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The mold from which Medusa masks were made in the 1st century BC in Sicily. Credit: Finziade Project / Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi

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1st Century BCE Medusa Mask Mold Discovered in Ancient Finziade, Sicily

24 January 2025

At the Finziade archaeological site in the Sicilian town of Licata, archaeologists have discovered a mask mold that could represent...

A depression around the cache where soil samples were taken during the archeologists’ visit in summer 2024. Credit: U.S. Air Force and Northern Land Use Research Alaska

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Anchorage’s Indigenous History: A 1000-Year-Old Dene Cache Found Near Cook Inlet

24 January 2025

In June 2024, archaeologists from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and Northern Land Use Research Alaska discovered a birch bark-lined cache...

In 2024, a fragment of one of Scandinavia's most splendid helmets emerged from the rubble. Gold-plated and decorated with red gemstones, it dates from the late 6th to mid-7th century, just before the beginning of the Viking Age.

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The Discovery of a Unique Pre-Viking Helmet Fragment in Lejre, Denmark

23 January 2025

In Lejre, the northwestern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, detectorists have uncovered an exceptionally rare fragment...

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Divers Discover 2,500-Year-Old Shipwreck and anchors Off the Coast of Sicily

23 January 2025

A shipwreck dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries BC was discovered in the waters of Santa Maria del...

An Avar-period cloak clasp from a female grave at Moedling, Austria. Archers were associated with a higher social status. Credit: Benedict Seidl

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Surprising Genetic Findings from Early Middle Ages Burial Sites in Austria

22 January 2025

In a groundbreaking archeogenetic study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in collaboration with an international team,...

Aerial image of Sunbury Ring G. Credit: Caroline Spry et al., Australian Archaeology (2025)

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Australia’s 1,400-year-old Mysterious Earth Rings: Evidence of Millennia of Human Effort, Not Natural Formation

21 January 2025

A chain of mysterious earth rings in the Sunbury hills at the fringe of Melbourne, in Australia have been found...

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Archaeologists Discover Rare Boundary Stone From the Tetrarchy Period of the Roman Empire Contains Two Unknown Place Names

21 January 2025

In northern Galilee, excavations at Tel Avel Beit Ma’akha, about 1.2 miles south of Metula, have produced a remarkable find:...

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2,000 Bronze Statue Fragments Found in Ancient Scrap Yard

20 January 2025

Archaeologists in Izmir, Turkey have made an extraordinary discovery in the ancient city of Metropolis: Approximately 2,000 bronze statue fragments...

A recreation by artist Craig Williams showing the nose and eyebrow pieces that first alerted an expert that the fragments might be a helmet. Credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

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Britain’s Hidden Treasures: The Pieces of Rare Iron Age Helmet Found at Snettisham

19 January 2025

Thanks to advanced scientific testing, the copper alloy fragments unearthed at Snettisham, Norfolk, at one of Britain’s most significant archaeological...

An unrolled curse tablet written in the extinct Gaulish language. Credit: Service Archéologie Orléans (SAVO)

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In French Necropolis 21 Roman “curse tablets” discovered including one written in the extinct Celtic language of Gaulish

18 January 2025

During the excavation of an eighteenth-century hospital in north-western France by researchers from the Orléans Archaeological Service, a 2,000-year-old necropolis...

1st Century BCE Medusa Mask Mold Discovered in Ancient Finziade, Sicily

Anchorage’s Indigenous History: A 1000-Year-Old Dene Cache Found Near Cook Inlet

The Discovery of a Unique Pre-Viking Helmet Fragment in Lejre, Denmark

Divers Discover 2,500-Year-Old Shipwreck and anchors Off the Coast of Sicily

Surprising Genetic Findings from Early Middle Ages Burial Sites in Austria

Australia’s 1,400-year-old Mysterious Earth Rings: Evidence of Millennia of Human Effort, Not Natural Formation

Archaeologists Discover Rare Boundary Stone From the Tetrarchy Period of the Roman Empire Contains Two Unknown Place Names

2,000 Bronze Statue Fragments Found in Ancient Scrap Yard

Britain’s Hidden Treasures: The Pieces of Rare Iron Age Helmet Found at Snettisham

In French Necropolis 21 Roman “curse tablets” discovered including one written in the extinct Celtic language of Gaulish

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