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Satellite imagery showing expanse of modern Tabriz in 2022, with inset detail of the modern development on the garden site (source: Maxar and Airbus, via Google Earth). Fradley et al., Antiquity (2026)

Possible Remains of a Monumental Persian Garden Complex Identified Near Tabriz

6 February 2026

A vast, long-lost landscape may once have shaped the southern edge of historic Tabriz. Using declassified military aerial photographs and...

Mythology, News

The Myth Behind Homay: New Study Reveals Ancient Links Between Turkic Mother Spirit Umay and Korean Mother Goddesses

5 February 2026

Across continents and thousands of years, two ancient mythological figures—one rooted in the Korean Peninsula, the other spanning the vast...

Anatolian Archeology, News

2,800-Year-Old Urartian Inscriptions Found in Türkiye Describe the Capture of an Unconquered City

4 February 2026

A remarkable archaeological discovery in eastern Türkiye is reshaping what scholars know about the ancient Kingdom of Urartu. During rescue...

Cover Image Credit: Grave 30 at the Chumysh-Perekat cemetery, Early Medieval Altai. Photo by Alexey Fribus.

News

Bears in a Sacrificial Pose: A Bronze Plaque from Early Medieval Altai Reveals an Unknown Southern Tradition

4 February 2026

More than thirteen centuries after it was placed in the ground, a bronze plaque depicting bears in a sacrificial pose...

News

England May Hold the Lost Grave of a Legendary Viking Warlord

3 February 2026

Medieval sources blur the line between history and legend — but new archaeological evidence suggests that one of the Viking...

Anatolian Archeology, News

A Rare Mosaic from the Villa of the Amazons Shows Nile Imagery in Late Roman Anatolia

2 February 2026

Archaeologists studying the ancient city of Edessa have uncovered striking new insights into Late Antique art through a richly decorated...

Egyptian Archeology, News

5,000-Year-Old Sinai Inscription Identified as Earliest Known Visual Display of Political Domination

1 February 2026

A 5,000-year-old rock inscription decoded by a University of Bonn Egyptologist offers rare insight into ancient Egyptian colonial domination in...

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The Iberian City That Wrote Everything Down: How a Forgotten Settlement Left Spain’s Largest Pre-Roman Archive

31 January 2026

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered nearly 1,000 inscriptions at the Iberian site of Azaila, revealing the largest archive of pre-Roman...

View of Rabat Fortress from the east (by H. Danışmaz, Ö. Şahin). Credit: Danışmaz H. (2025), Anatolian Studies

Anatolian Archeology, News

First Local Aramaic Inscription of the Ancient Kingdom of Sophene Discovered, Dating to the Hellenistic Period

30 January 2026

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in eastern Türkiye is reshaping historians’ understanding of the ancient Kingdom of Sophene, a little-known Hellenistic-era...

Anatolian Archeology, News

How Clean Were the Hittites? A Sophisticated Hygiene Culture 3,000 Years Ago, Revealed by New Research

29 January 2026

For a civilisation that flourished more than 3,000 years ago, the Hittites may have been far more concerned with cleanliness...

Possible Remains of a Monumental Persian Garden Complex Identified Near Tabriz

The Myth Behind Homay: New Study Reveals Ancient Links Between Turkic Mother Spirit Umay and Korean Mother Goddesses

2,800-Year-Old Urartian Inscriptions Found in Türkiye Describe the Capture of an Unconquered City

Bears in a Sacrificial Pose: A Bronze Plaque from Early Medieval Altai Reveals an Unknown Southern Tradition

England May Hold the Lost Grave of a Legendary Viking Warlord

A Rare Mosaic from the Villa of the Amazons Shows Nile Imagery in Late Roman Anatolia

5,000-Year-Old Sinai Inscription Identified as Earliest Known Visual Display of Political Domination

The Iberian City That Wrote Everything Down: How a Forgotten Settlement Left Spain’s Largest Pre-Roman Archive

First Local Aramaic Inscription of the Ancient Kingdom of Sophene Discovered, Dating to the Hellenistic Period

How Clean Were the Hittites? A Sophisticated Hygiene Culture 3,000 Years Ago, Revealed by New Research

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