Lost ancient Greek city of Tenea, home of Trojan prisoners of war, found
Archaeologists in Greece have reportedly located the remains of a lost ancient city which, as per mythology, was first inhabited by Trojan war captives after…
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Cat and beetle mummies found inside newly discovered Pharaonic tombs
According to an Egyptian antiquities official, archaeologists have uncovered remnants of seven ancient tombs in proximity to the pyramid complex in Saqqara, near modern Cairo….
Rare bathing facility from the era of Roman Empire found in Turkey
Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” at Germany’s University of Münster have uncovered a rare bathing facility from the era of the…
Researchers discover oldest weapons – 15,500-year-old spear points – in North America
Researchers from Texas A&M University have uncovered what appears to the oldest weapons ever found in North America. Dating back nearly 15,500 years, the ancient…
Archaeologists have possibly come across the world’s oldest intact shipwreck in the Black Sea
Last week we talked about one of the largest concentrations of shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea. As it turns out, the ancient Greek colonies along…
Archaeologists find what could be the largest concentration of ancient shipwrecks in the Aegean
In an unprecedented discovery, archaeologists in Greece have uncovered what could be the largest concentration of shipwrecks ever found in the Aegean Sea and possibly,…
Incredibly rare Viking era ship detected beneath a cemetery in Norway using georadar
With the help of high-resolution ground-penetrating radar technology, archaeologists have spotted a Viking ship, along with several longhouses and burial mounds, in the Østfold County…
Gallo-Roman necropolis revealed at the French city of Mâcon
A preventive archaeological excavation carried out by INRAP at the city of Mâcon (in east-central France) revealed the remains of a necropolis dated from circa…
Enormous Roman era building unearthed near Mit Rahina Museum in Giza, Egypt
An enormous Roman era building has been uncovered at the Hod El-Demerdash archaeological site in Egypt, approximately 400 meters south of the Mit Rahina Museum…
Scientists pioneer graphene gilding to preserve valuable artifacts efficiently
Gilding is an age-old process of covering solid surfaces like stone, wood and metal with a thin layer of fine gold leaf or powder. Historically,…
