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Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have uncovered a seventh- or eighth-century mosque at Al Maallamah, a historic mining settlement in Al-Baha province, offering new evidence about early Islamic architecture and daily …
Heavy rains triggered a landslide that revealed a pre-Roman Picene burial in Sant'Elpidio a Mare, Italy, prompting archaeologists to recover ceramic vessels and investigate the site for further tombs.
Italian officials have put on public display a monumental wall mosaic and a colorful fresco uncovered in the 1990s beneath the Baths of Trajan, revealing new details about imperial Rome's …
A new digital reconstruction of the Roman Empire's road network reveals that its roads were not uniformly straight, with topography and technology shaping their paths.
A metal detectorist has uncovered a 10-pound hoard of silver coins and jewelry buried in two birch-bark containers in a Finnish forest, dating to the early 11th century.
Archaeologists in northwestern Turkey have unearthed charred figs at Andik Cave dated to 8,000 years ago, stored alongside barley and wheat in a pre-pottery level that also contained a house-like …
A geomorphologist working at a San Mateo County preserve discovered a fossilized Pacific mastodon molar in immaculate condition, offering a rare window into Ice Age life in the Bay Area.
A Hebrew University study proposes that intense ancient wildfires in the southern Levant exposed clay-rich soils that early farmers may have baked and imitated, potentially giving rise to pottery technology.
Genetic analysis of melon seeds unearthed at a Song Dynasty port in southeastern China suggests the fruit arrived from South Asia and tasted far less sweet than modern varieties, according …
Researchers clearing debris to protect ancient tombs from flash floods near Luxor discovered an unknown 3,000-year-old tomb with remarkably preserved paintings of an official named Paser, his wife, and religious …
Roadwork in central Tbilisi has revealed a 1,000-year-old pottery workshop, offering new evidence of the Georgian capital's role as a Silk Road economic hub under successive medieval empires.
Analysis of roughly 1,000 human bones and teeth from three caves in southern Spain reveals cannibalism among at least 36 individuals in the Early Neolithic, with practices varying by site …
Archaeologists excavating the Gran Chimú Palace at Chan Chan on Peru's northern coast have found a funerary platform holding the remains of 38 Chimú individuals buried roughly 600 years ago, …
Archaeologists in southern Hungary have determined that Turbek, the settlement that grew around the tomb of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, was larger and more affluent than previously known, covering …
Archaeologists in southwestern Poland have uncovered a second unusual Neolithic burial in a Roman-era cemetery, featuring a man buried with two human heads, amber beads, and a necklace made of …
Researchers have identified Denisovan remains and stone tools in Bianfu cave in Yunnan province, China, showing that these ancient hominins lived in the region for over 100,000 years, hunted deer …
Chemical signatures in cattle teeth and bones reveal a mixed system of local grazing and repeated long-distance animal movement during the Neolithic transition.
Archaeologists in southeastern Iran have uncovered a 4,600-year-old board game and an engraved bone comb at Shahr-i-Sokhta, the Bronze Age site known as the Burnt City, offering new insight into …
A reanalysis of 30,000-year-old teeth from Les Rois Cave in southwestern France challenges earlier claims that they belonged to a Neanderthal child. Researchers now say the teeth show modern human …
A recently analyzed 3,200-year-old inscription could lead archaeologists to a previously unknown ancient Egyptian city dating to the reign of Ramesses II, offering new insight into the geography of the …
