Discovery

The first kebab? 3,000-year-old meat oven discovered in Turkey

Francesca Balossi Restelli: "They put the meat inside, covered it with a baked clay lid, and cooked it for hours, even all night."

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Eye-catching mosaics illustrate the Samaritan community’s wealth and prosperity.

‘Good fortunes’: 1,600-year-old Samaritan estate with mosaics unearthed in Kafr Qasim, Israel

The Ancient Site of Gobekli Tepe, currently considered the oldest temple in the world.

Archaeologists uncover site that could be older than Göbeklitepe

The possibly-meteorite axe.

3,000-year-old axe discovered in Indonesia might have come from Outer Space


Unearthed in Morocco's Atlas Mountains: a 165-million-year-old 'porcupine' dinosaur

The unique and striking neck armor of Spicomellus Afer must have been energetically expensive to form and carry, suggesting it served a display function rather than practical use.

A life reconstruction of Spicomellus afer.

1.8 million-year-old human jawbone discovered in Georgia; a key ‘to Eurasia's first colonies’

The Orozmani site, 100 kilometers from Tbilisi, contains layers dated 1.77-1.84 million years old and could reveal the lifestyle of Eurasia's first human colonies outside Africa.

1.8 million year old human jawbone found in Georgia.

Lost for centuries: Ottoman shipwreck packed with swords, pipes, and royal seals

A winter storm, a fiery end - and an underwater museum waiting to be opened.

A member of the diving team with part of the treasures found.

Scientists rebuild ancient south indian faces - and discover traces of Middle Eastern ancestry

The first facial reconstructions from Keeladi hint at forgotten migrations and surprising diversity.

Facial reconstruction of the face of a 2500-year-old skull found in excavations at Kondgai.

Farmers were digging potatoes - then they found a 3,000-year-old bronze treasure

16 kilograms of ancient metal - offered to the gods or hidden from enemies?

The finds were painstakingly uncovered from a lump over months

Lost for over 150 years: the forgotten will that sparked a Shakespearean legal battle

A historic legal twist buried in the archives finally comes to light.

A page from the found will.

Only the second of its kind: what this ancient seal reveals about Yaroslav the Wise

Experts are calling it one of the oldest Russian seals ever found.

On both sides of the seal, Saint George is represented with a lance and a shield.

Elite roman tomb found after 2,000 years - could it reveal the identity of a forgotten power player

The grave may belong to someone close to Emperor Augustus, and it still holds its secrets.

Ruins of ancient Roman buildings and houses in the archeological Gallo-Roman site of Saint Romain en Gal.

Israel used money 1,500 years before coins were invented, study reveals

New research shows ancient traders used weighed silver like cash in a thriving early market economy.

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“Like time stopped”: second-deepest shipwreck ever discovered off the Côte d’Azur

Preserved wreck reveals secrets of 1500s trade - and the shocking presence of modern plastic trash alongside priceless relics.

Part of the deepest wreck in French waters, spotted in March 2025.

11-year-old boy uncovers 50,000-year-old skull on river walk

What Marcel thought was just a bone turned out to be a priceless Pleistocene relic - and scientists are thrilled.

Marcel and his parents with the skull fragment.