Archaeologists at Çatalhöyük, one of the most important sites in central Türkiye, have unearthed new evidence of ritual activity that sheds light on early town life and spiritual practices. The site, located on the edge of the Konya Plain near the modern city of Konya, was occupied from 7100 to 5950 BCE and is commonly […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists have made a surprising discovery in Maya cultural traditions: decorative jade dental inlays, a practice previously thought to be exclusive to adults, have now been found in the teeth of children. The study, recently published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, was based on three isolated teeth from the Pre-Hispanic skeletal collection of […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A large water system in the City of David has been precisely dated to nearly 2,800 years ago, a discovery that sheds new light on the engineering prowess of Iron Age Jerusalem. The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), shows that the extensive Siloam Dam was built between 805 […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
In the countryside of northern Yucatán, archaeologists uncovered the remnants of Hunacti. This short-lived 16th-century mission town tells a complicated story of cooperation, resistance, and cultural survival in the early years of Spanish colonial rule. The abandoned town, founded in 1557 and deserted by 1572, was the subject of a cooperative research project directed by […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Around 10,000 years ago, human groups experienced one of the most important changes in the history of humanity: the shift from gathering and hunting to farming. The transition, typically known as the Neolithic Revolution, began in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East and later spread to Europe. Archaeologists and geneticists have debated for decades […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
During the past quarter-century, three gigantic ancient monuments have been brought back from beneath the Mediterranean off Abu Qir, Egypt. Their recovery has reawakened global attention to the submerged city of Canopus—once the thriving Nile Delta port that sank beneath the waves more than a millennium ago. The recovery took place during the Underwater Cultural […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A small figurine carved more than a thousand years ago is rewriting the history of the Vikings. The three-centimeter-high artifact depicts a bearded male with a well-styled beard and hair, giving, according to experts, the closest representation they have of an actual Viking. The miniature bust, carved from walrus ivory, was first found in 1796 […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists in eastern Germany have unearthed one of Saxony’s most significant Bronze Age discoveries. Uncovered in the suburb of Klein Neundorf in Görlitz, the 310 pieces of bronze date to the 9th century BCE. They weigh over 16 kilograms and constitute the largest Bronze Age discovery ever in Upper Lusatia and the second largest in […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Some years ago, when a team from Eurac Research explored the warehouses of the National Archaeological Museum of La Paz, Bolivia, they discovered more than 50 mummies and over 500 pre-Columbian skulls. Even though they were stored with utmost care, these items were not only exposed to fungi and bacteria but also posed a problem […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Rock inscriptions recently studied in the desert east of Aswan are shedding new light on how Egypt’s earliest rulers exercised authority over 5,000 years ago. The inscriptions, carved into stone surfaces in the Wadi el Malik region and its side valleys, contain hieroglyphs, animal symbols, and scenes of violence. Collectively, they demonstrate how pre-dynastic kings […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists have unearthed what may be the first known infant burial ever found in a Roman military camp in Iberia, which provides valuable insight into the blending of life, law, and ritual activity within the Roman military. The study, published in Childhood in the Past and led by Marta Fernández-Viejo of León University and Burgos […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A new project is reframing beliefs about violence in the Middle Ages. While nearly everyone today imagines medieval towns as places where arbitrary bloodshed lurked around every corner, the Medieval Murder Map project presents a different picture. By examining coroners’ inquests in London, York, and Oxford between 1296 and 1398, researchers found 355 homicides that […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists excavating in northern Vietnam have uncovered rare evidence of violent conflict in prehistoric Southeast Asia. The skeleton of a male, dating to about 12,000 years ago, reveals that he had been struck by a projectile tipped with a stone point. Although he survived the initial attack, the wound eventually became fatally infected, researchers reported […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A 5,000-year-old cow tooth has yielded new evidence linking Stonehenge to Wales and shedding light on how the ancient monument’s huge stones could have been moved across Britain. The finding comes from a Neolithic cow jawbone that was discovered in 1924 beside the south entrance of Stonehenge. The bone had gone unremarked for many years […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists routinely uncover pottery, coins, and bones, but the scents of the past are much more elusive. An innovative interdisciplinary study has now traced fragrances that were once at the heart of Phoenician culture. Through the analysis of 51 ceramic oil vessels from the site of Motya, a small island off Sicily’s coast, researchers have […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists from Lund University have shed new light on the artillery of Gribshunden, the late medieval Danish-Norwegian King Hans’ flagship that sank in 1495 off Ronneby (Sweden). The ship, labeled the world’s best-preserved vessel from the cusp of the Age of Exploration, provides unique insight into the technological developments that facilitated European maritime dominance. The […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Excavations at the prominent mound of Uşaklı Höyük on the central Anatolian plateau have produced finds that may rewrite the known history of Hittite ritual life. In the eighteenth season