Archaeologists excavating at Ostia Antica have discovered a Jewish ritual bath known as a mikveh. Ostia Antica was an ancient harbour town situated at the mouth of the Tiber River.…
Category: Archaeology
Discovery at Las Chapas could be the oldest stone carvings of human origin
The Department of Culture, Education, and Historical Heritage has announced the discovery of carvings on a gabbro stone block which could date from 200,000-years-ago. The carvings were found during excavations…
LiDAR study reveals 5,000-year-old fortified settlements
Archaeologists using LiDAR have discovered 5,000-year-old fortified settlements in Romania’s Neamț County. Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), is a method of remote sensing using light in the form of a…
Shipwreck reveals ancient trade routes with Palestine
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…
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…
