A sculptured head and bust made from marble has been discovered during construction works on the car park at Burghley House. Burghley House is an English country house near Stamford,…
Category: Archaeology
11,000-year-old stone ornaments indicate early body perforation
Stone personal ornaments found in 11,000-year-old burials provide the earliest evidence of body perforation in South-west Asia. Archaeologists have uncovered 100 earring-like ornaments in 11,000-year-old adult burials at the early…
Archaeologists discover ancient rock art sites in Brazil’s Jalapão region
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPAN) have discovered 16 new archaeological sites within Brazil’s Jalapão region that depict ancient rock art. According to a press…
Archaeologists suggest that Rabana-merquly was a sanctuary for the water goddess Anahita
Archaeologists excavating the mountain fortress of Rabana-merquly suggest that it may have also served as a sanctuary for the water goddess Anahita. Situated within modern-day Iraqi Kurdistan on the southwest…
Bronze Age deposit discovered near Słubice
Metal detectorists from the Drossen Lubuskie Association have discovered a Bronze Age deposit near the Polish town of Słubice. The group were conducting a survey (with permission from the Lubusz…
Forgotten tombs found on British military base
Archaeologists from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services have rediscovered forgotten tombs on a British military base in Cyprus. The researchers surveyed archaeological sites initially documented in the 1960s for…
Study finds submerged Roman remains
Archaeologists from the Institute for Underwater Archeology (ZaPA) have uncovered submerged Roman remains off the coast of Portorož, Slovenia. Portorož, meaning “port of roses”, sits on the Adriatic on a…
Figurine funerary offerings found in child jar burials at Tenedos
Archaeologists from the Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University’s Archaeology Department have uncovered figurines in a necropolis on the Turkish island of Tenedos. During antiquity, Tenedos was an island polis first mentioned…
Study finds evidence of Mesoamericans drinking tobacco during healing rituals
A new study, published in the journal Antiquity, has found traces of nicotine in ceramic vessels discovered at the ancient city of Cotzumalhuapa. Cotzumalhuapa was a Maya polity located near…
Major tomb discovery at El Caño Archaeological Park
Archaeologists have discovered a high status tomb containing funerary offerings of ceramic and gold artefacts during excavations at the El Caño Archaeological Park. El Caño Archaeological Park is one of…