of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Central Anatolia, led by University of Pisa professor Anacleto D’Agostino in partnership with Turkish and British scholars, researchers discovered […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A recent archaeological study in southern Iraq is redefining the history of the Zanj rebellion, a massive uprising that shook the Abbasid Caliphate between 869 and 883 CE. For centuries, it was recorded in the accounts—mostly written by medieval chroniclers like Al-Tabari and Al-Mas’udi—that the rebellion was a disaster that crippled the Basra economy and […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Greenland’s sled dogs, the Qimmit, have been more than loyal companions for many centuries. They’ve been indispensable partners, pulling sleds across the island’s icy terrain and helping Inuit communities survive one of the world’s most inhospitable environments. Now, recent genetic research into these animals is not only unravelling their unique history but also revising portions […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists have uncovered a stunning Roman-era stele in the city of Manbij, east of Aleppo in northern Syria. The stone, carved out of heavy black basalt, bears an eagle spreading its wings and clutching a wreath in its talons, along with a Greek inscription. Experts theorize that the 2,000-year-old piece might have served as a […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A routine forest patrol in northern Thailand has led to the discovery of a cave that may rewrite our understanding of the area’s human history. In the depths of the wildlife sanctuary of Khao Noi–Khao Pradu in Phitsanulok, the new discovery site—now named Tham Ta Kueng, or Ta Kueng Cave—contains ancient rock paintings estimated to […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
The first people to set foot in the Americas crossed with them not only stone technology and survival skills across the icy expanse of the Bering Strait. Along with these, a new study published in Science indicates that they also carried a genetic legacy inherited from two extinct relatives—Neanderthals and Denisovans—that could have helped them […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A recent study published in L’Anthropologie explains the symbolic meaning of the ibex in ancient Near Eastern and Iranian cultures and how this mountain goat became entangled in fertility, femininity, and cosmology across millennia. The ibex (Capra aegagrus), a wild goat native to Europe, Asia, and northeastern Africa, was materially and religiously significant during prehistoric […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A new study is rewriting the history of ancient Sumer’s rise, long considered the cradle of civilization. The study, which was published in PLOS One, argues that the interplay of tides, rivers, and shifting coastlines at the head of the Persian Gulf played a determining role in establishing agriculture and urban life in Mesopotamia. The […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A mystery in human evolution may be close to being solved, thanks to a new study by the Institut de Paléontologie Humaine in France. A nearly complete cranium discovered in 1960 inside the Petralona Cave in northern Greece has defied all efforts at identification and precise dating for several decades. The new study, published in […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A tiny, but extremely rare, gold coin dating back more than 2,200 years has been unearthed during an excavation within Jerusalem’s City of David National Park at the Givati Parking Lot. This is the first time that this type of coin has been found in a controlled archaeological context. The quarter-drachma coin, made of nearly […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists have found new fragments of what is thought to be the world’s sole surviving Viking Age packhorse net, adding to a groundbreaking discovery first unearthed over a decade ago. The rare find was made in Jotunheimen National Park in Norway, where melting ice continues to reveal artifacts from centuries past. The packhorse net story […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that khipus—formerly thought to be the domain of high-level imperial officials—were also made by non-elite members of society. Khipus were the Inca Empire’s unique system of record-keeping. Comprising a main cord […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A minor genetic difference in one of the enzymes may have helped separate modern humans from Neanderthals and Denisovans, our closest extinct relatives, and may have even contributed to the fact that Homo sapiens thrived while the others became extinct. These are the findings of a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists excavating in southwestern Kenya have uncovered strong evidence that early hominins were transporting stones over long distances about 2.6 million years ago—hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously believed. The evidence, recently published in Science Advances, indicates that Oldowan tradition toolmakers not only produced convenient tools but also deliberately transported raw materials from […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
More than 3,000 years ago, in the port city of Ugarit on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, the scribes inscribed a song in the Hurrian language on a clay tablet. The Hymn to Nikkal is the earliest known musical score found to date. A recent study suggests that this brief composition could be of […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
For the first time since the late 19th century, artifacts believed to originate from the Daisen Kofun burial mound, traditionally regarded as the tomb of Emperor Nintoku, have been confirmed and displayed in Japan. The Daisen Kofun, located in Osaka Prefecture, is the country’s largest ancient keyhole-shaped tumulus and a World Cultural Heritage site. Access […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists have completed a three-year excavation at the Celtic oppidum of Manching in Bavaria and uncovered more than 40,000 artifacts that provide new information on life in the late Iron Age. Among the discoveries is a rare bronze warrior figurine. The warrior, just 7.5 centimeters (three inches) tall and weighing 55 grams, stands with a […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Ten years after its discovery, the Huei Tzompantli of Tenochtitlan reveals new insights into Mexica society, ritual, and origins.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Three meters underwater in the Gulf of Naples, archaeologists found a remarkably preserved Roman bathhouse in the submerged ruins of Baiae, the Roman Empire’s most notorious resort. The discovery, in Zone B of the Parco Archeologico Sommerso di Baia, could be the first physical evidence of the villa of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the famous Roman […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Researchers in northeastern Ethiopia have made a thrilling discovery of fossilized teeth that may belong to a new branch of humanity, shedding more light on a critical period in human evolution. The remains are between 2.8 and 2.6 million years old and were found at the Ledi-Geraru archaeological site in the Afar Region—a region already […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
