2,000-Year-Old ‘Mini Pompeii’ Discovered in France: Uncovering Ancient Roman Secrets This find took place in the district of Sainte-Colombe, southern Lyon, and was dubbed a Mini Pompei by its similarity to the Roman town buried in Naples after the Vesuvius…
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Discover Thamugadi: Africa’s Roman Ghost City Buried for a Millennium While the whole city often does not vanish, the Roman colony of Thamugadi was established in the North African province of Mumidia by Emperor Traian about 100 A.D., the city,…
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Israeli Archaeologists Discover Hidden Geometric Pattern at Göbekli Tepe, World’s Oldest Temple Archeologists believe the neolithic hunter-gatherers who built huge monoliths in central Turkey 11,500 years ago had knowledge of geometry and a much more complex society than previously thought, archaeologists…
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Archaeologists Crack Open a 2,000-Year-Old Coffin in Italy’s ‘Tomb of Cerberus’ Archaeologists opened a coffin in an ancient tomb in Italy—dubbed the “Tomb of Cerberus” for its murals depicting the mythical three-headed dog—and found a shrouded skeleton surrounded by goods. They…
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1,600-Year-Old Roman Merchant Ship Cargo Discovered off Caesarea Coast In recent times, divers have discovered some rarity of archaeological artifacts on the bottom of the sea off the coast of Israel in Caesarea. The objects that seem to have been…
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Massive Ancient Lion Sculpture Uncovered in Cambodia According to a report in The Phnom Penh Post, two pieces of a six-foot-tall statue of a lion were unearthed by mine-clearing experts preparing the site of a new groundwater reservoir along the…
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Ancient Canadian Village Predates Egyptian Pyramids by 8,000 Years Archaeologists on British Columbia’s Triquet Island have excavated an ancient settlement dating back some 14,000 years, to the last ice age. Archaeologists working with the support of the Hakai Institute began…
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Lost City of Alexander the Great Discovered in Iraq Using Old Spy Footage The ‘lost city’ of Alexander the Great was a mystical place where people drank wine and naked philosophers exchanged wisdom, ancient accounts claim. Now, nearly 2,000 years…
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4,300-Year-Old Figurines Unearthed in Central Anatolia Hurriyet Daily News reports that a team of researchers led by Fikri Kulakoğlu of Ankara University uncovered more than a dozen 4,300-year-old figurines thought to depict gods and goddesses at the Kültepe mound in central…
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World’s Longest Fossilized Human Trackway Discovered at White Sands 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…
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