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Detail of the threaded beads on attire UE 344 next to the bones of Individual 343 Credit: David W. Wheatley

The 5,000-Year-Old Beaded Burials that Reveal Women’s Power in Copper Age Iberia: Over 270,000 Beads

6 February 2025

Archaeologists investigating the Montelirio tholos burial site in southwestern Spain, dating back approximately 5,000 years, have uncovered that the women...

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The world’s oldest wine discovered in liquid form was found in a Roman tomb in Spain

18 June 2024

Archaeologists discovered an urn with a reddish liquid in a family mausoleum dating to the 1st century AD in the...

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Scenes of Warriors from 6th Century BC on a Slate Plaque Discovered at Tartessian Site in Spain

6 June 2024

Archaeologists representing Spain’s National Research Council (CSIC) excavating at the archaeological site of Casas del Turunuelo have uncovered a slate...

View of the excavation carried out in l'Alcúdia in the 2024 University of Alicante campaign. Photo: University of Alicante

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Archaeological excavations unearthed the first great Iberian city in Contestania and the oldest one

11 May 2024

Archaeologists from the University of Alicante and the University of Murcia “Damas y Héroes. In the project “Tras la Ilici...

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Intact Bodies of Catalan Nobles Discovered in Santes Creus Monastery

11 March 2024

A team of archaeologists and anthropologists found the human remains of a dozen members of the Catalan nobility dating back...

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Lead sling bullet inscribed with “Julius Caesar” name found in Spain

5 January 2024

A lead sling bullet inscribed with the name of Julius Caesar and the Ibero-Roman city Ipsca has been discovered in...

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5700-year-old monumental Menga Dolmen reveals it as one of the greatest feats of Neolithic engineering

6 December 2023

A new investigation tracing the source of the gigantic stones that make up the Menga dolmen in southern Spain reveals...

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Spanish Water Worker discovered 2,500-Year-Old two Gold Necklaces

14 September 2023

A worker at a local water company in Spain discovered two gold necklaces thought to date back 2,500 years. Sergio...

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Archaeologists have uncovered oldest Roman forum in Hispania, at the site of a named unknown city

3 September 2023

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Roman forum from more than 2,000 years ago at the site of an unknown city...

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Archaeologists have discovered another exceptional find in Mérida

12 August 2023

In Mérida, Spain, archaeologists recently discovered an “enormous” Roman bath. But it is that inside these baths, in the area...

The 5,000-Year-Old Beaded Burials that Reveal Women’s Power in Copper Age Iberia: Over 270,000 Beads

The world’s oldest wine discovered in liquid form was found in a Roman tomb in Spain

Scenes of Warriors from 6th Century BC on a Slate Plaque Discovered at Tartessian Site in Spain

Archaeological excavations unearthed the first great Iberian city in Contestania and the oldest one

Intact Bodies of Catalan Nobles Discovered in Santes Creus Monastery

Lead sling bullet inscribed with “Julius Caesar” name found in Spain

5700-year-old monumental Menga Dolmen reveals it as one of the greatest feats of Neolithic engineering

Spanish Water Worker discovered 2,500-Year-Old two Gold Necklaces

Archaeologists have uncovered oldest Roman forum in Hispania, at the site of a named unknown city

Archaeologists have discovered another exceptional find in Mérida

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9,000-Year-Old Rock Art Suggests Early Humans Interacted with Dinosaur Footprints

Unique Iron Age Divination Spoon Found on the Isle of Man

The Oldest Evidence of Stone Blade Production in Southern Arabia: 80,000-Year-Old Stone Blades Discovered

Rare Bronze Age Metalworking Hoard Discovered in Wiltshire, Including an Anvil

3,500-Year-Old Tomb of King Thutmose II Discovered: The First Royal Burial Unearthed Since King Tutankhamun

New evidence pushes the origins of the Great Wall back by 300 years

Recent Excavations in Spain Reveal 7th Century BCE Religious Structure, Showcasing Eastern Influences within Tartessian Culture

Significant Archaeological Discovery on Failaka Island: Hellenistic Courtyard and Building Unearthed

Małopolskie Region Reveals Oldest Evidence of Metal Mining in Poland, Dating Back 1,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

Burial of Ascetic Monk in Chains Reveals Surprising Identity: A Woman in Byzantine Jerusalem