Archaeology Around the World

Features stories on discoveries, excavations, and artifacts that reveal insights into ancient civilizations and reshape historical timelines.

Unexpected find: Artifacts and tombs uncovered in Turkish construction project

Preliminary examinations suggest that the remains may date back to ancient periods, potentially from the Ancient Roman era or even earlier.

Bones neatly fill gaps in 15th-century Dutch floor, surprising experts

The floor is made of metacarpal and metatarsal bones of cattle, meticulously sawn to exactly the same height.

The new finding from Egypt? A 3,000-year-old painting of a woman that looks just like Marge Simpson

It was discovered at the upper part of a tomb dating back over 3,000 years to the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom period in Egypt.

Why was an Iron Age woman buried with a folding knife driven into the ground?

Archaeologists in Pryssgården, southern Sweden, uncovered an Iron Age burial site with around 50 graves.

Knidos to reopen its ancient Great Church

Knidos was home to notable figures such as Eudoxus, an esteemed astronomer, Sostratus, the architect behind the famed Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Research uncovers 27 new documents on Cervantes' life in Seville archives

The documents include payment letters and powers of attorney granted by pastry chefs, clerics, muleteers, farmers, and tax collectors.

Archaeologists uncover rare medieval saint figures in Berlin's Molkenmarkt

An eleven-centimeter-high statuette of Saint Catherine made of white clay was recovered almost intact, adorned with attributes of her martyrdom.

Summer or autumn, when was Pompeii buried? Debate reignites

The original date of August 24th is derived from the letters of Pliny the Younger, who witnessed the eruption and documented his experiences.

5,700-year-old mystery: Brutal Stone Age tragedy uncovered in Ukraine

The remains of seven individuals, including two children, a teenager, and four adults. tell a sordid tale.

366-year-old castle bath built by Ottoman grand vizier uncovered in excavation

Köprülü Mehmed Pasha recaptured Bozcaada from the Venetians in 1658 after a one-year occupation.

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