12 July 2026
Ancient DNA Reveals Children Buried with Adults in Early Christian Sweden Were Rarely Close Relatives
A child laid beside an adult in a medieval grave might appear to offer a familiar…
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12 July 2026
New Lunitsa Pendant Found in Pskov Blurs the Line Between Pagan and Christian Rus’
At first glance, the object unearthed in Pskov looks like a simple crescent-shaped pendant. But ornaments…
11 July 2026
1,200-Year-Old Hoard of 59 Arab Silver Dirhams Found Near Kaliningrad, Russia
Archaeologists working on the Baltic coast near Kaliningrad have uncovered a hoard of 59 silver dirhams…
11 July 2026
Ancient Cuneiform Records Reveal Three Forgotten Kings of Assyria
In 763 BCE, the sun disappeared over Assyria. The total solar eclipse was carefully recorded by…
10 July 2026
Early Bronze Age Stone Axe in Lublin May Be Linked to the Mierzanowice Culture
A compact stone axe handed over to heritage officials in Lublin, eastern Poland, has turned out…
10 July 2026
Fake Cuneiform Seals Reveal How Unreadable Writing Became a Status Symbol in the Ancient Levant
Fake Cuneiform Seals and the Power of Unreadable Writing Across the ancient southern Levant, some cylinder…
9 July 2026
Forgotten African Kingdom of Thulamela Reveals Gold, Royal Burials, and a Neglected History
Deep inside South Africa’s Kruger National Park, on a sandstone hill above the Limpopo and Luvuvhu…
9 July 2026
Mysterious 3,700-Year-Old Decorated Reed Revealed in Judaean Desert Cave
First of its kind in the Southern Levant, the Middle Bronze Age object still keeps its…
9 July 2026
Rare 2,700-Year-Old Seal from Tel Yavne Reveals Astral Worship in the Shadow of the Assyrian Empire
A small limestone seal found near Tel Yavne in Israel is opening an unusually vivid window…
9 July 2026
Broken Ribs on 6,000-Year-Old Infant from Syria May Be Among Earliest Evidence of Child Abuse
A 6,000-year-old infant skeleton from Tell Brak in northeastern Syria may preserve one of the earliest…