A joint Egyptian-American archaeological mission has discovered a royal tomb from the Second Intermediate Period (1700 to 1550 BC) in the Mount Anubis necropolis. The “Mountain-of-Anubis” is a sacred mountain…
Category: Archaeology
Cult centre revealed at ancient Amphipolis
Archaeologists excavating ancient Amphipolis have uncovered a cult centre from the 4th century BC. Amphipolis was an ancient Greek polis, and later a Roman city, located in the modern municipality…
Mikveh ritual bath discovered at Ostia Antica
Archaeologists excavating at Ostia Antica have discovered a Jewish ritual bath known as a mikveh. Ostia Antica was an ancient harbour town situated at the mouth of the Tiber River.…
Discovery at Las Chapas could be the oldest stone carvings of human origin
The Department of Culture, Education, and Historical Heritage has announced the discovery of carvings on a gabbro stone block which could date from 200,000-years-ago. The carvings were found during excavations…
LiDAR study reveals 5,000-year-old fortified settlements
Archaeologists using LiDAR have discovered 5,000-year-old fortified settlements in Romania’s Neamț County. Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), is a method of remote sensing using light in the form of a…
Shipwreck reveals ancient trade routes with Palestine
Recent underwater excavations off the coast of Türkiye have revealed a shipwreck which set sail from Palestine 1,100-years-ago. The excavations are part of the Heritage to the Future Project, an…
Lost city discovered in historic centre of Nakhon Ratchasima
A research project led by Prof. Dr. Santi Pailoplee from Chulalongkorn University has discovered the traces of a lost city in the historic centre of Nakhon Ratchasima in Northeastern Thailand.…
Punic necropolis discovered during gas construction works
A Punic necropolis dating to the 4th or 3rd century BC has been discovered during gas construction works in Sestu, a Comune in Sardinia, Italy. During antiquity, Carthage extended its…
Moorish camp where last of the Morisco chiefs was captured identified
A research project led by the University of Granada (UGR) has identified a 16th century Moorish military camp where Abén Aboo, the last of the Morisco chiefs, was captured during…
Rock-cut cellars discovered beneath Paderborn’s historic centre
Archaeologists from the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association (LWL) have uncovered several cellars and a quarry beneath the historic centre of Paderborn, a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since November 2024,…
