4+ hour, 25+ min ago  (420+ words) Archaeologists working at the Sanctuary of Apollo at Frangissa in Cyprus have uncovered more than 20 votive statue bases preserved in their original positions, offering rare evidence of how religious offerings accumulated inside an ancient sanctuary over centuries. The sanctuary lies…...

22+ hour, 43+ min ago  (494+ words) Scientists have confirmed that a series of red markings inside a cave in Wales represent the oldest known rock art in the British Isles, bringing an end to a debate that lasted for more than a century. The painted panel…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (369+ words) A nearly complete skeleton of a young tapir found in northeastern Spain is giving researchers a rare look at the early life of a species that lived almost four million years ago. The fossil, uncovered at the Camp dels Ninots…...

22+ hour, 37+ min ago  (555+ words) A middle-aged woman buried in an early medieval cemetery in northeastern Italy is changing what researchers know about violence in Langobard society. Her skull carries two severe injuries, a blade wound and a crushing blow. Both healed before her death....

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (501+ words) Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Ihnasya in Egypt's Beni Suef Governorate have uncovered a collection of finds that span several major periods of the region's history, offering new evidence of the city's religious, political, and economic importance over…...

2+ day, 36+ min ago  (265+ words) The burial objects came from beneath a mudbrick tomb containing human skeletal remains. As excavation moved deeper below the grave, archaeologists uncovered a carefully placed cache of adornments, ritual items, and personal objects connected with burial customs practiced in the…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (584+ words) Archaeologists studying the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes in Barcelona have uncovered new details about the people buried there during the 14th century. The project, launched as part of the monastery's 700th anniversary, examined eight tombs linked to the institution's…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (380+ words) A team of volunteers has returned to the slopes above the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset to refresh one of Britain's most unusual ancient landmarks. Armed with bags of chalk, shovels, and hand tools, they are restoring the Cerne…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (416+ words) Workers installing new street lighting in eastern Poland uncovered an unexpected piece of local history when they found a buried church bell beneath a roadside verge in the village of Hostynne. The bell lay about 230 meters from Hostynne's historic church,…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (453+ words) Middle Stone Age people living at Border Cave in southern Africa built and maintained plant-based bedding for more than 150, 000 years, according to a new microscopic study of the site's sediments. The research offers one of the clearest views yet of…...