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…
Category: Archaeology
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,…
First Bronze Age settlement in Africa’s Maghreb region discovered
University of Barcelona archaeologists have discovered the Maghreb region’s first known Bronze Age settlement. While the historical narrative credits the Phoenicians as the first complex culture to settle the region…
Archaeologists uncover rare civil war defences at Sheffield Castle
Archaeologists excavating Sheffield Castle have uncovered the first surviving examples of 17th-century wooden stake defences from the English Civil War. Sheffield Castle was first constructed as a motte and bailey…
Hermes statue among sculptures discovered in Aspendos excavation
Excavations in ancient Aspendos, part of the “Heritage to the Future” project, have discovered a statue depicting the image of Hermes and fragments of sculptures from the Ancient Greek pantheon…
Rare monolithic menhir discovery near Halberstadt
Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt have discovered a menhir during excavations near Halberstadt in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Menhirs, meaning “long stones”…
Submerged Roman villa emerges in Lake Fusaro
The remains of a Roman village complex have started to emerge from the waters of Lake Fusaro due to a process of geological uplift known as bradysism. Lake Fusaro is…
