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Peruvian archaeologists discovered a new geoglyph and a temple in the Chicama Valley, La Libertad, and also documented an extensive agricultural and ceremonial complex, all built by the Chimú society. Credit: Chicama Archaeological Program

1,000-Year-Old Chimú “Sacred Road” and Temple Complex Discovered in Northern Peru

25 February 2026

Archaeologists in Peru’s Chicama Valley have discovered a 2-kilometer Chimú “Sacred Road” geoglyph, a temple platform, and more than 100...

Birch-bark letter no. 109, c. 12th century, Veliky Novgorod; photograph. Credit: Public Domain

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Archaeologists Confirm Birch Bark Writing Continued in Medieval Novgorod After Moscow Annexation

25 February 2026

Archaeologists have discovered new evidence proving that birch bark writing in medieval Novgorod continued even after the region was annexed...

The Adorant figurine from Geißenklösterle Cave, approximately 40,000 years old, consists of a small ivory plate bearing an anthropomorphic figure and multiple sequences of notches and dots. The application of these marks suggests a notational system, most notably in the rows of dots on the back of the plate. Credit: Landesmuseum Württemberg / Hendrik Zwietasch, CC BY 4.0

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Writing Began 40,000 Years Ago? Stone Age Symbols Show Surprising Complexity

24 February 2026

More than 40,000 years ago—long before the first cities of Mesopotamia—early humans were carving mysterious sequences of lines, dots, crosses,...

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A Hidden Cause of Neanderthal Extinction? Scientists Point to Pregnancy Risks

24 February 2026

For decades, scientists have debated why Neanderthals vanished from the Earth roughly 40,000 years ago. Climate instability, competition with early...

Reconstruction of the burial event at Gomolava by S.N. Credit: Fibiger, L. (2026), Nat Hum Behav

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Serbia Mass Grave Shock: 2,800-Year-Old Burial Reveals Targeted Killing of Women and Children

24 February 2026

A groundbreaking interdisciplinary investigation led by researchers from institutions including Leiden University has uncovered compelling evidence of gender- and age-selective...

Classical Archeology, News

Greek Inscription Found in Great Mosque of Homs Reveals Lost Temple of the Sun of Emperor Elagabalus

23 February 2026

A newly analyzed Greek inscription discovered inside the Great Mosque of Homs in Homs, Syria, is reshaping scholarly debate over...

The pegs mark the post holes of two large boathouses on Rennesøy, north of Stavanger. Credit: Jan G. Auestad / Museum of Archaeology in Stavanger

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Viking Sea Power May Have Emerged in the 3rd Century, During the Roman Era

23 February 2026

For generations, the Viking Age has been framed as beginning in the late 8th century, marked by the raid on...

Anatolian Archeology, News

4,000 Years of Innovation: Indigo-Dyed and Nålbinding Textile Discovered at Beycesultan Höyük

23 February 2026

Excavations carried out between 2016 and 2018 at Beycesultan Höyük (Beycesultan Mound) in western Anatolia have yielded an extraordinary discovery:...

Evidence of cannibalism in a cave in southern Poland suggests the practice was widespread 18,000 years ago.Credit: Dariusz Bobak

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18,000-Year-Old Evidence of Human Brain Consumption Found in Poland’s Maszycka Cave

22 February 2026

New scientific research has uncovered compelling evidence that prehistoric humans practiced cannibalism—including the consumption of human brains—around 18,000 years ago...

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1,000-Year-Old Gold-Filled Royal Tomb Discovered at El Caño in Panama

21 February 2026

A remarkable archaeological discovery in Panama is shedding new light on the power, ritual life, and social organization of pre-Hispanic...

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