Berenike fortress on the Red Sea coast has been discovered
Archaeologists in Egypt have found the fortress that protected the Berenike port, on the coast of the Red Sea, which along with other ports on the coast also served as a passage of war elephants for the arm of the Ptolemies.
Egyptian archaeological mission unearths Roman pottery coffins in Damietta
The discovery of a collection of red cylindrical
pottery coffins that date back to the Roman era has been announced.
Researchers invited to contribute in the journal of Abgadiyat
The Writing and Scripts Center in Bibliotheca Alexandrina is honored to invite researchers to contribute in the scientific-refereed journal of Abgadiyat, 15th issue that will be published in 2020.
Regarding the repatriation of 100 Bronze Age antiquities
The Department of Antiquities of Cyprus has issued a press release regarding the repatriation of 100 Bronze Age antiquities to Cyprus.
Archaeological discovery yields clues to how our ancestors may have adapted to their environment
During the Stone Age ancestral humans lived with a variety of animal species along what was an area of wetlands in the middle of the Jordanian desert.
Third thoroughbred with elaborate military harness unearthed in ancient stable near Pompeii
A third thoroughbred with an elaborate military harness has been discovered in the stable of Civita Giuliana, as part of the recent excavation campaign.
The tourism of detectorists
Tourists from the US, Australia and Canada are paying thousands of pounds to hunt for treasure on historical sites across the UK using metal detectors.
Powerful Icelandic Vikings were buried with stallions
All horses in 150 Viking Age graves found in Iceland turned out to be male.
The Viking invasion was not as massive as the Anglo-Saxon one
Recent research indicates that the invaders who had the worst impact on England were the Anglo-Saxons, rather than the Vikings, as it is widely thought.
Kissonerga-Skalia excavations
The areas excavated all have evidence for large-scale cooking/heating or processing working areas.
Visit to the ancient fortress of Aigosthena
The fortress’s most spectacular feature is the south east tower of the acropolis which has been completely restored today and is a valuable example of ancient fortification art.
Scientists discover over 450 fossilized millipedes in 100-million-year-old amber
Since the success of the Jurassic Park film series, it is widely known that insects from the Age of the Dinosaurs can be found exceptionally well preserved in amber, which is in fact fossilised tree resin.
A cemetery and banquet area have been unearthed in Peru site
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a cemetery with a banquet area, where feasts were held.
Villages and small towns inside the Thermaic Gulf
In this exhibition, finds are being exhibited for the first time from the excavations of four of these small towns which are today an organic part of modern Thessaloniki.
Could the world’s oldest pyramid be hidden in an Asian mountain?
A new research claims that underneath a mountain in Indonesia lies the world's oldest pyramid.
Returning indigenous remains to their ancestral lands, thanks to ancient DNA
Genomic analyses can reveal the geographic origins of indigenous Aboriginal Australian remains currently held in museums, a new study reports.
Fossil evidence suggests fearsome shark ‘took down’ flying pterosaur
It was a prehistoric clash of the ages that didn't end pretty when a monster in the sky clashed with a beast of the deep.
Some prehistoric horses were homebodies
The findings suggest Florida was something of a horse paradise 5 million years ago, providing everything the animals could want in a relatively small area.
The Archaeological Society at Athens celebrates its 180th Anniversary
McCabe has selected 53 images out of this rich collection of black and white photographs mainly from 1954 and 1955, like a travel in time.
A complex of two churches discovered at Katalymata ton Plakoton
The 12th excavation season at the site of Katalymata ton Plakoton, which lies on the western coastline of the Akrotiri Peninsula, is completed.
Peering into Little Foot’s 3.67 million-year-old brain
First ever endocast reconstruction of the nearly complete brain of the hominin known as Little Foot reveals a small brain combining ape-like and human-like features.
Flowers originated 50 million years earlier than previously thought
Analysis of fossil specimens of a flower called Nanjinganthus from the Early Jurassic (more than 174 million years ago) suggests that flowers originated 50 million years earlier than previously thought, a study published in eLife reports.
Ancient Japanese pottery includes an estimated 500 maize weevils
The rare discovery of a vessel with a high number of weevils provides clues to life in ancient Japan.