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A Newly Discovered 3,000-Year-Old Fortress the Size of 17 Football Fields May Be Urartu’s Lost First Capital
A 3,000-year-old fortress covering roughly 120,000 square meters has been identified near Mescidli village in eastern Turkey, revealing one of the largest fortified sites…
Amazon and Achillia, Two Female Gladiators Who Fought in the Arena of Ancient Bodrum
Nearly 2,000 years ago, two female gladiators known as Amazon and Achillia faced each other in the arena at ancient Halicarnassus, the city that…
A Hidden Wall Reveals How the Phrygians Completed Midas Castle’s Natural Defenses
For generations, archaeologists could see where defensive walls once crossed the rocky landscape of Yazılıkaya, also known as Midas Castle. Grooves, cuttings and sockets…
Ancient Smyrna Reveals Its First Wall Paintings Near the Agora and Theater
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Smyrna in western Türkiye have uncovered previously undocumented wall paintings and three rooms dating back approximately 1,500 years.…
A 2,100-Year-Old Shipwreck Is Revealing the Tableware Even Cicero Wrote About
Thousands of ceramic plates, bowls and serving vessels have emerged from a 2,100-year-old shipwreck off Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast, revealing a cargo linked to one…
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4,000-Year-Old Tablets Reveal a Princess’s Estate, New Place Names and Possible War Captive Settlements
Fifteen cuneiform tablets kept in the Iraq Museum are opening an unusually detailed window…
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They Lived Above the Dead as Violence Hid Beneath Their Floors
Ancient life can seem almost storybook from a distance: kings and queens, princes and princesses, monumental…
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An ‘Ancient Las Vegas’? More Than 1,000 Bone Dice Unearthed at a Roman Town
Archaeologists excavating a quiet village in northeastern France have uncovered more than 1,000 ancient bone dice,…
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Archaeologists Discover the Main Gate of Rome’s XIII Gemina Legionary Fortress at Apulum
Archaeologists at Apulum in Romania have identified the Porta Praetoria, the main eastern gate of the…
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An ‘Ancient Las Vegas’? More Than 1,000 Bone Dice Unearthed at a Roman Town
Archaeologists excavating a quiet village in northeastern France have uncovered more than…
Archaeologists Discover the Main Gate of Rome’s XIII Gemina Legionary Fortress at Apulum
Archaeologists at Apulum in Romania have identified the Porta Praetoria, the main…
Archaeologists Uncover a Vast Residence Built for a Roman Legion Commander
On the Roman Empire’s northern frontier, overlooking the Danube in what is…
Romans Turned an Ancient Bath into a Massive Production Complex in Türkiye
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7 October 2026
An ‘Ancient Las Vegas’? More Than 1,000 Bone Dice Unearthed at a Roman Town
Archaeologists excavating a quiet village in northeastern France have uncovered more than 1,000 ancient bone dice,…
7 October 2026
Archaeologists Discover the Main Gate of Rome’s XIII Gemina Legionary Fortress at Apulum
Archaeologists at Apulum in Romania have identified the Porta Praetoria, the main eastern gate of the…
6 October 2026
Archaeologists Uncover a Large Iron Age Residence with Imported Mediterranean Ceramics in Spain
Archaeologists excavating Cerro del Gollino in central Spain have uncovered new evidence from a large Iron…
6 October 2026
First-Ever Seal Ring Showing the Lighthouse of Alexandria Found in the Sunken Royal Quarter
Underwater archaeologists working in Alexandria’s ancient Eastern Harbour have discovered a bronze seal ring engraved with…
6 October 2026
A 2,600-Year-Old Warrior Buried With a Helmet, Sword, Shield and Gold Face Covering Found in North Macedonia
Archaeologists in North Macedonia have uncovered a richly furnished 2,600-year-old burial containing a bronze helmet, shield,…
6 October 2026
After Fire Destroyed Their Town 3,200 Years Ago, Mycenaeans Returned and Built Massive Defensive Walls
A devastating fire swept through the Mycenaean settlement of Aigeira around the middle of the 12th…
6 October 2026
4,000-Year-Old Tablets Reveal a Princess’s Estate, New Place Names and Possible War Captive Settlements
Fifteen cuneiform tablets kept in the Iraq Museum are opening an unusually detailed window onto the…
5 October 2026
Could Egypt’s First Royal Servants Have Been Buried Alive? 5,000-Year-Old Skulls Reopen a Century-Old Mystery
More than a century ago, archaeologist Flinders Petrie examined a group of unusual burials surrounding some…
5 October 2026
People Reached Badanj Cave in Bosnia 20,000 Years Ago, 5,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
People were using Badanj Cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina around 20,000 years ago, roughly 5,000 years…
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Newly Discovered Medieval Hoard in Russia Contains Two Swedish Coins of Exceptional Rarity
Archaeologists excavating a medieval fortified settlement in northwestern Russia have uncovered more than two kilograms of…