archaeology

The Ministry of Antiquities in Cairo has recently discovered a statue of Alexander the Great within an ancient "residential and commercial zone" in Alexandria that they believe was a trade center in the region during the Ptolemaic period. The archaeologists...

New research from an Israeli archaeological dig has proven that modern humans and Neanderthals lived together some 50,000 years ago.

The Teba necropolis at La Lentejuela ancient burial site has brought to light thirteen stone structures and over a hundred tombs, unveiling a treasure trove of artifacts, such as pottery, jewelry, and tools. These findings have provided valuable insight...

The quest to find the ancient Ark of the Covenant, created by the Hebrews thousands of years ago, not only rocked the archaeological world in the early 1900s but also caused so much outrage that it still reverberates around...

Researchers have made significant progress in unraveling the mystery of the "unknown Kushan script," a puzzling writing system that has intrigued language experts for decades since its discovery in the 1950s. The breakthrough came when researchers successfully deciphered the ancient...

New research suggests that fire from the sky in the form of a small asteroid annihilated an ancient city near the Dead Sea now called Tall el-Hammam in the biblical city of Sodom located in the Jordan Valley 3,600...

A man in Kentucky stumbled upon a treasure trove on his rural farm. This recent discovery, now known as the "Great Kentucky Hoard," consists of over 700 coins that date back to the Civil War era. The collection includes a...

The majority of scholars believe that the Trojan War, if it really happened, was an event that occurred in about 1200 BC (although some scholars place it later). For this reason, most research into the archaeology of Troy has...

An incredibly old and enormous handaxe, believed to be around 300,000 years old, has been unearthed in Kent, a region in Southeast England. The discovery was made during excavation work preceding the construction of a new school. A team of...

Back in 2003, scientists made a discovery in Indonesia. They found some ancient human-like bones in a cave. After careful examination, they concluded that the person these bones belonged to was most likely a woman. What made her unique was...