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Ancient Roman Villa Discovered Beneath an Italian Apartment Complex

March 2, 2026

Ancient Roman Villa Discovered Beneath an Italian Apartment Complex Next month is the unveiling of an underground museum of intricate Roman mosaics located under an apartment complex in the Italian capital. Six years ago, BNP Paribas Real Estate, which owns…

Divers Uncover Ancient Temple Submerged Within The ‘Egyptian Atlantis’

March 1, 2026

Divers Uncover Ancient Temple Submerged Within The ‘Egyptian Atlantis’ The remnants of the ancient submarine temple were found in the ancient sunken town of Heracleion, off the north coast of Egypt, identified as the Atlantic of Egypt. About 1,200 years…

6,000 Years Older then Stonehenge: Oldest house in Britain discovered to be 11,500 years old

February 28, 2026

6,000 Years Older then Stonehenge: Oldest house in Britain discovered to be 11,500 years old It’s small, bulky and unlikely to win architecture awards. But according to archaeologists, this wooden hut is one of Britain’s most important buildings ever designed.…

Iron Age chariot burial found in East Yorkshire with horses ‘leaping out of the grave’

February 27, 2026

Iron Age chariot burial found in East Yorkshire with horses ‘leaping out of the grave’ The Ancient Brits loved their wheels. Indeed they seem to have been so attached to the sports-car-style chariots that they may even have thought they…

2-Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor Preserved Tissue Maybe the oldest skin ever discovered

February 26, 2026

2-Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor Preserved Tissue Maybe the oldest skin ever discovered The remains of six skeletons are believed to have uncovered fossilised skins of an ancient human ancestor, who lived two million years ago. Anthropologists believe they have found the…

Scotland’s 17th-Century Sand-Covered Settlement Explored

February 25, 2026

Scotland’s 17th-Century Sand-Covered Settlement Explored According to a report in The Scotsman, Gerry Bigelow of Bates College and his colleagues have found evidence that someone returned to live in the Shetland island settlement of Broo after it was buried under more…

4,000-Year-Old Lost Capital of the Hurrian Kingdom Discovered in Syria

February 24, 2026

4,000-Year-Old Lost Capital of the Hurrian Kingdom Discovered in Syria One of the most ancient cities known to exist on earth is Urkesh. Its exact location was a mystery until the 1990s when, after ten years of painstaking excavations, archaeologists…

12,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Found at White Sands National Park

February 23, 2026

12,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Found at White Sands National Park Footprints are a common theme at White Sands. Every day, people from all over the world visit and leave traces of their comings and goings. The white dunes of the Tularosa…

39,000-Year-Old Cave Bear Found Frozen With Fur and Internal Organs

February 22, 2026

39,000-Year-Old Cave Bear Found Frozen With Fur and Internal Organs Scientists at the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia, announced the discovery of a well-preserved cave bear on the New Siberian island of Bolshyoy Lyakhovsky, Anna Liesowska reports for the…

2,500-Year-Old Greek City of Phanagoria Reveals Stele of Persian King Darius I — One-Third Now Underwater

February 21, 2026

2,500-Year-Old Greek City of Phanagoria Reveals Stele of Persian King Darius I — One-Third Now Underwater The Foundation Oleg Deripaska Volnoe Delo and the Russian Academy of Archaeology uncovered parts of marble stele with inscriptions of ancient Persian King Darius…