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2,700-year-old La Blanca ceramic figurine from Guatemala with eleven impressed dots that may represent early Mesoamerican numeration. Credit: Julia Guernsey

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2,700-Year-Old Figurine in Guatemala May Bear Mesoamerica’s Oldest Numbers

12 June 2026

A small broken ceramic figurine from Guatemala may preserve one of the earliest known traces of numerical thinking in ancient...

Anatolian Archeology, News

Empty Tombs in Roman Anatolia Reveal How Absence Became Architecture

11 June 2026

Cenotaphs in Roman Anatolia were not ordinary graves. They were empty tombs built for the absent dead, and a new...

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More Than 1,200 Petroglyphs and a Rare Old Turkic Runic Inscription Found in Kazakhstan

10 June 2026

More than 1,200 petroglyphs and a rare Old Turkic runic inscription have been documented in Burkhansai Gorge in Kazakhstan’s Jambyl...

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Nearly 2,000-Year-Old Rare Roman Mosaic Made with Two Techniques Unearthed Beneath Soissons

10 June 2026

A rare Roman mosaic discovered in Soissons is offering a striking new glimpse into the wealth, taste, and cultural identity...

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Rare Medieval Silver Ornament Unearthed with Two Figures, One with a Strange Pointed Head

9 June 2026

Archaeologists working in Russia’s Perm Krai have uncovered an unusual medieval silver ornament engraved with two human-like figures, a small...

Gold ornaments for the neck, arm, and finger are among the unusual finds from Celtic graves of this period. Credit: Thomas Kurella, hr

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Rare Celtic Princely Grave with Gold and Chariot Discovered in Germany’s Taunus Mountains

8 June 2026

According to a report by Hessenschau, archaeologists in Hesse have uncovered the first known Celtic “princely grave” in the Taunus,...

Anatolian Archeology, News, Travel

Phaselis: The 2,700-Year-Old Ancient City Where Travelers Swim Through History

8 June 2026

A rare Mediterranean site where ruins, pine forests, and clear bays meet Phaselis ancient city is one of the most...

Anatolian Archeology, News

New Study Links Göbekli Tepe’s Vulture Stone to Europe’s Trypillia Culture

7 June 2026

A new study compares the carved symbolism of Göbekli Tepe’s Vulture Stone with ritual imagery from the Trypillia culture, suggesting...

Anatolian Archeology, News

2,100-Year-Old Funerary Stele from Ancient Antioch Reveals a Woman Portrayed Like the City’s Goddess Tyche

6 June 2026

A marble stele from Antioch’s necropolis offers a rare glimpse into elite female identity, death, and divine imagery in the...

General view of the surface of the Culasawani shell island; inset shows a 2-cm long potsherd within the shell midden (side of crab mound). Credit: Nunn, P. D., et.al., 2026

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Scientists Find a Fiji Island That May Have Been Built from Ancient Food Waste

5 June 2026

Researchers say the 3,000-square-meter shell island near Culasawani was likely formed by generations of people processing shellfish and discarding the...