Hamaxitus was an ancient Greek city in the Troad region of Anatolia, located in the present-day village of Gülpınar in Turkey’s Çanakkale Province. Hamaxitus was first settled by Mytilenaeans in…
Category: Archaeology
Sandstone statues found at Angkor Archaeological Park
According to a press announcement by the APSARA National Authority, archaeologists have discovered six sandstone statues during restoration works at the Ta Prohm temple complex in Cambodia’s Angkor Archaeological Park.…
Burial ground found in Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia
Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, working in collaboration with Samara University and the Khalikov Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, have…
Europe’s prehistoric mega-settlements were almost exclusively vegetarian
A study by researchers from the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 1266 at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU), has revealed that Europe’s prehistoric mega-settlements relied on fertiliser and plant protein. Mega-settlements…
Ancient celestial map found at Castelliere di Rupinpiccolo
Castelliere di Rupinpiccolo is an ancient hillfort, located in the Province of Trieste, Italy. The hillfort housed a fortified settlement that emerged during the Middle Bronze Age, with archaeological evidence…
Burial necropolis found in Kuban
Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences have uncovered a burial necropolis from the 4th to 3rd century BC. The discovery was made during construction…
Terracotta figurines found during excavations at Pompeii
Image Credit : POMPEIISITES Archaeologists have unearthed 13 terracotta figurines during excavations of a domus at Pompeii. Pompeii was a Roman city, located in the modern commune of Pompeii near…
Archaeologists find earliest multiplication formulas on record
Archaeologists excavating at the Qinjiazui archaeological site have found the earliest multiplication formulas on record. According to a press release from China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA), the discovery was…
Archaeologists uncover ancient city of Changgan
Archaeologists excavating in Nanjing have uncovered the ancient city of Changgan from Li Bai’s “Ballad of Changgan”. The discovery was made in present-day Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China,…
Archaeologists find remnants of Tewkesbury’s medieval past
A team of archaeologists from Cotswold Archaeology have uncovered a medieval farmhouse at Cowfield Farm, located in Tewkesbury, England. The site is located at a former 18th-century brick farmhouse which…
