“Bridging Cultures” – connecting cultures
The exhibition demonstrates that exchange was already a driving force behind social and technological developments in antiquity.
Hellenistic noble house unearthed in North Macedonia
Excavation reveals the northernmost Ionic architecture and rare Greek graffiti, showing deep cultural ties to the ancient Mediterranean world.
300-year-old shipwreck uncovered off Madagascar
Researchers think the shipwreck off Madagascar was a Portuguese treasure vessel captured by pirates in 1721.
Rare Kushan-Era artifact unearthed in Tajikistan
Archaeologists ave discovered a rare and important clay vessel bearing a fully preserved Bactrian-language inscription from the Kushan era.
Ancient Lighthouse stones recovered in Alexandria
This underwater archaeological triumph provides both new data and digital life for a lost wonder of the ancient world.
Archaic elites: Warriors and princesses
The exhibition “Archaic elites: Warriors and princesses, 9th–5th cent. BC” has opened in the Museum of ancient Eleutherna.
A discovery that enriches the heritage of the Phlegraean Fields
The discovery was made near the entrance to the Roman port of the ancient colony of Misenum, the naval base of the Classis Misenensis.
Researchers sequence first genome from ancient Egypt
Researchers have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived around 4,500 to 4,800 years ago.
Hymn to Babylon discovered
The previously unknown hymn of praise comes from the period around 1000 BCE. LMU Professor Enrique Jiménez used AI to find 30 other related manuscripts.
Pyla-Kokkinokremos: Results of the 2025 excavations
Valuable new information about the architectural organization, material culture, and everyday life in this strategically located settlement.
The water management of ancient Arles
Using carbonate fragments, researchers from Mainz, Oxford, and Innsbruck have deciphered the complex history of the Arles aqueduct system.
World’s oldest boomerang found in Poland
A recent study has revealed that a boomerang discovered in Obłazowa Cave in southern Poland could be up to 42,000 years old.
Ochre as a tool in early human innovation
A new study from SapienCE reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool for stone toolmaking during the Middle Stone Age.
Three more rock-cut tombs excavated at Qubbet el-Hawa, Aswan
The finds underscore the significance of Qubbet el-Hawa and enhances understanding of certain transitional periods in ancient Egyptian history.
Akhetaten became a Christian sanctuary
The ancient city of Akhetaten, founded by Akhenaten, later became a Christian sanctuary at the end of the Roman Period.
Fragment of a Roman soldier’s wrist purse unearthed
Archaeologists have uncovered a piece of a Roman soldier’s wrist purse at the site of a temporary Roman encampment in South Moravia.
What will become of the unique find on Papoura Hill?
The Papoura Hill Circular Structure is a large Minoan architectural ensemble dated to between 2000 and 1700 BCE.
Large marble head unearthed in Rome
On June 21, 2025, Rome’s mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, announced via Facebook a remarkable discovery beneath the Forum of Trajan.
Ancient canoe replica tests Paleolithic migration theory
Long-standing questions about migration of early modern humans in East Asia may finally be answered thanks to a voyage in a dugout canoe.
A Boomerang from the Ice Age
What if a 40,000-year-old boomerang could change everything we thought we knew about the earliest modern humans in Europe?
Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes
An ancient society near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in modern-day Bolivia was once one of the continent’s most powerful civilizations.
Digging backward through history lights the way forward
Archaeologists this summer uncovered a remarkable find: the near-complete 18th-century foundation of the Williamsburg Bray School.
Manchester researchers help to uncover ancient Egyptian city
Archaeologists from The University of Manchester have played a leading role in the rediscovery of the ancient city of Imet.