The African Emperor: The Life of Septimius Severus is archaeologist Simon Elliot‘s comprehensive account of a great emperor, the first African to rule the Roman Empire. Publisher: Icon Books Publication date: 11 September 2025 Language: English Pages: 320 ISBN-10: 1837731721 ISBN-13: 978-1837731725 Septimius Severus was Rome’s black emperor. Born in the blistering heat of a […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists have unearthed surprising genetic evidence that two individuals buried at opposite ends of the south coast of England in the 7th century CE had recent West African ancestry. The findings, published in Antiquity, contradict centuries of traditional beliefs about the extent of migration and cultural connections in the Early Middle Ages. The discovery comes […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists working at the site of Heraclea Sintica, a Roman city in what is now southwestern Bulgaria, have uncovered the remains of six men who perished in a catastrophic earthquake in the late 4th century CE. The discovery, in the southwestern corner of the city’s Roman forum, offers a glimpse into the human toll of […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A groundbreaking study of the Bedale Hoard, a remarkable Viking Age silver hoard discovered in North Yorkshire in 2012, has yielded evidence of a far-reaching and complex trade network that connected Viking settlers in England with markets as distant as modern-day Iran and Iraq. The find challenges the traditional picture of Vikings as predominantly raiders, […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists obtained new insights into early Southeast Asian trade and cultural connections through an extensive examination of silver coins dating to as early as the fourth century CE. Carrying distinctive Rising Sun and Srivatsa designs, the coins were widely in circulation across the region—from Vietnam to Bangladesh—demonstrating a level of economic integration that has rarely […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Amateur archaeologists made a series of stunning discoveries this summer in the quiet Grodziec Forest District near Kalisz, Poland, uncovering treasures that reveal centuries of history in the region. In just five weeks, the Denar Kalisz Group, working with the Voivodeship Office of Environmental Protection in Kalisz, unearthed artifacts that dated from the Roman period […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists excavating along the Sava River in Tolisa, northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, have discovered what is potentially the largest collection of prehistoric bipyramidal iron ingots yet found in Europe, potentially redefining the area’s contribution to prehistoric trade and metallurgy. The cache, which dates from the transition period between the Late Iron Age (La Tène […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A skull unearthed more than 50 years ago from a prehistoric burial site on the northwestern Italian coast has been confirmed as the earliest known example of artificial cranial modification (ACM) in Europe. The find, dated to between 12,190 and 12,620 years ago, suggests that purposeful head shaping was practiced during the Late Upper Paleolithic, […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A team of researchers has uncovered the first direct genetic evidence identifying two infectious diseases that caused the terrible losses of Napoleon Bonaparte’s army in its retreat from Russia in 1812. The findings, released as a preprint on bioRxiv, challenge a long-standing assumption that epidemic typhus was the major cause of death among the retreating […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists who have been working in Ulpiana, an ancient city located in Kosovo’s Dardania region, have unearthed a rare mosaic dedication to the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (CE 527–565) and his wife, Theodora. The find, announced by Kosovo’s Minister of Culture, Hajrulla Çeku, is the second of its kind to be uncovered at the site […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A set of ancient stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has pushed back the timeline for human habitation of the region by hundreds of thousands of years, confirming that early human relatives made a major oceanic crossing to arrive on the island much earlier than previously thought. The discovery, made by researchers […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A sweeping new research study has shifted our image of the Maya civilization of the ancient past, and it appears that its population during the Late Classic period (CE 600–900) might have reached as high as 16 million people, roughly 45% higher than previous estimates. The research, led by Tulane University’s Middle American Research Institute […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists have unearthed new evidence that Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, was reoccupied for centuries following the disaster, though it never regained its former splendor. The finds are from recent excavations in the Insula Meridionalis, the southern quarter of the city, running from the Villa […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A new study led by IPHES-CERCA and published in Scientific Reports provides evidence of 5,700-year-old human cannibalism in El Mirador cave, Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain. The research shows that the event occurred in the context of a violent clash between Late Neolithic herder communities. The remains of at least eleven individuals—children, adolescents, and adults—were […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs reemerge on Oahu's coast as ocean sands shift, revealing 500-year-old figures carved into sandstone.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Aerial archaeology is a branch of archaeology that utilizes aerial platforms and remote sensing technologies to study archaeological sites and landscapes.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
