19+ hour, 27+ min ago  (350+ words) The Iron Age burial was found during a routine investigation of a field, where the team had not expected to uncover anything quite so significant. Among the objects recovered were an ornate chest buckle decorated with pearls, a rare tutulus…...

20+ hour, 1+ min ago  (639+ words) Now, researchers say they have identified rare genetic markers associated with the Piasts and uncovered links to several of Europe's most prominent royal houses, paving the way for what could become the first large-scale genetic family tree of medieval European…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (578+ words) Scientists have found the contents of a liquid-filled bronze vessel unearthed from a Warring States-period tomb revealing it was likely a cereal-based alcoholic drink brewed using techniques that show a surprisingly sophisticated understanding of fermentation. The vessel was unearthed from…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (648+ words) New excavations at Site 75 are providing some of the strongest evidence yet that at least some of these enigmatic monuments served as communal burial chambers. At the heart of the discovery is Jar 1, an unusually large stone vessel that has…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (250+ words) The burial was discovered on May 26th while doing earthmoving at a quarry in Efekt-Silikaty. Employee Pawe" Gontarczyk saw bones and footwear just beneath the surface while operating a wheel loader and immediately notified the police. Following the discovery, the District…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (440+ words) Archaeologists recovered pendants, beads, decorative fittings and other ornaments during the latest field season at the site. Several pieces remain in remarkably good condition. Fine details can still be seen on the gold surfaces, and some ornaments retain coloured stones…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (407+ words) The material comes from excavations carried out at Cerro de Masatrigo in 2022 and 2023 as part of the University of C'rdoba's Ager Mellariensis project. Researchers studied 8, 839 ceramic fragments, many of them broken pieces of vessels once used for cooking, storage and…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (446+ words) The discovery is especially important because the bases appear not to have been identified during the original excavation of the sanctuary by German archaeologist Max Ohnefalsch-Richter in 1885. The newly uncovered material reveals a previously unknown section of the sanctuary's Archaic…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (286+ words) Dating from the 4th to 3rd centuries BC, the hollow mask features a suspension hole at the top, suggesting it was once hung on a wall, likely as part of ritual activity associated with Dionysus, the Greek god of theatre and wine....

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (314+ words) The discovery was announced by Peru's Ministry of Culture through the Decentralised Directorate of Culture of Amazonas following excavations conducted in Area 12, located at the junction of Access Routes 1 and 2 within the Ku'lap archaeological complex. The excavation was carried out…...