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The Babylonians Measured Jupiter With a Trapezoid
A Lament for Inanna, Written in Two Dead Languages
The Pottery That Was Never Midianite
The Oldest Love Spell Was Not a Love Song
The Oldest City Map in the World
New Study of a Hunnic-Era Grave in Kazakhstan
A Painted Slab From Wetar Island
The King Who Ruled for 28,800 Years
A Royal Kushan Seal Found in Tajikistan
Two Denisovan Leg Bones From the Taiwan Strait
Second Fortress Found on Egypt's Way of Horus
These Paintings Were Made With Human Blood
Five Hundred Pieces of Egyptian Blue From Iron Age Iran
Göbekli Tepe: the north side of the mound is being excavated for the first time
Three Tombs at Sheikh Soby in the Bahariya Oasis
The Ancient “H”: Symbol, Script, or Coincidence?
Six Copper Bells in a Bolivian Storehouse
A Roman Wine Vat Found on the Seabed off Elba
Buried Face Down: The King Assyria Tried to Erase
Six Thousand Years of Burials Found in the Nile Delta
A Ritual Well Found in the Sacred Area at Kainua
An Asclepius and Telesphoros Group Found at Aspendos
Yangshan: The Monument That Could Never Be Moved
The Assyrian Treatise on Diseases of the Ear
A Rock Crystal Scraper and What MacCurdy Made of It
The Star That Ruled the Ancient World
The Roman Library That Was Mistaken for a Temple of Mithras
You Are Twelve Thousand Years Late to This Question
A Roman Funerary Monument Falls Into a Ditch and Survives
Painting in the Dark for Fifteen Centuries
Two Ghost Ancestors Found Hiding in Human DNA
A Giants' Tomb Emerges at Carrarzu Iddia
A Ptolemaic Bath Complex Found in the Eastern Delta
Greek and Egyptian Gods Share a Tombstone at Tell el-Deir
The Smallest Ice Age Carvings Ever Found
Footprints Rewrite the Size of a Human Cousin
Dionysus and Ariadne Restored on a Pompeii Ceiling
A Vivid Urartian Mural Surfaces at Erebuni
Twin Infants Buried With Care at Ephesus
You Send Your Daughter to Pharaoh and the Gold Turns Out Fake
25,000 Years of Ritual Burning in an Australian Cave
Croatian Cave Pushes Back Human Presence in Dalmatia by 30,000 Years
Tomb With 560 Funerary Figurines Found in Egypt's Nile Delta
The Fortress That Was Never Taken
Strange Finds at a Gallic Farm Near Tours
When a Demon Ended a Marriage in Roman Egypt
A 4,000-Year-Old Marriage Contract, Explained
Three New Kingdom Tombs Found at Saqqara
A 3,500-Year-Old Order Nobody Can Explain
Sixty Years On, a Textile Fragment Surfaces at Gran Carro
Late Antique Mosaic and Ritual Objects Found at Agrigento
Ancient Egyptian Princesses Were Skilled Archers, Bones Reveal
Ancient Liubo Chessboards Found in Shaanxi Tombs
Math and Politics Behind the Dead Sea Scrolls' Lost Calendar
A 2,000-Year-Old Cemetery in England Reveals Elite Burials on the Eve of Roman Rule
Peanuts, Bananas, and Cats Found on the Shroud of Turin
Archaeologists Decipher the Name of the First Known Maya Astronomer
The Lost Greek City That Once Stood in the Mountains of Afghanistan
BREAKING: Tomb of an Official Named Paser Uncovered at Luxor's Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
The Roman Cup That Changes Color by Magic of Physics
A 3,800-Year-Old Offering of 43 Carved Figures Uncovered at Peñico, Peru
Why Rome Banned Long Hair in the Year 416
Three Unknown Assyrian Kings Found in Old Cuneiform Tablets
Ancient Esparto Sandals Found in the Riotinto Mines
New AI-Powered Project Aims to Trace the Origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Oldest Ridden Horse Found in Bronze Age Madrid
Radar Reveals a Greek Military Camp on the Far Eastern Edge of Alexander's World
BREAKING: Tiny Seal Found at Yavne Depicts Astral Worship
Neanderthals and Modern Humans Shared the Same Culture for Thousands of Years in a Turkish Cave
Elephant Bioenergetics Point to the Real Route of Hannibal's Alpine Crossing
Ancient "Miracle Food". How Manna Could Form in the Wild
60.8 Percent of Roman Emperors Died Violently, New Study Finds
New Research Argues Homer's Ithaca Was Never Called an Island
BREAKING: 18 Ancient Tombs Found at Marina El Alamein in Egypt
The 'Hobbit' Did Not Hunt and Did Not Control Fire, New Bone Analysis Suggests
Water for the City, Nothing for the Enemy
Ancient DNA Shows Elite Families Ruled the Nomadic Scythians 2,500 Years Ago
Entire Byzantine Town Found in Egypt's Western Desert
Tunisia's Extraordinary 1,400-Year-Old Baptistery
The Grave of an Ancient God Found Near Sikachi-Alyan in Russia's Far East
A Carved Stela Found in Mexico Shows Two Figures Receiving a Sacred Liquid
Picene Prince's Chariot Tomb Unearthed on Italy's Conero Coast
A Michelangelo Sculpture May Hold the Earliest Image of a Disease Named Three Centuries Later
Archaeologists decipher 4,000-year-old Linear Elamite script from ancient Iran
Iberian and Nordic Ship Carvings Share a Bronze Age Design Language
Toltec Pyramid Panels Reused at an Elite Home, Beside Six Sacrificed Children
BREAKING: Hyksos-Era Settlement Found in Egypt's Eastern Delta
A Prehistoric Village of 52 Huts and a Roman Bath Complex Emerge at Case Pente
The Roman City Built for War — And Lost to the Desert
Every Homo naledi Fossil Tested Was Female
The First Religion Was Eaten, Not Preached
Massive Viking Textile Factory Found in Denmark
Decorated Handprints in the Amazon May Encode Ancient Shamanic Knowledge, New Study Reveals
Scientists Pull Human DNA Straight Off Cave Walls for the First Time
Ancient Gods, Same Bag: Coincidence or Lost Symbol?
