On the Swedish island of Öland in the Baltic Sea stands a circular stone structure that tells of centuries of human ...

An international team of researchers has managed to unravel the best-kept secrets of the enigmatic bronze figurines of the ...

One of the bronze bands from the doors of Shalmaneser's palace, in the Istanbul Museum. Credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) / Wikimedia Commons When writing was still inscribed on clay ...

Beneath the waters of the Gulf of Naples in the ancient Portus Iulius, a team of underwater archaeologists has completed the excavation of an exceptionally well-preserved thermal facility in one of ...

Uşaklı Höyük, the mound and part of the so-called terrace seen from the north. Area F with the Circular Structure is visible at the bottom; Area A with the large Building II can be seen at the top of ...

Details of textile instruments are visible in the Achilles mosaic in the palace of Lycomedes in the villa of La Olmeda. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons A recent study published in the ...

The unique feature of Huei Tzompantli is that the skulls are not attached, but rather form the building's structural system. Credit: Melitón Tapia / INAH Exactly ten years ago, the Urban Archaeology ...

The Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe, widely recognized as the world’s oldest temple and a cornerstone for understanding the dawn of human civilization, has once again revealed a monumental secret.

In ancient times, it was said that all men are either Platonists or Aristotelians, an aphorism updated to our days by ...

In previous articles we talked about Stanley Clifford Weyman, Gregor MacGregor, Princess Caraboo, Pablo Paleólogo Tagaris, ...

Since last June, a meticulous urban archaeology project carried out in the historic center of Lecce, in the southeastern tip of Italy, has been rewriting the darkest chapters of the city’s history, ...

An Iron Age metal treasure, composed of 68 objects and found by chance in 2021 in Jodłowno (Poland), has been subjected to intense scientific scrutiny. The results, recently published in the journal ...