pc: Haaretz( Assaf Peretz/Israel Antiquities Authority) Across the landscapes of the eastern Mediterranean, traces of Roman life continue to surface in unexpected places. A fragment of wall, a forgotten road, a buried coin hoard- each discovery adds another small piece to a much larger story. Occasionally, though, archaeologists uncover objects that seem strangely out of […]
Wars may be a vital part of history, but they mostly remain in books. In the rare moments when they materialise through evidence such as tools and weapons, humanity stands shocked over its own past. Currently, something similar has happened with archaeologists who have uncovered a cannonball that may have been fired during the 1836 […]
Archaeologists have been excavating the area for ancient secrets since the 1980s Archaeologists have uncovered what could be a 5,000-year-old ritual circle hidden beneath peat on a Scottish island, all without digging into the ground.Using advanced geophysical scanning equipment, researchers from Historic Environment Scotland (HES) detected a ring of buried pits beneath Machrie Moor on […]
The remains of one of medieval Europe’s most influential queens have been examined for the first time in nearly 700 years after archaeologists opened her tomb at the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes in Barcelona. Queen Elisenda of Montcada, a powerful royal figure who helped shape medieval Catalonia, was buried in an elaborate […]
Recent archaeological excavations in the Yangtze River Delta, China, have revealed the complex socio-cultural practices of the Neolithic Liangzhu civilisation, dating back about 5000 years. Using remains from the Zhongjiagang site, researchers have found that human bones were routinely used as a source of functional and ritualistic objects like ‘skull cups’ and ‘skeleton masks’. Unlike […]
Archaeologists in Thailand have reportedly discovered something unusual in an ancient Buddha statue that is said to be centuries old. What seemed like an ordinary historical artefact was found to have a secret collection of gold items within its composition. The discovery is said to be associated with historical religious activities in Thailand.From initial reports […]
Ancient settlement dating back 13,500 years found, advanced tools and trade networks unearthed / Image: file Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) announced a groundbreaking archaeological find that pushes back the timeline of human history in the Arabian Peninsula. Deep in the rugged landscapes of AlUla, researchers uncovered evidence of a human settlement dating […]
Imagine a vast underground palace, brimming with treasures and guarded by an army of stone warriors, sealed tight for over two millennia. This is the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, who unified the nation in 221 BC and chased immortality until he died in 210 BC. As per BBC, it was discovered […]
Archaeologists uncover tunnels inside 6000-year-old Neolithic site in Germany (Image Source – Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, Ulf Petzschmann) Archaeologists in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt have uncovered an unusual underground tunnel inside a much older prehistoric burial site near the village of Reinstedt. The discovery was made during routine excavations carried out before […]
This 12,000-year-old site in Turkey is forcing archaeologists to rethink early humans (AI-generated) According to World Atlas, Göbekli Tepe sits on a low limestone ridge in southeastern Turkey, not far from the Syrian border, and continues to unsettle long-held ideas about early human societies. The site was first identified in the 1960s, but its significance […]
