18 July 2026
What Lies Beneath Karahantepe? A 12,000-Year-Old Stone-Sealed Chamber Will Soon Be Opened
Archaeologists will open a stone-sealed chamber at Karahantepe in southeastern Türkiye during the 2026 excavation season,…
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17 July 2026
Tiny 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Bronze Duck Found in Czechia Is One of the Finest of Its Kind
A tiny Celtic bronze duck dating back more than 2,000 years has been discovered on the…
17 July 2026
Young Macaque Found in Attaleia Tomb May Have Been a Wealthy Roman’s Pet
The 1,800-year-old skull is the first macaque specimen from Türkiye’s archaeological record to undergo a detailed…
17 July 2026
Archaic Necropolis Unearthed Beneath Italian Pasta Factory Preserves Rare Textiles, Baskets, and Egyptian Scarabs
An archaic necropolis containing 85 burials has been uncovered during expansion work at the Garofalo pasta…
16 July 2026
2,000-Year-Old ‘Olympic-Scale’ Swimming Pool Fully Unearthed at Tralleis in Türkiye
Archaeologists have fully uncovered a 2,000-year-old swimming pool at the ancient city of Tralleis in western…
16 July 2026
500-Year-Old Inca Child Did Not Die of Hypothermia—CT Scans Reveal a Fatal Blow to the Head
New forensic evidence overturns the decades-old theory that the eight-year-old child died from hypothermia during an…
16 July 2026
Games for the Afterlife: 2,000-Year-Old Liubo Game Boards Found in Han Dynasty Tombs
Archaeologists in northwest China have uncovered two game boards carved into square bricks inside approximately 2,000-year-old…
16 July 2026
Archaeologists Find a 1,000-Year-Old Amulet Depicting a Fantastical Beast
Archaeologists excavating the historic Zavelychye district of Pskov in northwestern Russia have uncovered the broken head…
16 July 2026
Urartu’s Kings Turned Bronze Bowls into Portable Propaganda 2,800 Years Ago
More than 100 bronze bowls inscribed with the names of Urartian kings were not simply elite…
15 July 2026
Large 2,200-Year-Old Atropatene Settlement Unearthed in Azerbaijan
Archaeologists working in the mountains of southeastern Azerbaijan have uncovered the remains of a large settlement…