Rare Assyrian Stele Found at Nineveh’s Sun Gate
Bronze Ritual Cart Shows Tartessos Links
Two Executed Men and Six Deer Antlers at Cerro de las Cabezas
Heaven and Hell: Ancient Maps of Hope, Fear, and Judgment
Hidden Grammar in Paleolithic Cave Art of the Cantabrian Region
Homo naledi’s Brain May Be More Complex
Hominin Body Size Jump Around 2 Million Years Ago
Thorin: The Neanderthal Who Revealed 50,000 Years of Isolation
Minanbé: An Intact Maya City Found Deep in the Jungle of Campeche
Lapis Lazuli: Afghanistan’s Ancient Blue Gold
Ancient Wine Jars Reveal Earth’s Magnetic Past
Jabal al-Tayr Discovery Offers New Clues to the Origins of Egyptian Pyramid Architecture
Denisovan DNA Still Shapes Immunity in Some Oceanians Today
Bahariya Oasis Reveals an Older Sacred Past
Exceptionally Preserved Roman Lime Kiln Discovered Near Bicske in Hungary
Ninurta and Anzu: A Neo-Assyrian Vision of Order Against Chaos
Rare River God Mosaic Unearthed in Ancient Aspendos
Rare Monolithic Sculpture and Ceremonial Platform Discovered in Veracruz
Roman Curse Tablet Deciphered in Ancient Coriovallum
Lamashtu and Ancient Birth Amulets: Fear, Protection, and Childbirth in Mesopotamia
Caesarea Maritima: Herod’s Roman City by the Sea
Ancient Sled Dogs Helped Arctic Hunters Stay Connected 8,000 Years Ago
Chilpik Dakhma: The Ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence
Caral May Have Been the Americas’ First Civilization Built Without War
Imperial Roman Villa Discovered at Castel di Guido Near Rome
Roman Marble Busts Found in Ancient Winepress Near Caesarea
Inca Child Sacrifice May Have Strengthened Imperial Rule
Rujm el-Hiri: The Wheel of Ghosts
Ancient Grape Seeds Reveal Chianti’s White-Wine Past
Could an 11-Dot Figurine Preserve One of Mesoamerica’s Earliest Written Numbers?
Dzhubga Dolmen and Doguab River Dolmen 4
9,000-Year-Old Plastered Skulls and Neolithic Memory
Greco-Roman Cemetery Found at Tell Kom Aziza in Egypt’s Nile Delta
Spanish Cave Chamber Shows More Than 11,000 Years of Repeated Human Activity
New Rock Art Discovery in Oman
Oldest Known Maya Lowland Long Count Inscription Identified at El Palmar
4,000-Year-Old Evidence of the Siege of Qabra Discovered in Northern Mesopotamia
The Kings Who Ruled Before the Flood
Iberian DNA Stayed Stable Before Roman Rule, Study Finds
Princely Celtic Tomb with Gold and Chariot Discovered in Germany
7,000-Year-Old Headless Skeletons in Slovakia
Two Equids Discovered in Pompeii Bakery
Roman Luxury Home Found Under School Gym
Ancient Side’s Forgotten Alphabet Revealed
Archaeologists Find Nassau’s First Pirate-Era Shipwrecks
The Twelve-Angled Stone of Cusco
Someone Butchered a Mammoth in a Place Where Humans Were Almost Gone
Britain’s Oldest Known Cave Art Rediscovered in Wales
The Great Ziggurat of Ur: A Monumental Temple of Ancient Mesopotamia
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Nazca Lines: The Ancient Code in Peru’s Desert
Panama Burials Reveal Colombian Emeralds
Egyptian Kohl Bottle Found in Roman York
12-Year-Old Finds Ancient Gemstone
Marble Aphrodite Found in Egypt
Rare Funerary Cache Uncovered at Ancient Heliopolis Cemetery in Matariya
The 4,000-Year-Old Mystery of Harman Kaya
Neanderthal DNA We Carry May Weaken Defense Against Some DNA Viruses
Inside the Lost Capital of the Hittites
Lost Maya City of Sac Balam Found?
5,000-Year-Old Ancient Settlement Found in Georgia
One panel, hundreds of decisions
Did Roman Emperor Carus Really Die From a Lightning Strike?
How Humans Made Their Beds 200,000 Years Ago
Massive Reservoirs Found at Egypt’s Aydhab Port
More Than 2,000-Year-Old Greek Theater Mask Discovered in a Croatian Cave
Rare Jesus Fresco Found in Türkiye May Rewrite Early Christian Art History
Ancient Chinese Brewing Recipe Revealed by Sealed Bronze Bottle Found in Qin Tomb
2,300-Year-Old Cemetery Found in Vasto
Ancient Tools Reveal Early Anesthesia Evidence
Possible 100,000-Year-Old Cremation Evidence Found in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift
Neanderthals May Have Treated Tooth Decay 60,000 Years Ago
Monumental Tomb Unearthed in Olympos
115,000-Year-Old Shellfish Clues Rewrite Neanderthal Life
Bronze Age Standing Stone With Possible Human Face Found on Alderney
Worship of Baal and the Children Given Over
The Lost Empire That Never Was: Debunking Tartaria
Classified Dirt: The Archaeological Anomaly the State Tried to Erase