Archaeologists have announced the discovery of an ancient fortress from Egypt’s New Kingdom period at Tell El-Kharouba in the Sheikh Zuweid region of North Sinai. According to experts, the fortress…
Category: Archaeology
Ancient coastal defences reveal 2,000 years of sea-level change
Archaeologists have uncovered a series of ancient wooden palisades off the coast of Grado in northeastern Italy, providing rare evidence of how sea levels along the Adriatic have changed since…
Elite Bronze Age burial complex unearthed at Yavneh-Yam
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a Bronze Age burial complex during excavations at Israel’s coastal port of Yavneh-Yam. The discovery, published in the journal Antiquity, is a monumental rock-cut…
Bronze temple-façade box among new discoveries in Turda
Excavations of a Roman canabae legionis (civilian settlement) in Turda, Romania, have revealed a bronze box depicting a classical temple façade. The canabae legionis developed around the military camp of…
Roman writing tablets discovered in ancient wells
Archaeologists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) have unearthed a rare collection of wooden writing tablets dating from the Roman period. The discovery was made in Izernore,…
Depiction of Ancient Egyptian deities found in Roman bathhouse
Excavations in the city of Sagalassos in southwestern Turkey have uncovered Ancient Egyptian imagery in a Roman-era bathhouse. Sagalassos emerged as the foremost urban centre of Pisidia, earning special distinction…
Lakes in the Gobi Desert nurtured human life 8,000-years-ago
According to a new study published in the journal PLOS One, the Gobi Desert, now one of the driest and most forbidding places on Earth, was once a land of…
Hundreds of celtic coins and jewellery unearthed in Western Bohemia
Archaeologists have announced one of the most significant Celtic discoveries in recent years: around 500 gold and silver coins, along with jewellery and raw precious metals dating from the 6th…
Ancient satyr mask sheds light on Phanagoria’s dramatic past
The discovery of a terracotta theatrical mask offers compelling new evidence for the existence of a theatre in the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria. Phanagoria was the largest ancient Greek…
Underwater study reveals exceptionally well-preserved Roman shipwreck
A multi-national team of underwater archaeologists have been unearthing an exceptionally well-preserved Roman shipwreck in Barbir Bay near Sukošan, Coatia. According to experts, the shipwreck dates from the 1st to…
