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News · 2 August 2026
Archaeologists Find 5th-Century BC Shipwreck with Up to 650 Amphorae off Andros
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Egypt’s 5,000-Year-Old Sabu Disk Looks Like a Machine Part—But What Was It Really For?
Classical Archaeology
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Roman Gold, Barracks and Surgical Tools Unearthed at Vindonissa’s First Military Camp in Switzerland
A major rescue excavation at Vindonissa in Switzerland has revealed the defences of the site’s earliest Roman military camp, along with a legionary barracks,…
2,000-Year-Old Cemetery with Lavishly Adorned Elite Burials Uncovered in England
A 2,000-year-old Iron Age cemetery containing more than 100 cremation burials has been uncovered near Chelmsford in eastern England. Five unusually rich graves found…
Inscribed Gold Plaque Provides First Evidence of Jupiter Dolichenus Cult at Roman Fort in Georgia
A small inscribed gold plaque discovered at the Roman fort of Apsaros in Georgia has provided the first direct epigraphic evidence that Jupiter Dolichenus…
Massive Roman Bathhouse Spanning Nearly 5,000 Square Meters Unearthed in Netherlands
The Netherlands’ largest Roman bathhouse has been unearthed in Nijmegen, revealing a wealthy urban quarter of Ulpia Noviomagus with heated floors, marble-lined pools, luxury…
Illegal Dig Leads Archaeologists to Roman Imperial Villa with Mosaics near Rome
A report of illegal digging on the rural edge of Rome has led archaeologists to one of the most striking recent discoveries in the…
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
Sasanian Artefacts Unearthed as Road Projects Expose 14 Archaeological Sites Around Erbil
Two major road projects in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have led archaeologists to…
Mesopotamia
Ancient Cuneiform Records Reveal Three Forgotten Kings of Assyria
In 763 BCE, the sun disappeared over Assyria. The total solar eclipse was carefully…
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Anatolian Archaeology
3,300-Year-Old Hittite Iron Dagger Reveals the Elegance of Bronze Age Weapon Design
A Hittite dagger on display at the Amasra Museum on Türkiye’s Black…
5,000-Year-Old “Mystery Jar” with Three Enigmatic Symbols Found Upside Down at Gökhöyük
Archaeologists excavating Gökhöyük in central Türkiye have uncovered an extraordinary 5,000-year-old ceramic…
Greek Island Obsidian Discovered at a 5,000-Year-Old Mountain Settlement in Türkiye
Archaeologists excavating Çaltılar Höyük in southwestern Türkiye have uncovered stone tools made…
3,500-Year-Old Luwian Seal and Gold Amulet Believed to Contain a Biblical Passage Found in Türkiye
Archaeologists excavating Türkmen Karahöyük in central Türkiye have uncovered two rare objects…
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2 August 2026
Rare Urartian Mural Found in Armenia with Its 2,600-Year-Old Colors Still Preserved
A joint French-Armenian archaeological mission has uncovered a rare painted wall panel at Erebuni Fortress in…
2 August 2026
Who Really Built East Africa’s Mysterious Stone Cities? The African History Colonial Archaeology Tried to Erase
Along the coast of East Africa stand the remains of cities that once astonished travellers arriving…
1 August 2026
3,300-Year-Old Hittite Iron Dagger Reveals the Elegance of Bronze Age Weapon Design
A Hittite dagger on display at the Amasra Museum on Türkiye’s Black Sea coast offers a…
1 August 2026
Kazakhstan’s Bronze Age ‘Brienne of Tarth’? Nearly 2-Meter-Tall Woman Buried at Center of Ancient Cemetery
A Bronze Age woman buried in northern Kazakhstan would have towered over almost everyone around her.…
1 August 2026
Rare Balkan-Style Temple Ring Found in Pskov, Only the Third from the Medieval City
Archaeologists in the northwestern Russian city of Pskov have discovered a rare medieval temple ring decorated…
31 July 2026
626 Mysterious Marks on an Ancient Greek Gate in Libya Have Been Decoded
For more than two thousand years, hundreds of letters and monograms have remained visible across the…
31 July 2026
Rock-Cut Tomb Linked to a Deified Thracian Ruler Unearthed Beside a 1,700-Year-Old Mausoleum
Archaeologists at Perperikon in southern Bulgaria have uncovered an eight-metre-wide circular mausoleum beside rock-cut tombs associated…
31 July 2026
LiDAR Reveals Up to 30,000 Earthworks Built by a Lost Amazonian Civilization
A vast network of geometric earthworks hidden beneath the rainforest suggests that southwestern Amazonia once supported…
31 July 2026
Rare 1,600-Year-Old Phallic Nail Cleaner Unearthed Near Cheltenham, England
A rare Roman phallic nail cleaner dating back around 1,600 years has been discovered during excavations…
30 July 2026
Austria’s Largest Roman Pottery Production Center Ever Discovered Reveals More Than 100 Kilns
Archaeologists excavating a field in eastern Austria have uncovered part of an enormous Roman pottery production…