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Ancient Greek Elites May Have Worn Meteorite-Iron Rings
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (97+ words) Cut and etched Toluca iron meteorite, an illustrative example of an iron-nickel meteorite (CC BY-SA 3.0) The Minoan “Ring of Minos” from Knossos, dated to 1450–1400 BC. (Public Domain) Top image: Mycenaean gold signet ring with a seated goddess and procession of…...
2,400-Year-Old Aspendos Tomb May Belong to a Wrestler
17+ hour, 30+ min ago (499+ words) Archaeologists have uncovered an approximately 2,400-year-old cist tomb in Aspendos’ newly identified Eastern Necropolis. Wrestler-decorated Aspendos coins found among the burial goods have led researchers to suggest that the deceased may have had a connection with sport, although the finds…...
New G??bekli Tepe Finds May Reveal Ancient Homes
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (79+ words) Aerial view of stone walls and structural remains exposed by excavations at Gobekli Tepe in Sanliurfa, Turkey. (IHA) “Our first impression is that they were used as residences,” Karul told Türkiye Today, while stressing that walls alone cannot establish a…...
Mummified Remains Trade Raises a Real Mummy???s Curse
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (57+ words) An Egyptian mummy on display at the Louvre. (Dada / CC BY-SA 3.0) Painted interior of Tutankhamun’s tomb, KV62. (EditorfromMars / CC BY-SA 4.0) Top image: Wrapped Egyptian mummy on display at the British Museum. Source: Klafubra / CC BY-SA 3.0 Copyright © 2013 - 2025 Ancient Origins.A project of…...
Athena???s Curse: Lord Elgin and the Parthenon Plunder That Still Divides Nations
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (396+ words) Twas thus She spoke, ”that blush of shame proclaims thee Briton, once a noble name; First of the mighty, foremost of the free, Now honoured less by all, and least by me…lo! Here, despite of wear and wasting fire,…...
Submerged Bronze Age Settlement Reveals Pottery, Ancient Grain, and Mysterious Wooden Structures
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (178+ words) Beneath Italy's Lake Bolsena, underwater excavations have uncovered pottery and remarkably preserved ears of emmer wheat, providing new evidence about agriculture, food storage, and daily life in a prehistoric lakeside community. Underwater archaeological documentation at the Gran Carro settlement in…...
Lost Papal Letter Recasts War of 1066 as???Holy War Against Followers of Satan???
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (124+ words) The evidence is not a newly found, complete papal letter. As the University of East Anglia explains, two passages from Alexander II’s lost register survived as copies in medieval collections of papal rescripts now held in the Vatican archives. Licence,…...
A Massive Roman Wine Jar and a Mystery Shipwreck Surface off Elba Island
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (191+ words) Archaeological evidence for ancient Mediterranean maritime transport includes a shipwreck cargo and specialized transport amphorae. Such vessels formed an essential part of the Mediterranean trade in commodities including wine and olive oil. (Andrew Bevan/Current Anthropology) Roman amphora types used…...
Archaeology Has Evolved: Four Eras of Understanding Africa???s Past
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (598+ words) What is the past? It may seem a simple question to answer, but it is more complex than we might think at first. As science, politics, technologies and ways of thinking change, so does our understanding of what went before....
Medieval Caravanserai at Lost City of Asila??? North Sinai, Egypt
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (368+ words) Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced the discovery of the remains of a substantial building in the lost city of Asila in North Sinai, believed to have functioned as a roadside khan or caravanserai serving travelers along one…...