The Egyptian archaeological mission operating in the Sohag region, on the west bank of the Nile about 6 kilometers from Akhmim (ancient Panopolis), discovered one of the checkpoints and watchtower and the remains of a temple dedicated to the goddess Isis, from the era of King Ptolemy III. Dr. Mosta
Archaeologists working at the Monte Prama Nuragic necropolis site, in the municipality of Cabras on the island of Sardinia, have found the torsos and other fragments of two new statues, both identified as Cavalupo-type boxers by the large flexible shield that wraps around his torso, completely simil
On May 23, 1931, the historian Hermann Mohn found some stones fragmented by fire near a Neolithic necropolis in the Lone Valley, near the city of Niederstotzingen (Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany). On July 4 of that year he returned to the site together with Gustav Riek, discovering an opening i
The complex is carved out of bedrock and stretches for at least 30 meters below a two-story house in the village of Başbük, in southeastern Turkey. It first attracted the attention of looters. The authorities caught them and archaeologists were able to conduct a salvage excavation of the undergroun
The genetic origins of the first Neolithic farmers seemed for a long time to be located in the Near East. A new study published in the journal Cell shows that early farmers actually represented a mix of Ice Age hunter-gatherer groups, stretching from the Near East to southeastern Europe. Researcher
In 1984, an expedition studying the cultural heritage of Yanqing County, located northwest of the city of Beijing, found a series of caves near the town of Dongmenying. They are excavated in the rocky wall of a mountain, which is pierced by 117 caves inside which there are 350 chambers, since each
In the article that we dedicated to the Chinese jade discs and tubes created in the Neolithic, we said that those objects were indicative of a high social position, given the cost and time used in their manufacture since jade is a difficult stone to work with, which which seemed to suggest that only
New research published this week by University of New Mexico archaeologist Keith Prufer shows that a site in Belize is critical to studying the origins of the ancient Mayan people and the spread of corn as a staple food. According to the article, published this week in Nature Communications and co-
In recent years, millions of people around the world have suffered from loss of smell due to COVID-19. Even those who have avoided infection with the new coronavirus now experience the world of smells differently due to the very masks that provide protection against the virus. This loss of smell has
Between 1880 and 1881, while excavating the ancient city of Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habbah) some 30 kilometers southwest of Baghdad and 69 kilometers north of Babylon, in a campaign for the British Museum that lasted 18 months, the archaeologist of origin Assyrian Hormuzd Rassam found the Temple of
Fossils prove the existence of life in its heyday, but in the case of Dr. Adam Beringer, they wrote nothing but its demise. Nearly 300 years ago, he discovered an assemblage of plant and animal fossils near Würzburg in southern Germany, marking the end of his prosperous career. These fossils became
Mysterious giant jars have been unearthed at four new sites in Assam, India, that could have been used in funerary rituals. The discovery is the result of a collaboration involving researchers from the Australian National University (ANU). The 65 newly discovered sandstone jars vary in shape and d
During the spring 2022 campaign of the Iraqi-German Mission involving the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and the Orient Department of the German Archaeological Institute, an ancient vessel of bitumen and organic material was excavated, which has not been preserved . The find was digitally documen
The Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities working at the Tabba Matouh site, west of Alexandria, managed to discover a pottery manufacturing workshop (mainly amphorae) dating from early Roman times, during the excavations it was carrying out in the site. Dr. Mustafa W
A combined study of genetics and skeletal remains shows that the shift from hunting, gathering, and foraging to agriculture around 12,000 years ago in Europe may have had negative health effects, as indicated by the shorter-than-expected stature of early farmers, according to an international team o
On the walls of the temple of Karnak, near Luxor (Egypt), and in the temple of Pharaoh Ramses II in Thebes, there are engravings that describe a great battle against the Great King of Khatti and a peace treaty that was forged with them. Known since antiquity, hieroglyphs were first translated by Je
When Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. Rectina and her husband, who lived in a luxurious seaside villa in Herculaneum, began packing up her large library of papyri for safe keeping. Rectina, who was a personal friend of Pliny the Elder, who at the time was across the bay at Misenum in command of the Roman
In September 2021, volunteer archaeologist Daniel Lüdin found a vessel containing 1,290 coins from the 4th century AD. near Bubendorf, in a wooded area next to Wildenstein Castle, in northern Switzerland. The discovery and the initial inspection of the find by Archäologie Baselland were doubly surp
A new analysis of archaeological sites in the Americas challenges relatively new theories that North Americas first human inhabitants arrived before the migration of peoples from Asia across the Bering Strait. The analysis, by University of Wyoming professor Todd Surovell and colleagues at UW and f
The discovery of pottery from the ancient Lapita culture by researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) has shed new light on how Papua New Guinea (PNG) served as a launch pad for the Pacific population, one of the largest migrations of the history of mankind. The new study makes it clea
More than 2000 years old, an ancient cemetery in Upper Egypt has yielded a number of mummies and around forty imposing sarcophagi carved in limestone. Anthropomorphic limestone sarcophagus engraved with the name of its owner. Its occupants will have known only two thousand years of eternity! A va
Raiders of the Lost Ark was released in June 1981, inaugurating a series of films about a daredevil, anti-Nazi and somewhat cowboy archaeologist. The character is a hodgepodge of authentic archaeologists who are sometimes just as diehard as he is. Scene from the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark (rele
One would think that after more than three centuries marked by waves of plague, between the start of the Black Death in 1348 and the Great Plague of 1665, Europeans would have learned to slow down the transmission of the disease. But a study proves the opposite extreme:in the 17th century, the plagu
The mummy of the Egyptian ruler was scanned by a team of paleo-radiologists and the images obtained made it possible to reconstruct the body in 3D. Morphology, wounds, funerary ornaments... The scientific harvest of this extraordinary operation lives up to expectations. Not a single strip was rem