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Amateur divers discover ‘enormously valuable’ hoard of Roman coins

27 September 2021

Two amateur free divers have found one of the largest collections of Roman coins in Europe off the east coast of Spain. Luis Lens...

Anatolian Archeology, Classical Archeology, News

In the city of Gods and Goddesses Magnesia, Zeus Temple’s entrance gate found

26 September 2021

During an excavation in the ancient city of Magnesia, located in the Ortaklar district of Germencik in Turkey’s Aegean province...

News, Travel

Falaj al Misfah: Working for a thousand years

26 September 2021

The village of Al Misfah Abriyeen is known for its lush oasis, magnificent orchards, and year-round water source, the ‘aflaj.’...

White Sands National Park Human Footprints

News

The oldest trace of human activity discovered in North America dates back 23,000 years

26 September 2021

A recent fossil footprint found in New Mexico, the United States, indicates that humans existed in North America about 23,000...

News

The 2000-year-old origin mystery of the Etruscans solved

25 September 2021

A genetic analysis of DNA taken from ancient skeletons appears to have answered a conundrum that has captivated researchers for...

Anatolian Archeology, Classical Archeology, News

Private lodges were uncovered in the colosseum of the ancient city of Pergamon

24 September 2021

Private lodges built for the elite-class people to watch gladiator or wild animal fights shows have been unearthed in the...

News

Anthropologists say humans have been using personal ornaments to communicate about themselves without the fuss of conversation – for millennia

24 September 2021

Anthropologists believe that for millennia, individuals have used personal decorations to communicate about themselves without the hassle of dialogue. They...

Anatolian Archeology, News

Tombs of Queens of Commagene Detected

23 September 2021

The graves built by Commagene King Mithritades II (36-21 BC) for his mother Isias, his sister Antiokhis, and Antiochis’s daughter...

The ruins of Volubilis, a city in Morocco that was part of the Roman Empire. Photo: Sergio Morchon/ Flickr

Classical Archeology, News

Roman-era Mixers and Millstones Made with Geology in Mind

22 September 2021

A study on stone tools from an outpost of the Roman Empire has found that for ancient bakers and millers,...

News

The biblical narrative of Sodom may have been inspired by a cosmic meteorite that devastated an ancient city

21 September 2021

The Bible account of Sodom’s destruction lies at the heart of classic “fire and brimstone” judgment day prophesies. But what...

Amateur divers discover ‘enormously valuable’ hoard of Roman coins

In the city of Gods and Goddesses Magnesia, Zeus Temple’s entrance gate found

Falaj al Misfah: Working for a thousand years

The oldest trace of human activity discovered in North America dates back 23,000 years

The 2000-year-old origin mystery of the Etruscans solved

Private lodges were uncovered in the colosseum of the ancient city of Pergamon

Anthropologists say humans have been using personal ornaments to communicate about themselves without the fuss of conversation – for millennia

Tombs of Queens of Commagene Detected

Roman-era Mixers and Millstones Made with Geology in Mind

The biblical narrative of Sodom may have been inspired by a cosmic meteorite that devastated an ancient city

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