15+ hour, 55+ min ago   (583+ words) New research about an ancient ring bearing an inscription linked to Pontius Pilate may reveal fresh clues about how the Roman governor wielded authority nearly 2,000 years after he sentenced Jesus Christ to death. The ring, discovered at Herodium, a mountaintop…...

12+ hour, 14+ min ago   (874+ words) Archaeologists investigating a 3,600-year-old burial mound in western Azerbaijan have discovered a collection comprising a rare stone mace head, a bronze dagger, and arrowheads, indicating the burial of an individual of significant military and social status during the Middle Bronze…...

19+ hour, 15+ min ago   (522+ words) A 3,600-year-old burial in western Azerbaijan has yielded weapons and other objects linked to a high-ranking Bronze Age warrior. Archaeologists found the artifacts in Kurgan No. 4 in the Sariyokhush area of the Keshikchidagh State Historical and Cultural Reserve, in Agstafa…...

1+ day, 7+ hour 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…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (318+ words) Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Archaeologists have discovered around 100 burials at the ancient Ozod cemetery in Shurchi district of Surkhandarya region. Preliminary studies indicate that the site is associated with the Sapalli culture of the Bronze Age, the press service of…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (528+ words) Ice age hunter-gatherers on an Indonesian island regularly sucked betel nuts to ease tooth pain, according to a new study. The practice dates back at least 25,000 years and pushes the known history of habitual betel nut drug use far deeper…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1025+ words) Another discovery has been recorded during excavations being conducted on the territory of the 17th-century Anapat Church within the Old Khndzoresk historical and cultural reserve in Armenia. A tombstone was uncovered in front of the church altar, on which is…...

4+ day, 19+ min ago   (984+ words) The Times of India For nearly nine decades, a hillock in Ujjain has held a burial mystery that archaeologists have never fully been able to explain Forty-two skeletons were found here during an excavation in 1938-39, but what puzzled the excavators…...

4+ day, 58+ min ago   (641+ words) Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old ring bearing the name of Pontius Pilate, potentially solving a long-standing mystery, the website Popular Mechanics reports. Among the ruins of the abandoned palace and fortress of Herodium, in the remains of a former courtyard,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (580+ words) At first, the ring appeared to be just one of the hundreds of unremarkable artifacts from the site. It dates to the 1st century BCE and depicts a calyx krater—a vessel used in antiquity for mixing wine and water. Surrounding…...