1+ week, 1+ day ago  (917+ words) By Peter Edwell/The Conversation Invasions of ancient Persia were always daunting tasks. They often led to disaster. In the 6th and 5th centuries BC, the Persian empire came to dominate a vast and varied geography with Iran at its heart. Comprising…...

9+ hour, 48+ min ago  (513+ words) King John is usually remembered as the villain of Magna Carta, a ruler associated with failure, rebellion, and the collapse of royal authority. Yet behind that familiar image lies a stranger and far more intriguing story: John appears to have…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (264+ words) These eighteenth-century gravestones in Pluckley reinforce the article's atmosphere of age, memory, and mortality. The worn inscriptions and dense clustering of the stones suggest a landscape shaped by centuries of local history and loss. (Poliphilo/CC0 1. 0) Today, locals and travelers alike…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (418+ words) When early American pioneers pushed westward into the untamed wilderness of Ohio, they expected to face harsh winters, dense forests, and untrodden landscapes. What they did not anticipate was stumbling upon the remnants of a forgotten, towering race buried beneath…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (290+ words) A view of the temple ruins. (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities) At the heart of the newly discovered complex lies a massive circular basin measuring approximately 35 meters (115 feet) in diameter. Connected directly to the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, this…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (227+ words) Archaeologists in Upper Egypt have uncovered Old Kingdom tombs containing around 160 inscribed vessels, along with mirrors, kohl containers, bead necklaces, and amulets, an object mix that hints at something larger than burial alone. Found at Qubbet el-Hawa near Aswan, the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (179+ words) Map showing sites of the Bronze Age in Mongolia, National Museum of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar (Gary Todd / CC0 1. 0) The absence of both the meaty bones and the chemical signatures of slaughter has led researchers to propose a new model for Bronze Age…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (269+ words) Iron clinker nails recovered from Herlaugshaugen during the 2023 excavation. (Geir Gr'nnesby / NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology/Antiquity Publications Ltd, CC BY-ND 4. 0) The size and number of the rivets pointed to a vessel of considerable scale. Based…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (153+ words) The findings of the study have just been published in the journal Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, According to the researchers, the object may contain the boy's name or a protective inscription meant to guide him through the…...

4+ day, 45+ min ago  (306+ words) Wharram Percy aerial 2018 (Chris/CC BY-SA 2. 0) Dr Adam Green, from the University of York's Department of Archaeology and Department of Environment and Geography, explained the significance of the findings. "Wharram Percy was in what is today a particularly isolated place,…...