11 October 2026
1,200-Year-Old Inscription Reveals the Name of a Maya Mathematician Who Tracked Venus and Mars
More than 1,200 years ago, in an ancient Maya city in what is now Guatemala, a…
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archaeological discoveries
10 October 2026
90-Year-Old Photographs Reveal an Unusual Burial Tradition in a Byzantine Church
Two photographs taken nearly 90 years ago have revealed an unusual burial tradition inside a Byzantine…
9 October 2026
Pre-Roman Aqueduct Carved Into Solid Rock Discovered in Italy
Long before the Romans built their famous aqueducts, communities in central Italy were already developing remarkable…
1 October 2026
Ancient Smyrna Reveals Its First Wall Paintings Near the Agora and Theater
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Smyrna in western Türkiye have uncovered previously undocumented wall paintings…
26 September 2026
Romans Turned an Ancient Bath into a Massive Production Complex in Türkiye
An ancient Roman bath in southern Türkiye had an unexpected second life. Archaeologists investigating the ruins…
25 September 2026
Archaeologists Mistake a Rare 4,000-Year-Old Stone Tomb in Norway for a Fire Pit
What initially looked like the remains of an ancient fire pit has turned out to be…
24 September 2026
A Skeleton Reveals a Lost Norse Church Near Erik the Red’s Greenland Settlement
For more than two decades, a rectangular stone enclosure in southern Greenland held a question archaeologists…
24 September 2026
Gold and a Rare Woman’s Shoe Survive in a Looted 2,600-Year-Old Etruscan Tomb
Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered a monumental 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb containing gold ornaments, weapons, chariot components,…
24 September 2026
Rare 700-Year-Old Heating System Found Almost Intact Beneath Swiss Convent
A medieval heating system hidden beneath a former convent in Basel, Switzerland, has emerged from centuries…
23 September 2026
A Field Yielded 244 Bags of Anglo-Saxon Treasure Worth £3.3 Million
A metal detectorist searching an ordinary English field stumbled upon an extraordinary treasure: a vast collection…