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Satellite imagery showing expanse of modern Tabriz in 2022, with inset detail of the modern development on the garden site (source: Maxar and Airbus, via Google Earth). Fradley et al., Antiquity (2026)

Possible Remains of a Monumental Persian Garden Complex Identified Near Tabriz

6 February 2026

A vast, long-lost landscape may once have shaped the southern edge of historic Tabriz. Using declassified military aerial photographs and...

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Archaeologists Unearth 2,700-Year-Old Phoenician Scarab Seal and Amulet at Nuragic Ruinas in Sardinia

6 February 2026

Archaeologists excavating the Nuragic complex of Ruinas in central-eastern Sardinia have uncovered an extraordinary artifact: a Phoenician scarab carved in...

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Ancient Roman Mithras Temple Discovered in Regensburg Old Town, Revealing Bavaria’s Oldest Mithraeum

5 February 2026

An extraordinary archaeological discovery in the historic heart of Regensburg, a UNESCO World Heritage city in southeastern Germany, has reshaped...

Mythology, News

The Myth Behind Homay: New Study Reveals Ancient Links Between Turkic Mother Spirit Umay and Korean Mother Goddesses

5 February 2026

Across continents and thousands of years, two ancient mythological figures—one rooted in the Korean Peninsula, the other spanning the vast...

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They Worshipped the Olympian Gods Until the 9th Century — DNA Reveals the Hidden Descendants of Ancient Hellenes

5 February 2026

A new Oxford-led DNA study reveals that the isolated Deep Mani Greeks preserved ancient Hellenic ancestry and continued pagan Olympian...

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Rare Early Medieval Pendant Used to Identify a Princely Official Found in Staraya Ladoga

5 February 2026

Archaeologists in Old Ladoga have discovered a rare medieval pendant bearing the Rurikid trident — an object believed to have...

Anatolian Archeology, News

2,800-Year-Old Urartian Inscriptions Found in Türkiye Describe the Capture of an Unconquered City

4 February 2026

A remarkable archaeological discovery in eastern Türkiye is reshaping what scholars know about the ancient Kingdom of Urartu. During rescue...

Cover Image Credit: Grave 30 at the Chumysh-Perekat cemetery, Early Medieval Altai. Photo by Alexey Fribus.

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Bears in a Sacrificial Pose: A Bronze Plaque from Early Medieval Altai Reveals an Unknown Southern Tradition

4 February 2026

More than thirteen centuries after it was placed in the ground, a bronze plaque depicting bears in a sacrificial pose...

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Exceptional Discovery in the Ionian Sea: Newly Revealed Roman Shipwreck Found off Gallipoli, Italy

4 February 2026

Located in southern Italy’s Puglia region, on the Ionian coast of the Salento Peninsula (not to be confused with Gallipoli...

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Mystery Under the Moss: 3,000-Year-Old Rock Carvings Discovered in Norway

3 February 2026

A recent discovery beneath Kolsåstoppen, a hill located in Bærum in Eastern Norway, has brought renewed attention to Norway’s prehistoric...

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