Potential Royal Statue Fragment Unearthed in England The Guardian reports that a team of researchers led by archaeologist Julian Richards unearthed a carved stone head at the site of Shaftesbury Abbey, which was founded as a religious house for women…
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4,000-Year-Old Lost Capital of the Fabled Kingdom Found 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…
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Archaeological Proof for 1,700-Year-Old Chemical Fighting Simon James presented CSI-style claims that approximately 20 Roman soldiers discovered in the mine in the town of Dura-Europos in Syria had died, not because of a sword or a spear, but because of…
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Archaeologists Discover London’s Oldest Theatre in Whitechapel Excavation A team of archaeologists has discovered the oldest built theatre in London beneath a construction site in Whitechapel, UK. The Elizabethan playhouse, also known as the Red Lion, was built in 1567,…
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Phanagoria: Uncovering a Stele of Persian King Darius I in the Ancient Greek City The Foundation Oleg Deripaska Volnoe Delo and the Russian Academy of Archaeology uncovered parts of a marble stele with inscriptions of ancient Persian King Darius I.…
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3,600-Year-Old Figurine Found in Prehistoric Village in Greece A 3,600-year-old marble figurine of a woman is among a treasure trove of artifacts found in a prehistoric village on the Greek island of Santorini. Archaeologists also found two small marble jars, a…
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Iron Age Chariot Burial Unearthed in East Yorkshire: Discoveries and Insights 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 could use them to…
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This 3.3-Million-Year-Old Hominin Toddler Was Kind of Like Us In a fragment of sandstone sticking from the soil in the sparkling flatlands of Northeast Ethiopia, a fossil fragment of the cheekbone has been detected. Zeresenay Alemseged almost instinctively realized that…
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Archaeologists Discover Rome-Era Tombs in Egypt’s Western Desert Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered two ancient tombs dating back to the Roman period in the country’s Western Desert. The team discovered structures of two different architectural styles at the Beir Al-Shaghala…
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48,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Baby Teeth Reveal Weaning Patterns Similar to Modern Humans A big landmark in human evolution is the moment a baby weans from milk to eating solid foods, and now a recent study shows that ancient Neanderthal babies might have taken…
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