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Archaeologists Have Uncovered a Mysterious Stone Roundel in Prague That’s Older Than Stonehenge and the Pyramids
Construction workers originally discovered the historic structure in the 1980s. Artist’s impression of what a Neolithic roundel structure may have looked like while in use.…
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Archaeologists in Egypt Have Uncovered Five 4,000-Year-Old Tombs Belonging to Inner Members of the Pharaonic Circle
Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, inspects one of the five ancient Pharaonic tombs. Photo: Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. Archaeologists…
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In Pictures: See Images of the Hundreds of Flawlessly Preserved Mummies and Bronze Statues Archaeologists Just Unveiled in Egypt
A member of the excavation team poses next to a wooden sarcophagus discovered at the Saqqara necropolis, southwest of Egypt’s capital. Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP…
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Ancient Skeleton Mosaic Uncovered in Turkey Reads “Be Cheerful and Live Your Life”
Archaeologists in Turkey recently unearthed an exceptionally preserved mosaic inside the remains of a building from the 3rd century. One section of the three-panel artwork…
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Ancient Edessa floor mosaic unearthed
Archaeological excavations around the historic Balıklı Lake in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa have unearthed floor mosaics dating back to the Kingdom of Osroene, known…
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An Amateur Metal Detectorist in the U.K. Has Struck History-Lover’s Gold: A 16th-Century Pendant With Links to King Henry VIII
It is the most significant Tudor find in 25 years. Gold chain with pendant associated with Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon (c. 1521). Photo:…
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Archaeologists Discover 60 High-Ranking Renegade Mummies in a Tomb of an Ancient Egyptian Opposition Figure in Luxor
Important Egyptians chose to be interred in Amenhotep-Huy’s burial place because he opposed Akhenaten’s controversial move to monotheism. The tomb of the Vizier Amenhotep-Huy in…
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Archaeologists Uncover London’s Largest Roman Mosaic in 50 Years
One of London’s newest landmarks, a glass skyscraper known as the Shard, evidently shares space with one the city’s oldest hidden treasures: a nearly preserved…
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Japanese Archaeologists Spot More Than 150 New Nazca Lines in Peru Using Aerial Footage Taken by Drones
The team from Yamagata University has identified a total of 358 geoglyphs so far. Once again, a team of archaeologists from Japan’s Yamagata University have…
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A 1,700-Year-Old Castle Was Among the Thousands of Buildings Destroyed by the Deadly Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
The Gaziantep Castle, built in the second and third centuries, was among the more than 3,000 buildings destroyed. A view of the damaged Gaziantep Castle…