3 May 2026
New Study Reveals Sasanian Metalworkers Were Experimenting with Brass 1,400 Years Ago
Scientific tests reveal a forgotten chapter in Sasanian metallurgy Sasanian brass technology may have been far…
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2 May 2026
Rare Roman Britain Find: Babies in York Were Buried in Imperial Purple Cloth
The discovery of Tyrian purple textiles in Roman infant burials in York is offering a rare…
2 May 2026
2,700-Year-Old Saka Burial Mounds Unearthed Near Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul Lake
A rescue excavation near Cholpon-Ata, on the northern edge of Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk-Kul, has revealed a…
1 May 2026
Hidden Maya Cityscape in Quintana Roo Reveals 80 Buildings and Monumental Petén-Style Architecture
A newly registered Maya settlement expands the archaeological map of southern Quintana Roo A newly registered…
1 May 2026
Rare Anglo-Saxon “Lamb of God” Coins Found in Denmark Reveal a Failed Attempt to Stop Viking Raids
Two exceptionally rare Anglo-Saxon “Lamb of God” coins, struck more than 1,000 years ago in a…
1 May 2026
First Confirmed Iron Age Whale Bones in Scania Reveal Hidden Trade and Craft Networks in Ancient Sweden
A handful of forgotten whale bones, stored for decades in museum archives, has opened a new…
30 April 2026
Stone Tool Found at Roque Bentayga Reveals the Canary Islands’ Earliest Direct Evidence of Cereal Harvesting
A small basalt tool from a rock-cut cave complex in Gran Canaria has opened a rare…
30 April 2026
Rare Germanic Iron Age Gold Brooch Found in Denmark After 1,500 Years Underground
A 1,500-year-old gold brooch discovered in Denmark has turned an ordinary metal-detecting signal into a rare…
30 April 2026
Nineveh’s Shamash Gate Reveals Ashurbanipal Stele and Two Disasters 2,600 Years Apart
The Shamash Gate at Nineveh has revealed evidence of two violent chapters in the history of…
30 April 2026
“Unprecedented” Find of More Than 3,000 Coins Becomes Norway’s Largest Viking Age Hoard
A quiet field near Rena in eastern Norway has produced a discovery unlike any other in…