Archaeologists have unearthed a time capsule of medieval artefacts on the island of Łasztownia in Szczecin, Poland. Łasztownia, derived from lastagium (meaning a measure of cargo), emerged as a centre…
Category: Archaeology
Mask reliefs unearthed during Castabala excavations
Archaeologists have unearthed a new series of mask reliefs during excavations in the ancient city of Castabala, Turkey. During the Hellenistic period, the city was known as Hieropolis, meaning “sacred…
Bronze Age proto-city discovered on the Kazakh Steppe
Archaeologists have discovered a late Bronze-Age proto-city on the Kazakh Steppe in north-eastern Kazakhstan. Covering roughly 140 hectares (346 acres), the site at Semiyarka has been dated to around 1600…
Evidence of lost Celtiberian city beneath Borobia
The rediscovery of a funerary stele has provided new evidence of a lost Celtiberian City beneath the municipality of Borobia in the province of Soria, Spain. The story began in 1971, when…
Viking Age grave unearthed in Bjugn stuns archaeologists
A routine day of metal detecting led into one of Norway’s most captivating archaeological discoveries in years. It all began when hobby detectorist Roy Søreng uncovered a distinctive oval bowl…
Ornately decorated medieval spears found in Polish lake
Underwater archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University have uncovered four remarkably well-preserved medieval spears in the waters around Ostrów Lednicki, an island in the southern section of Lake Lednica in Poland.…
Burials offer new insights into splendor and conflict in early medieval Bavaria
Two graves from Bad Füssing in Germany are providing new insights into the splendor and conflict in early medieval Bavaria, as well as migration at the end of Roman rule.…
New discoveries emerge from late antiquity shipwreck off Syracuse
The Late Antiquity shipwreck discovered in 2019 off the coast of Marina di Ognina, near Syracuse, is proving to be one of Sicily’s most revealing underwater archaeological sites. A new…
Traces of submerged city discovered beneath Lake Issyk-Kul
Archaeologists from the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered traces of a submerged city beneath the surface of Lake Issyk-Kul in eastern Kyrgyzstan. Located in the western Tianshan Mountains, Lake…
Ancient pool revealed as healing sanctuary in dedication to Asclepius
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence indicating that a Roman-era pool at Tyana was once a sanctuary in dedication to Asclepius. Tyana, known as Tuwana during the Iron Age, was an ancient…
