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

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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...

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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...

Egyptian Archeology, News

Could the Great Pyramid Be Far Older Than We Thought? A New Study Says Yes

28 January 2026

A newly published preliminary study has reignited one of archaeology’s most enduring controversies: when was the Great Pyramid of Giza...

Anatolian Archeology, News

Rare Sealed Medieval Reliquary Cross Discovered at Lystra Ancient City in Central Türkiye

28 January 2026

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Lystra in central Türkiye have restored a rare medieval bronze reliquary cross discovered intact...

The Ishtar Temple of Assur was first exposed by Walter Andrae. Altaweel et al. (2026)

Mesopotamia, News

A Mysterious Sand Layer Beneath an Ancient Assur Temple: A Unique Discovery in Northern Mesopotamia Rewriting the Origins of the Goddess Ishtar

27 January 2026

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in northern Iraq reveals that a mysterious layer of sand beneath an ancient temple may reshape...

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

Could the Great Pyramid Be Far Older Than We Thought? A New Study Says Yes

Rare Sealed Medieval Reliquary Cross Discovered at Lystra Ancient City in Central Türkiye

A Mysterious Sand Layer Beneath an Ancient Assur Temple: A Unique Discovery in Northern Mesopotamia Rewriting the Origins of the Goddess Ishtar

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