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10,500-Year-Old Wooden Structures Discovered Beneath Lake Arendsee in Germany
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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…
10,000-Year-Old Burials at Göbeklitepe May Solve a 30-Year Archaeological Mystery
For more than three decades, archaeologists at Göbeklitepe in southeastern Türkiye have encountered a puzzling sight: hundreds of broken human bones scattered among the…
Noah’s Ark Mystery Deepens as New Discoveries Emerge Near Mount Ararat
Fresh pottery discoveries and nearly 1,000 soil samples have emerged from a new investigation of the Durupınar Formation near Mount Ararat in eastern Türkiye.…
In Türkiye’s Textile Heartland, Archaeologists Uncover an 8,200-Year-Old Workshop
More than 8,000 years ago, people living in western Anatolia were spinning thread, preparing textile-making tools, and wearing clothes that may have featured colorful…
New Fragment of One of the World’s Oldest Peace Treaties Found in Türkiye Reveals Ancient Rules for Fugitives
A 3,200-year-old fragment of the Kadesh Peace Treaty has been identified at the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusha in Türkiye. The cuneiform tablet preserves…
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Assyria’s Lost Queens Were Buried With a Great Gold Treasure to Rival Tutankhamun
The kings of Assyria made certain that history would remember them. Their victories covered…
European Archaeology
30 September 2026
10,500-Year-Old Wooden Structures Discovered Beneath Lake Arendsee in Germany
Around 10,500 years ago, people living beside a lake in what is now northern Germany cut…
30 September 2026
A Roman Temple to Mars Lay Hidden Just Centimeters Beneath a Forest Floor in the Heart of Europe
Just a few centimeters beneath the forest floor of the eastern Taunus, archaeologists are uncovering a…
29 September 2026
Croatia’s 1,500-Year-Old Palace Had a Harbor, a Fishpond—and a Much Older Secret
On the Croatian island of Mljet, the monumental ruins of a Late Antique palace still rise…
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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
An ancient Roman bath in southern Türkiye had an unexpected second life.…
Six 1,600-Year-Old Mosaics Unearthed in a Roman Complex in Albania
Archaeologists working in southern Albania have uncovered six richly decorated mosaic floors…
Built Fortresses, Broke Armor: Roman Legionaries’ Iron Tools Discovered in Bulgaria
Two remarkably preserved iron tools discovered near the nearly 1,700-year-old Roman fortress…
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30 September 2026
Archaeologists Discover 31 Previously Unknown Petroglyphs in Russia’s Remote Arctic
Archaeologists working in Chukotka, Russia’s far northeastern region across the Bering Strait from Alaska, have documented…
30 September 2026
A 2,800-Year-Old Palace in Africa May Have Been One of the Ancient World’s First “Skyscrapers”
Long before steel frames and reinforced concrete reshaped city skylines, builders in the Ethiopian highlands were…
30 September 2026
A Roman Temple to Mars Lay Hidden Just Centimeters Beneath a Forest Floor in the Heart of Europe
Just a few centimeters beneath the forest floor of the eastern Taunus, archaeologists are uncovering a…
29 September 2026
Archaeologists Uncover More Than 30 Iron Age Houses Dating Back 2,500 Years in the Alps
What looked like the remains of a single Iron Age house in the spring has turned…
29 September 2026
Croatia’s 1,500-Year-Old Palace Had a Harbor, a Fishpond—and a Much Older Secret
On the Croatian island of Mljet, the monumental ruins of a Late Antique palace still rise…
29 September 2026
2,200-Year-Old Grain Bundles May Be the Archaeological Echo of an Ancient Legend
More than two millennia ago, someone in the ancient Chu Kingdom carefully wrapped grains in leaves,…
28 September 2026
Third Bronze Age Sword Found Beneath Italy’s Lake Mezzano Deepens an Archaeological Mystery
A perfectly preserved Bronze Age sword has been discovered beneath Lake Mezzano in central Italy, adding…
28 September 2026
Assyria’s Lost Queens Were Buried With a Great Gold Treasure to Rival Tutankhamun
The kings of Assyria made certain that history would remember them. Their victories covered palace walls,…
28 September 2026
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…
28 September 2026
After 26 Years, Perperikon Reveals the First Evidence of Monumental Statues
After more than a quarter century of excavations at Perperikon, archaeologists have uncovered the first direct…