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The Mystery of Bronze Age Artifacts Found in Later Contexts in Southern Great Britain
In southern Great Britain, archaeologists have discovered an intriguing phenomenon: metal objects from the Bronze Age found ...
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Akritai, the Soldiers Tasked with Guarding the Eastern Border of the Byzantine Empire
In the article dedicated to the Mardaites, the Christian highlanders who maintained their autonomy between Byzantium and the ...
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80,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Discovered in Arabia Puzzle Archaeologists, as No Human Remains Are Found
An international team of researchers, led by Dr. Knut Bretzke from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, has identified the oldest evidence to date of the systematic production of stone blades on the ...
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A Cosmic Light Show at the Heart of the Milky Way: Scientists Discover the Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy Emits Constant Flares
This artist’s concept portrays the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* (A-star). It’s surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of hot gas. The black ...
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Scientists Discover the Largest Superstructure in the Nearby Universe, So Massive It Extends from 416 to 826 Million Light-Years Away
This snapshot from the Euclid space telescope shows about a thousand galaxies that form a single galaxy cluster, the Perseus Cluster. Many such clusters together form the largest structures in the ...
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The Ear of Neanderthals Reveals That Their Enigmatic Origin Was Not Caused by a Drastic Loss of Genetic Diversity
Recreation of the appearance in life of a Neanderthal man at the Natural History Museum in London. Credit: Michael Brace / Flickr A recent study on the anatomy of the inner ear of Neanderthals and ...
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An Exceptional Tartessian Sanctuary That Rewrites the History of the Inland Peninsula, Discovered in Spain
Aerial view of the archaeological site of La Bienvenida-Sisapo, with the Tartessian sanctuary near the castle mound of La Bienvenida. Credit: Mar Zarzalejos Prieto, Germán Esteban Borrajo / Consejería ...
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Severed Heads Found in Iberian Iron Age Sites in Catalonia Belonged to Prisoners of War or Defeated Enemies
Through isotopic analysis of severed heads found in the Iberian Iron Age settlements of Puig Castellar (Barcelona) and Ullastret (Girona), a group of researchers has revealed unprecedented details ...
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Isle of Man
On the Isle of Man, located between Great Britain and Ireland, an ancient bronze spoon has been discovered, which may have been used in divination rituals more than 2,000 years ago. This object, dated ...
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Lost Tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II Discovered, the Most Important Find Since Tutankhamun’s Tomb
Interior of the tomb of Thutmose II at the time of the find. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt In an exciting archaeological discovery, a joint Egyptian-British mission from the ...
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The Battle of Thermopylae in Which No Greek Soldier Participated: April 1941
Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 5th century BCE, when the Battle of Thermopylae took place. It was one of the key ...
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Byzantine Ascetic Monk Buried with Chains in Jerusalem Discovered to Be a Woman
The Byzantine “monk” buried in chains near Jerusalem was a woman. Credit: Matan Chocron / Israel Antiquities Authority An archaeological discovery near Jerusalem has shaken the foundations of ...