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Archaeologists Reveal Enigmatic Rituals and Extraordinary Discoveries at Europe’s Oldest Salt Production Center, Provadia–Solnitsata

21 November 2025

Archaeologists working at the prehistoric complex of Provadia–Solnitsata in Northeastern Bulgaria have uncovered a series of striking new findings, shedding...

This is likely what 2,500-year-old honey looks like, according to new tests using modern techniques. Credit: Luciana da Costa Carvalho

News

World’s Oldest Ritual Honey Found in Bronze Jars Beneath Italian Temple

31 July 2025

In a discovery that may represent the world’s oldest ritual honey, researchers have identified the chemical remains of ancient honey...

The gilt bronze sheath containing the ancient spear tip was preserved at Munakata Taisha Shrine in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, as of June 10. Photo: Kengo Hiyoshi

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Intricate Design Revealed on 1100-Year-Old Gold-Inlaid Ritual Spear from Japan’s Island of the Gods

13 June 2025

A recent archaeological breakthrough on Japan’s sacred Okinoshima Island has unveiled an ornately decorated iron spear from the late Kofun...

The tomb of a fifth dynasty prince Waser-If-Re unearthed in Saqqara. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

Egyptian Archeology, News

The Tomb of Prince with a Monumental Pink Granite False Door Unearthed in Saqqara

23 April 2025

In a remarkable archaeological discovery, an Egyptian team has unveiled the tomb of Prince Waser-If-Re, son of Pharaoh Userkaf, the...

Archaeologists Reveal Enigmatic Rituals and Extraordinary Discoveries at Europe’s Oldest Salt Production Center, Provadia–Solnitsata

World’s Oldest Ritual Honey Found in Bronze Jars Beneath Italian Temple

Intricate Design Revealed on 1100-Year-Old Gold-Inlaid Ritual Spear from Japan’s Island of the Gods

The Tomb of Prince with a Monumental Pink Granite False Door Unearthed in Saqqara

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Hidden for Millennia, Limyra’s Long-Lost Temple of Zeus Has Finally Been Found After 43 Years of Searching

In Neolithic China, Death Was Gendered: Men for the Gates, Women for the Elites

Korea’s 900-Year-Old Celadon Bowls Raised from the West Sea Look Strikingly New — Here’s Why

Bronze Mask Pendants, Tiger Motifs and Elite Horse Gear: Rare 4th-Century BC Ritual Complex Discovered in the Southern Urals

An 8,500-Year-Old Micro-Carved Bead—and a 10,000-Year-Old Skull Room—Reveal Sefertepe’s Hidden Symbolic World

Archaeologists Find Stunning Evidence of a Megalithic Network Hidden in Indonesia

8,500-Year-Old Mirror Unearthed at Canhasan in Central Türkiye

The Lady of the Inverted Diadem (7th Century BC): A Fallen Aristocrat Unearthed in Boeotia, Greece

A Jewel Worthy of a Duke: The Medieval Treasure Unearthed from the Moat

The Americas’ Oldest Rock Paintings Reveal a 4,000-Year Continuum of Belief—and a Possible Ancestral Link to Mesoamerican Cosmology