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Archaeologists uncover the lost Byzantine town of Tharais in Jordan, revealing early Christian life and ancient trade networks.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Ancient DNA reveals Mycobacterium lepromatosis existed in the Americas 1,000 years before European contact.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
New study reveals Emperor Caligula’s surprising knowledge of ancient medicine, including the use of hellebore and Roman pharmacology.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
New research challenges Australia's early human migration timeline, highlighting conflict between genetic and archaeological evidence.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Evidence from a 33,000-year-old sloth bone in Uruguay suggests early human hunting of megafauna in South America before the Ice Age.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Neanderthals used heat and water to extract fat from bones 125,000 years ago, revealing advanced food processing skills.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists uncover unusually large Roman shoes at Magna fort, revealing insights into ancient military life near Hadrian’s Wall.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Ancient Babylonian hymn rediscovered and decoded reveals rare insights into Mesopotamian life, nature, and women's roles.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Ochre tools from Blombos Cave reveal early Homo sapiens used pigment for advanced stone toolmaking 70,000–90,000 years ago.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Ancient genomes of M. lepromatosis in Chile reveal leprosy existed in the Americas 4,000 years ago, long before European contact.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Intact Etruscan tomb found in San Giuliano Necropolis sheds new light on ancient burial rituals and social customs in central Italy.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
DNA from Çatalhöyük reveals a female-centered society with matrilineal lineage and rich burial rites for women over 9,000 years ago.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Rare Roman wrist purse fragment found in Czech Republic reveals insights into soldiers' lives during the Marcomannic Wars.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A 42,000-year-old mammoth ivory boomerang from Obłazowa Cave, Poland, rewrites the origins of boomerangs and symbolic tools in human history.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
New research suggests Thomas Nashe, not Robert Greene, coined the famous "upstart crow" insult aimed at William Shakespeare.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
New Tiwanaku temple complex discovered in Bolivia reveals ancient trade links and ceremonial architecture beyond the civilization’s core.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
New research suggests the European Huns spoke a Paleo-Siberian language shared with the ancient Inner Asian Xiongnu.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Roman mosaics uncovered in Thalheim, Austria, reveal stunning art and culture from a 2nd-century villa near ancient Ovilava (Wels).| Archaeology News Online Magazine
The Neolithic era, also known as the New Stone Age, marks a significant turning point in human history. It was during this period, roughly 10,000 to 4,500 BCE,| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Researchers recreate how the Nebra Sky Disc was made, revealing advanced Bronze Age metalworking techniques and ancient craftsmanship.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Kasta tomb study reveals solar alignment for Hephaestion; ancient Greek light symbolism meets Hellenistic architecture and astronomy.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Researchers have found a sacred road system near Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, revealing the cosmological significance of these pathways.| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A joint Egyptian-American archaeological team has uncovered a significant ancient tomb near Luxor, housing 11 sealed burials| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists have discovered the remnants of a 17th-century home, believed to have been built around 1660 in Colonial Williamsburg, USA.| ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine
The Bronze Age was a period in human history characterized by the widespread use of bronze, a metal alloy composed mainly of copper and tin.| ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine
Recent fossil discoveries on the Indonesian island of Flores have revealed that Homo floresiensis, commonly referred to as "hobbits" were even tinier than previously thought.| ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine
Researchers have uncovered a significant Slavic settlement and burial ground near Wettin-Löbejün in Germany.| ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine
An artifact refers to any object that has been created, modified, or used by humans. It is the basic "unit" of archaeological analysis.| ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine
Human evolution refers to the biological and cultural changes that have occurred in the lineage of Homo sapiens.| Archaeo News Online Magazine
A stunning mosaic floor featuring satyrs, dating back to the Late Classical period, has been unearthed in Eretria, Greece, during the installation of a new water pipeline.| ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine
Archaeologists have unearthed a large Bronze Age burial mound surrounded by Iron Age cremation burials in Petershagen-Windheim, Germany.| ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine
Researchers have recreated the “Telinum” perfume used by Julius Caesar. The ancient perfume contains a blend of scents including rock rose, citrus, oud, and amber| ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine
In the early 1930s, the University of Cincinnati embarked on a historic excavation at Troy, led by archaeologists Carl Blegen, Marion Rawson, and John L. Caskey.| ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine
