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Prehistoric Engravings Reveal that Fishing Nets Were Used 15,800 Years Ago During the Upper Paleolithic in Germany
A recently published study reveals the existence of ancient fishing techniques at the Magdalenian site of Gönnersdorf, ...
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A Small Bronze Age Walled City Found in the Arabian Desert
Reconstruction of the Bronze Age settlement of al-Natah in Saudi Arabia. Credit: AFALULA-RCU-CNRS A team of archaeologists led by Guillaume Charloux of France’s National Center for Scientific Research ...
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Large Roman Villa Where Falernian Wine, the Most Esteemed in the Empire Was Produced, Found in Campania
View of the large Roman villa discovered in Campania. Credit: Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le province di Caserta e Benevento Construction work on an agrivoltaic plant has ...
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The Enigmatic Prehistoric Engraved Slate Plaques of the Iberian Peninsula are Genealogical Records and One of the Earliest Forms of Writing in Europe
Some of the prehistoric slate engraved plaques found in tombs in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Credit: Eduardo Estellez / K. Lillios / Antonio Valera / V. Hurtado / Museus e Monumentos de ...
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The Spectacular Mud Volcanoes of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, located between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains, is home to hundreds of active mud volcanoes. Locally known as “yanardagh”, which means “burning mountain”, these volcanoes ...
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Evidence Found that the Mysterious Dark Energy Driving the Expansion of the Universe is Created Inside Black Holes
In the earliest moments of the universe, nearly 14 billion years ago, a phenomenon both fascinating and mysterious occurred. At the very moment of the Big Bang, an unknown force triggered a rapid ...
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A Shipwreck from the Late 1st Century B.C. with 40 Amphorae Transporting Alum, Still Aligned in Its Cargo Arrangement, Found off the Coast of Syracuse
View of the cargo of the wreck found in Syracuse. Credit: Soprintendenza del Mare The Richborough 527 type amphora takes its name from the Richborough archaeological site in Kent, England, where this ...
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Hieroglyph meaning “city” in the Luwian language spoken in Anatolia until the 7th century B.C. deciphered
A research team led by Petra M. Goedegebuure from the University of Chicago has presented a groundbreaking study on the word used for “city” in the Luwian language, spoken in ancient Anatolia. This ...
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A Macedonian Vase Found in a Bronze Age Sanctuary Reveals the Origin of the Protogeometric Style in Northern Greece, Not in Athens
A recent archaeological study challenges conventional notions about the origin of the Protogeometric ceramic style in Greece, suggesting that its starting point was not Athens, as traditionally ...
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Mount Medullius, the Site of the Last Cantabrian Resistance Against the Roman Conquest Whose Location Remains Unknown
The term Astur-Cantabrian Wars refers to the long conflict that the Romans waged along the Spanish Cantabrian coast for a decade, between 29 and 19 B.C. The subjugation of Hispania’s last resistant ...
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The Enigmatic and Empty Prehistoric Hillforts of the Samnites Were Not What They Seem
Aerial view looking from west to east showing the site with the plateau of Monte Cognolo in the foreground and the summit of Santa Croce in the background. The village of Villa Santa Croce is on the ...
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A Monument Destroyed After the Fall of the Empire, Discovered in Over 100 Fragments in the Roman Villa of Hechingen-Stein in Germany
Recent excavations uncovered a Roman monument at the Open-Air Museum of the Roman villa of Hechingen-Stein, Germany. The discovery involved more than 100 fragments featuring depictions of ancient gods ...