4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (346+ words) A previously unknown Turkic stone sculpture in Kyrgyzstan has been documented beside a complex of nine ancient stone enclosures near Lake Issyk-Kul, placing the newly recognized monument within an archaeological setting rather than leaving it as an isolated figure in…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (842+ words) Researchers recovered 141 late Roman gold solidi from the site known as Um Rank at Holzthum, in the commune of Parc Hosingen. The coins span the turbulent final decades of the fourth century, but their geographical origins suggest that at least…...

13+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1078+ words) The inscription identifies her as “sevasta Maria Skulena.” Women’s signet rings from this period are considerably rarer than those associated with men, making the object important not simply as Byzantine jewelry, but as evidence of a woman whose social position…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (561+ words) Archaeologists excavating Karahantepe in southeastern Türkiye have uncovered an approximately 11,000-year-old composite statue depicting a human figure seated on the back of a leopard, adding an unexpected new variation to the site’s already remarkable repertoire of human-animal imagery. Ersoy described…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (645+ words) Archaeologists excavating Early Iron Age burial mounds in Khakassia, southern Siberia, have discovered rare engravings of horses on a stone slab reused in a Tagar culture kurgan. The images may do more than add to the region’s prehistoric art: their…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1335+ words) A pair of extraordinary silver ornaments from a medieval burial in southern Siberia may preserve a rare image associated with Umay, the ancient Turkic goddess linked to women, children, and protection. Archaeologists found the elaborate objects at the Koibaly cemetery…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (759+ words) Archaeologists excavating a monumental 3,400-year-old Hittite building at Šapinuwa in central Türkiye have uncovered animal remains that may offer new evidence of ancient ritual practices. Archaeologists excavating the ancient Hittite city of Šapinuwa in central Türkiye have uncovered unusual animal…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (734+ words) A 4,000-year-old vessel unearthed at the Hittite settlement of Külhöyük in central Türkiye has produced an unusually delicate discovery: ancient seed remains identified as belonging to Sevgi Çiçeği, an endemic flower that still grows in Ankara’s Gölbaşı district today. Türkiye’s…...

4+ week, 16+ hour ago   (1045+ words) The possibility sounds extraordinary. The earliest documented telescope is generally associated with the Netherlands in 1608, when spectacle maker Hans Lippershey sought a patent for an instrument that made distant objects appear closer. Yet the Nimrud Lens was manufactured between about…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (537+ words) Thousands of silver coins buried in two birch bark containers have emerged from the ground near Sysmä in southern Finland, forming what archaeologists describe as the largest known Late Iron Age coin hoard ever found in the country. Metal detector…...