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2,000-Year-Old Kushan Coin Hoard Discovered in Tajikistan

6 February 2026

A chance discovery in southern Tajikistan has opened a new window onto the early history of the Kushan Empire. In...

Satellite imagery showing expanse of modern Tabriz in 2022, with inset detail of the modern development on the garden site (source: Maxar and Airbus, via Google Earth). Fradley et al., Antiquity (2026)

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Possible Remains of a Monumental Persian Garden Complex Identified Near Tabriz

6 February 2026

A vast, long-lost landscape may once have shaped the southern edge of historic Tabriz. Using declassified military aerial photographs and...

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Archaeologists Unearth 2,700-Year-Old Phoenician Scarab Seal and Amulet at Nuragic Ruinas in Sardinia

6 February 2026

Archaeologists excavating the Nuragic complex of Ruinas in central-eastern Sardinia have uncovered an extraordinary artifact: a Phoenician scarab carved in...

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Ancient Roman Mithras Temple Discovered in Regensburg Old Town, Revealing Bavaria’s Oldest Mithraeum

5 February 2026

An extraordinary archaeological discovery in the historic heart of Regensburg, a UNESCO World Heritage city in southeastern Germany, has reshaped...

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The Myth Behind Homay: New Study Reveals Ancient Links Between Turkic Mother Spirit Umay and Korean Mother Goddesses

5 February 2026

Across continents and thousands of years, two ancient mythological figures—one rooted in the Korean Peninsula, the other spanning the vast...

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They Worshipped the Olympian Gods Until the 9th Century — DNA Reveals the Hidden Descendants of Ancient Hellenes

5 February 2026

A new Oxford-led DNA study reveals that the isolated Deep Mani Greeks preserved ancient Hellenic ancestry and continued pagan Olympian...

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Rare Early Medieval Pendant Used to Identify a Princely Official Found in Staraya Ladoga

5 February 2026

Archaeologists in Old Ladoga have discovered a rare medieval pendant bearing the Rurikid trident — an object believed to have...

Anatolian Archeology, News

2,800-Year-Old Urartian Inscriptions Found in Türkiye Describe the Capture of an Unconquered City

4 February 2026

A remarkable archaeological discovery in eastern Türkiye is reshaping what scholars know about the ancient Kingdom of Urartu. During rescue...

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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Exceptional Discovery in the Ionian Sea: Newly Revealed Roman Shipwreck Found off Gallipoli, Italy

4 February 2026

Located in southern Italy’s Puglia region, on the Ionian coast of the Salento Peninsula (not to be confused with Gallipoli...

2,000-Year-Old Kushan Coin Hoard Discovered in Tajikistan

Possible Remains of a Monumental Persian Garden Complex Identified Near Tabriz

Archaeologists Unearth 2,700-Year-Old Phoenician Scarab Seal and Amulet at Nuragic Ruinas in Sardinia

Ancient Roman Mithras Temple Discovered in Regensburg Old Town, Revealing Bavaria’s Oldest Mithraeum

The Myth Behind Homay: New Study Reveals Ancient Links Between Turkic Mother Spirit Umay and Korean Mother Goddesses

They Worshipped the Olympian Gods Until the 9th Century — DNA Reveals the Hidden Descendants of Ancient Hellenes

Rare Early Medieval Pendant Used to Identify a Princely Official Found in Staraya Ladoga

2,800-Year-Old Urartian Inscriptions Found in Türkiye Describe the Capture of an Unconquered City

Bears in a Sacrificial Pose: A Bronze Plaque from Early Medieval Altai Reveals an Unknown Southern Tradition

Exceptional Discovery in the Ionian Sea: Newly Revealed Roman Shipwreck Found off Gallipoli, Italy

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Legend of Secret Cossack Tunnels Revived After Underground Discovery in Pervomaisk, Ukraine

1,800-Year-Old Battle in Denmark May Reveal Lost Army from Norway—Possibly Bound for Rome

Forgotten Roman Mosaic Reveals the Only Known Image of a Female Beast Hunter in the Arena

3,000-Year-Old Grave of a Woman Wearing 19 Bracelets and 8 Rings Discovered in Chechnya

440-Year-Old Silver Coin Pinpoints Exact Location of Spain’s Doomed “Port Famine” Colony

Famous 5,000-Year-Old Stone Circle No Longer Unique After Dozens of Similar Discoveries

Ancient Toltec Altar with Human Remains Discovered Near Mexico’s Tula Ruins

4,000-Year-Old 3D Mural Discovered in Peru Holds a Silent Warning from an Ancient Civilization

3,500-Year-Old Wooden Well Discovered Near Gloucester Reveals Hidden Bronze Age Water Strategy

From Iron Age to Roman Empire: A Child’s Tomb, a Kissing Figurine, and 800 Ancient Remains