15 August 2026
Did Assyrians Invent the Telescope 2,700 Years Ago? The Mystery of the Nimrud Lens
More than 2,700 years ago, someone in ancient Assyria carefully ground and polished a small piece…
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Archaeology news
15 August 2026
Rare 2,000-Year-Old Kushan Royal Seal Discovered in Tajikistan
Archaeologists in southern Tajikistan have uncovered a rare Kushan royal seal made of fired clay, a…
15 August 2026
A Boomerang in Ancient Gaul? This 2,100-Year-Old Wooden Weapon Was Found in France
A curved wooden weapon discovered at an Iron Age settlement on the coast of Normandy is…
14 August 2026
Older Bronze Age Burial Found Beneath Viking Ship Grave in Norway
Archaeologists have reopened a Viking Age ship burial on Norway’s western coast and uncovered evidence of…
14 August 2026
More Than 40 Gold Bars and 4,000 Old Coins Found Hidden in a Cellar Wall in Belgium
Construction workers renovating a building in the Belgian city of Dendermonde have uncovered an extraordinary hidden…
14 August 2026
3,500-Year-Old Linear A Prayer May Reveal Minoan Roots of Dionysos and Demeter
A tiny stone offering table from a Minoan mountaintop sanctuary may preserve something far larger than…
14 August 2026
A Medieval Ship Hull Was Hiding in a Cellar Ceiling for Nearly 800 Years
What looked like a collection of old wooden boards in the ceiling of a cellar in…
13 August 2026
Ultra-Rare 13th-Century Avar Coin Found at Derbent’s Naryn-Kala Citadel, Dagestan
Archaeologists at Derbent’s Naryn-Kala Citadel in Dagestan discovered an ultra-rare 13th-century Avar coin linked to ruler…
13 August 2026
10,000-Year-Old Rectangular Buildings Unearthed at Göbeklitepe May Have Been Homes
Archaeologists working at Göbeklitepe in southeastern Türkiye have uncovered rectangular buildings just beneath the surface in…
13 August 2026
Reading Ruined Stone Walls with the Assistance of AI
AI adoption is becoming increasingly well established in archaeology, with a growing range of systems designed…