9+ hour, 23+ min ago  (680+ words) Archaeologists working at the site of Valdelasilla in central Spain have identified what researchers describe as the oldest known monumental necropolis in the interior of the Iberian Peninsula. The cemetery, located in Illescas near Toledo, dates back about 6, 000 years and…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (463+ words) Archaeologists in eastern Germany uncovered the remains of a rural settlement dating from the 3rd to 5th centuries CE, offering new information about daily life during the final centuries of the Roman Empire. The site lies in Liebersee, part of Belgern-Schildau in…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (427+ words) More than sixty years after archaeologists excavated Pompeii's Garden of the Fugitives, researchers identified the likely profession of one victim from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in CE 79. Evidence hidden inside a plaster cast points to a physician who died…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (602+ words) Hidden in a narrow gully high in the hills of central Scotland, a small stone bothy once served as a secret whisky distillery. Now archaeologists working at Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve have uncovered rare physical evidence tied to Scotland's…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (585+ words) Archaeologists working at the Abu el-Naga necropolis on Luxor's West Bank have uncovered a series of discoveries that offer new information about burial customs, religious life, and lesser-known officials from ancient Egypt. The finds came from the latest excavation season…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (372+ words) Archaeologists working in the center of Paderborn have uncovered a rare medieval notebook that spent nearly 800 years buried inside a latrine. The small object, found during excavations for a new city administration building, survived in unusually good condition because of…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (427+ words) Archaeologists excavating near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel in Jerusalem have uncovered a large underground tunnel carved directly into bedrock, raising new questions about the area's ancient past. Researchers first noticed what looked like a natural cavity in the rocky terrain. As…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (379+ words) Humans started riding, managing, and trading horses much earlier than many scholars once believed, according to a new study published in Science Advances. The research places organized horse use in the 4th millennium BCE, several centuries before the date often linked…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (486+ words) For thousands of years, communities living along the coast of southern Denmark depended heavily on the sea for food. A new study suggests this pattern continued long after farming reached the region around 4000 BCE, challenging earlier views of a fast…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (607+ words) A Neanderthal living nearly 59, 000 years ago in southern Siberia appears to have undergone a form of dental treatment far earlier than scientists once expected. Researchers studying a molar from Chagyrskaya Cave in Russia found signs of deliberate drilling inside a…...