2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (170+ words) The Bom Jesus set sail in March 1533, but it wrecked before it could return with its riches. Those riches took almost 500 years to resurface. “When I started, the artifacts were just sitting there collecting dust. They were deteriorating at a…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (542+ words) Finestre sull'Arte - Sant’Elpidio a Mare: A 6th-century B.C. Picene Tomb Discovered New evidence of the Picene culture has come to light in Sant’Elpidio a Mare, in the province of Fermo. During a site inspection conducted on September 8, 2026, near the town…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (525+ words) Archaeologists have begun a new season of research at San Giovanni, inside the Le Cesine State Nature Reserve near Vernole in southern Italy. The 2026 campaign runs from September 7 to October 4, with work both on land and underwater. The project is…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (449+ words) The discovery is particularly significant due to its exceptional origin: an archaeological site located at a depth of 1,400 metres. The team from the Museu Arqueològic d’Eivissa i Formentera (MAEF) has taken receipt of and transferred to its archaeological storage facility…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (705+ words) Sixty meters beneath the Baltic, an intact ship holds champagne and luxury goods untouched for generations. Although the sonar image of the object looked small enough to allow for a short dive, Polish divers investigating the Baltic Sea thought it…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (543+ words) The scale of the coin hoard uncovered off Sardinia has been described by officials as historically significant, yet the full account of how it came to rest on the seafloor remains incomplete. Understanding why this particular hoard matters requires looking…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (103+ words) Prime Minister Robert Abela today visited the ongoing archaeological excavations at Ta' Latnija in Mellieħa, where a "monumental discovery is reshaping the timeline of human presence in the Maltese islands", the government said Wednesday. The findings have pushed back the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (109+ words) The earliest confirmed archaeological layers at Andriake date to the 3rd century BCE, though many researchers believe the harbor served Myra as early as the Classical period. The synagogue is currently dated to the 5th–6th century CE based on inscriptions and architectural…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (817+ words) The fragment decorated with snake heads, discovered at the Collet site (Calonge), is one of the few pieces of its kind documented in the Iberian Peninsula and evidences the presence of Eastern cults in the rural sphere during the Augustan…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (132+ words) Researchers working at the archaeological site of Kainua near the modern town of Marzabotto found two bronze female statuettes and an extremely rare bronze bowl inside an ancient well system. Human remains belonging to two adults were also found at…...