A cannon from the “London”, a 76-gun second-rate ship of the line in the Royal Navy has been found in the Thames Estuary, England. The London was launched from Chatham…
Category: Archaeology
Archaeologists discover dugout canoe near the Modlin Fortress
Archaeologists have discovered a dugout canoe at the mouth of the Narew River near the Modlin Fortress in Poland. Dugout canoes, also known as a logboat or monoxylon, are the…
Co-pilot’s dog tag found at wreck site of WWII B-17 Flying Fortress
Archaeologists excavating the crash site of the B-17 “Little Boy Blue” have recovered a dog tag belonging to USAAF Co-Pilot Aaron Brinkoeter. During WWII, the United States Army Air Force…
Marble head depicting Zeus found in ancient Aphrodisias
Archaeologists have discovered a marble head depicting Zeus during excavations in ancient Aphrodisias. Aphrodisias was a Greek Hellenistic city in the historic Caria cultural region of Anatolia, Turkey. The city…
Princely tomb with rich funerary objects found in Corinaldo Necropolis
Archaeologists from the University of Bologna have uncovered a princely tomb in the Corinaldo Necropolis, located in the province of Ancona, Italy. This follows on from a previous discovery in…
Cult temple found in Etruscan necropolis of Sasso Pinzuto
Archaeologists from the Centre for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies (CAMNES), in partnership with the University of Naples Federico II, have discovered a cult temple at the necropolis of…
Rock art reveals complex relationship with Amazonian animals
A study of rock art in the Colombian Amazon is providing new insights into the complex relationship between the region’s first settlers and the animals they encountered. The study, published…
Egypt’s first pyramid was constructed using hydraulic lift
A recent study, published in the journal ResearchGate, proposes that the Pyramid of Djoser could have been constructed using hydraulic lift. The Pyramid of Djoser, also known as the Step…
Elite Petén style structures found near Kohunlich
Construction works for a road in Section 7 of the Mayan Train have uncovered elite Petén style structures near Kohunlich in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Kohunlich is a…
Gold foils discovered in Ancient Egyptian tombs
Archaeologists from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities have discovered rare gold foils during excavations at Tel El-Dir. Tel El-Dir is a burial complex in the area of Egypt’s Damietta…
