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Five New Roman-Era Theatrical Masks Unearthed in Kastabala, Including a Rare Depiction of an Elderly Philosopher

19 November 2025

Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Kastabala, located in Türkiye’s southern Osmaniye province, have revealed five additional theatrical mask...

Anatolian Archeology, News

Ancient Anchorage and Three Shipwrecks Discovered off Fethiye Reveal 4,000 Years of Maritime Traffic

19 November 2025

A sweeping underwater survey along the eastern shores of Fethiye in southwestern Türkiye has uncovered an ancient anchorage used continuously...

Credit: Clara Amit and Yuvaly Schwartz, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority; Shahar Cohen, courtesy of Prof. Zohar Amar, Bar-Ilan University.

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A 2,000-Year-Old Fashion Fraud: Roman Textiles Imitated Royal Murex Purple

18 November 2025

Ancient textiles from the Judean Desert reveal that many Roman-era “purple” garments were not dyed with costly murex but with...

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Long Before Zeus and Leda, Natufian People Crafted a 12,000-Year-Old Figurine of a Goose Mating with a Woman

18 November 2025

Long before Greek poets imagined Zeus seducing Leda in the guise of a swan, prehistoric communities in Southwest Asia were...

İvriz Rock Monument. Credit: Governorship of Konya

Anatolian Archeology, News

2,700-Year-Old Luwian Stele Reveals Ancient Name of İvriz Spring and New Details on King Warpalawa

18 November 2025

A newly published study has brought surprising clarity to one of Anatolia’s most iconic sacred landscapes. An untranslated Late Iron...

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Mapped for the First Time: The Hidden Underground Tunnels of Veio, the Etruscan City That Once Defied Rome

17 November 2025

For the first time, archaeologists have completed a full technological mapping of the underground tunnel system beneath the ancient Etruscan...

Residues extracted from the inkwell’s interior and analyzed using advanced laboratory techniques. Credit: C. Oliveira et al., 2025.

Classical Archeology, News

A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Inkwell Found in Portugal Contains a Technological Recipe That Shouldn’t Exist

17 November 2025

A 2,000-year-old Roman inkwell found in Conimbriga reveals an advanced mixed-ink formula, challenging what we know about ancient writing technology...

The bronze Jesus figure was once covered in gold. Credit: Kim Erik Fylling Dybvik / NTNU Trondheim

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Lucky Metal-Detector Find Uncovers 800-Year-Old Gilded Bronze Jesus Statue in Norway

17 November 2025

A metal detectorist in Åndalsnes has uncovered an 800-year-old gilded bronze Christ figure just beneath the surface of a ploughed...

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New Evidence Shows Arabia Was Not Only the Incense Highway—But an Ancient Scent Capital

16 November 2025

For centuries, historians described Arabia as the famous “incense highway,” a vast trade artery that carried frankincense and myrrh from...

The skull of the 13th-century individual uncovered in the Dominican monastery on Margaret Island in Budapest, examined in the ELTE-led investigation. Credit: Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)

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DNA Cracks a 750-Year-Old Murder: The Vicious Killing of a Forgotten Duke Finally Exposed

16 November 2025

For more than seven centuries, the violent end of a young medieval nobleman remained an unresolved whisper in European history—half...

Five New Roman-Era Theatrical Masks Unearthed in Kastabala, Including a Rare Depiction of an Elderly Philosopher

Ancient Anchorage and Three Shipwrecks Discovered off Fethiye Reveal 4,000 Years of Maritime Traffic

A 2,000-Year-Old Fashion Fraud: Roman Textiles Imitated Royal Murex Purple

Long Before Zeus and Leda, Natufian People Crafted a 12,000-Year-Old Figurine of a Goose Mating with a Woman

2,700-Year-Old Luwian Stele Reveals Ancient Name of İvriz Spring and New Details on King Warpalawa

Mapped for the First Time: The Hidden Underground Tunnels of Veio, the Etruscan City That Once Defied Rome

A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Inkwell Found in Portugal Contains a Technological Recipe That Shouldn’t Exist

Lucky Metal-Detector Find Uncovers 800-Year-Old Gilded Bronze Jesus Statue in Norway

New Evidence Shows Arabia Was Not Only the Incense Highway—But an Ancient Scent Capital

DNA Cracks a 750-Year-Old Murder: The Vicious Killing of a Forgotten Duke Finally Exposed

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