12 August 2026
Stone Worshipped as Sacred for Generations Turns Out to Be 65 Million Years Old
A stone revered for generations by the Baiga Indigenous community in the forests of central India…
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Culture
5 August 2026
Silenced for 6,000 Years: How a Tiny Stone Seal Resurrected Iran’s Oldest Harp
Six millennia ago, on the plains of what is now southwestern Iran, a musician plucked the…
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…
27 July 2026
Tel Dan Stele Discovery: The Nearly 3,000-Year-Old “House of David” Inscription That Changed Biblical Archaeology
On a July afternoon in 1993, archaeologist and surveyor Gila Cook was completing measurements beside an…
20 July 2026
Ancient Rome’s Strange Hair Law: Long Locks Out, Bald Heads In
In late antique Rome, a bad hair day could become a legal matter. In AD 416,…
29 June 2026
The World’s Oldest Known International Divorce: A Princess, a King, and the Hittite Court
More than 3,200 years ago, a royal marriage in the eastern Mediterranean ended so badly that…
1 June 2026
The Mysterious Sign of Tanit: The Phoenician Goddess Who Outlived Carthage
A symbol that crossed the ancient Mediterranean Among the ruins of the ancient Mediterranean, some gods…
30 May 2026
Italy Acquires the François Tomb of Vulci, a Rare Masterpiece of Etruscan Painting
Italy has formally acquired the François Tomb of Vulci, bringing one of the most important surviving…
8 April 2026
The Talayots of Menorca: The Mystery of a Lost Mediterranean Stone Civilization
On the windswept Mediterranean island of Menorca, time seems to stand still among colossal stone towers…
20 March 2026
The Golden Helmet of Leiro: A Bronze Age Masterpiece Hidden for Millennia on Spain’s Atlantic Coast
On a rugged stretch of Galicia’s Atlantic coastline, where waves carve stories into stone, an extraordinary…