25 August 2026
Archaeologists Unearth a Medieval Village That Was Abandoned Without Fire or Destruction
Archaeologists excavating east of Halberstadt in central Germany have uncovered a remarkably well-preserved medieval settlement whose…
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24 August 2026
Object Mistaken for an Animal-Tooth Bead Turns Out to Be a 6,500-Year-Old Human Tooth Pendant
A small object from a Neolithic site in Serbia, long classified as an animal-tooth bead, has…
24 August 2026
3,400-Year-Old Monumental Hittite Building at Šapinuwa Reveals Clues to Ancient Rituals
Archaeologists excavating a monumental 3,400-year-old Hittite building at Šapinuwa in central Türkiye have uncovered animal remains…
23 August 2026
Seal of One of Byzantium’s Most Powerful Women, Empress Irene, Found at Perperikon with Rare Christ Image
A rare 13th-century seal found at Perperikon belonged to one of the Byzantine world’s most powerful…
23 August 2026
1,700-Year-Old Chinese Armor Still Shines Thanks to an Ancient Metalworking Secret
Pieces of 1,700-year-old Chinese armor have emerged from the ground with something archaeologists would hardly expect…
22 August 2026
4,300-Year-Old Tomb in Inner Mongolia Reveals Earliest Known Dragon-Phoenix Pairing in Northern China
Archaeologists excavating a Late Neolithic tomb in Inner Mongolia have uncovered two clay figures identified as…
22 August 2026
Solving Archaeology’s Data Problem with Synthetic Data
Deep learning models usually need hundreds or thousands of labeled examples to learn how to identify…
22 August 2026
Roman Mass Grave Beneath Vienna Soccer Field Reveals Unusual Concentration of Pelvic Wounds
A Roman mass grave discovered beneath a soccer field in Vienna is revealing new details about…
22 August 2026
One of Byzantium’s Most Striking Images of Mary’s “Last Sleep” Survives on a Mosque Wall in Istanbul
On the western wall of Istanbul’s Chora Church, now known as Kariye Mosque, one of the…
21 August 2026
Classifying Ancient Japanese Pottery by Shape, with AI
Classifying ancient pottery has traditionally relied on expert judgment. Archaeologists examine features like the wall’s curve,…