tabriz. Using declassified military aerial photographs and...
Archaeologists Unearth 2,700-Year-Old Phoenician Scarab Seal and Amulet at Nuragic Ruinas in Sardinia
Archaeologists excavating the Nuragic complex of Ruinas in central-eastern Sardinia have uncovered an extraordinary artifact: a Phoenician scarab carved in...
Ancient Roman Mithras Temple Discovered in Regensburg Old Town, Revealing Bavaria’s Oldest Mithraeum
An extraordinary archaeological discovery in the historic heart of Regensburg, a UNESCO World Heritage city in southeastern Germany, has reshaped...
The Myth Behind Homay: New Study Reveals Ancient Links Between Turkic Mother Spirit Umay and Korean Mother Goddesses
Across continents and thousands of years, two ancient mythological figures—one rooted in the Korean Peninsula, the other spanning the vast...
They Worshipped the Olympian Gods Until the 9th Century — DNA Reveals the Hidden Descendants of Ancient Hellenes
A new Oxford-led DNA study reveals that the isolated Deep Mani Greeks preserved ancient Hellenic ancestry and continued pagan Olympian...
Rare Early Medieval Pendant Used to Identify a Princely Official Found in Staraya Ladoga
Archaeologists in Old Ladoga have discovered a rare medieval pendant bearing the Rurikid trident — an object believed to have...
2,800-Year-Old Urartian Inscriptions Found in Türkiye Describe the Capture of an Unconquered City
A remarkable archaeological discovery in eastern Türkiye is reshaping what scholars know about the ancient Kingdom of Urartu. During rescue...
Bears in a Sacrificial Pose: A Bronze Plaque from Early Medieval Altai Reveals an Unknown Southern Tradition
More than thirteen centuries after it was placed in the ground, a bronze plaque depicting bears in a sacrificial pose...
Exceptional Discovery in the Ionian Sea: Newly Revealed Roman Shipwreck Found off Gallipoli, Italy
Located in southern Italy’s Puglia region, on the Ionian coast of the Salento Peninsula (not to be confused with Gallipoli...
