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5,000-Year-Old Sinai Inscription Identified as Earliest Known Visual Display of Political Domination

1 February 2026

A 5,000-year-old rock inscription decoded by a University of Bonn Egyptologist offers rare insight into ancient Egyptian colonial domination in...

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Archaeologists Rediscover Alexandria on the Tigris, a Lost City Founded by Alexander the Great

31 January 2026

For centuries, one of the most important cities of the ancient world lay hidden beneath dust, war zones, and shifting...

The Ishtar Temple of Assur was first exposed by Walter Andrae. Altaweel et al. (2026)

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A Mysterious Sand Layer Beneath an Ancient Assur Temple: A Unique Discovery in Northern Mesopotamia Rewriting the Origins of the Goddess Ishtar

27 January 2026

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in northern Iraq reveals that a mysterious layer of sand beneath an ancient temple may reshape...

Credit: Bronze Head of Seuthes III, sculpted by Silanion or one of his circle of sculptors. Public Domain

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A 2,300-Year-Old Thracian Inscription Reveals the Man King Seuthes III Could Not Lose

24 January 2026

New research sheds light on a long-standing ancient mystery, suggesting that a previously unknown figure named Epimenes may have served...

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Nature Strikes—and History Answers: Could lost Punic-Roman city of Neapolis Be Resurfacing in Tunisia?

22 January 2026

A violent storm surge in Nabeul, Tunisia, exposed ancient stone ruins along the coast, sparking speculation that the lost Punic-Roman...

The possible location of Madinat Al-Zahira at the eastern end of Córdoba (to the west, Madinat Al-Zhara). Credit: Monterroso Checa, A. (2026) / Universidad de Córdoba

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Madinat al-Zāhira: The Enigmatic Palace-City Lost for 1,000 Years, Revealed by New LiDAR Evidence in Córdoba

14 January 2026

For more than a thousand years, the precise location of Madinat al-Zāhira, the enigmatic palace-city founded by Almanzor (al-Mansur Ibn...

Dionysos with an erect phallus depicted on a 2,500-year-old bone stylus discovered in Gela, Sicily. Credit: Superintendency of Caltanissetta / Government of Sicily

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Erotic Symbolism on a Potter’s Tool? Rare 5th Century BC Bone Stylus Found in Sicily

11 January 2026

An extraordinary archaeological discovery in southern Sicily is reshaping scholarly understanding of ancient Greek craftsmanship and ritual symbolism. Excavations in...

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Five Gates to the Sacred: The First Discovered Processional Road at My Son Sanctuary

9 January 2026

Archaeologists working at Vietnam’s My Son Sanctuary have uncovered a monumental sacred road that is reshaping scholarly understanding of Champa...

Ruins near the ziggurat of Kish at Tell al-Uhaymir, Mesopotamia, Babel Governorate, Iraq. Public Domain

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Clay Cylinders of the Builder-King of the Neo-Babylonian World Reveal the Restoration of the Kish Ziggurat

6 January 2026

Two inscribed clay cylinders discovered at the ancient city of Kish in Iraq have shed new light on the architectural...

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What Happens to Power When Bronze Loses Its Value? The Hastrup Hoard Holds the Answer

23 December 2025

In late Bronze Age Europe, wealth was no longer buried with the dead. Instead, power was dismantled, recycled—and hidden in...

5,000-Year-Old Sinai Inscription Identified as Earliest Known Visual Display of Political Domination

Archaeologists Rediscover Alexandria on the Tigris, a Lost City Founded by Alexander the Great

A Mysterious Sand Layer Beneath an Ancient Assur Temple: A Unique Discovery in Northern Mesopotamia Rewriting the Origins of the Goddess Ishtar

A 2,300-Year-Old Thracian Inscription Reveals the Man King Seuthes III Could Not Lose

Nature Strikes—and History Answers: Could lost Punic-Roman city of Neapolis Be Resurfacing in Tunisia?

Madinat al-Zāhira: The Enigmatic Palace-City Lost for 1,000 Years, Revealed by New LiDAR Evidence in Córdoba

Erotic Symbolism on a Potter’s Tool? Rare 5th Century BC Bone Stylus Found in Sicily

Five Gates to the Sacred: The First Discovered Processional Road at My Son Sanctuary

Clay Cylinders of the Builder-King of the Neo-Babylonian World Reveal the Restoration of the Kish Ziggurat

What Happens to Power When Bronze Loses Its Value? The Hastrup Hoard Holds the Answer

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5,000-Year-Old Sinai Inscription Identified as Earliest Known Visual Display of Political Domination

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