3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (391+ words) The city is widely known for its destruction during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Earlier in its history, however, Pompeii was involved in the Social War, when a number of Italian communities rose against Rome. After siding with…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (311+ words) The excavation was led by researchers from the University of Barcelona, together with the Institute of the Ancient East, under the direction of Dr Maite Mascort and Dr Esther Ponce Milado. The team identified several burials, including mummies placed in…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (436+ words) As teams worked through successive layers, they uncovered a mix of everyday objects and finely made items, each offering a direct link to different periods of activity across its long occupation. One discovery drew immediate attention. Marina, on her first…...

9+ hour, 54+ min ago  (361+ words) After a field season on Isla de los Estados, researchers say the site functioned as a practical link in a wider network that connected shipping routes, settlements and state activity during the 1800s. The survey'carried out by teams from CONICET and…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (375+ words) The work, carried out in February 2026 by specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), focused on assessing the condition of materials at the site after reports of unauthorised activity. The team included members of the institute's Subdirectorate…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (319+ words) The earliest features on the site date to the Neolithic. Archaeologists uncovered hearths, pits and postholes, indicating settlement. Fragments of pottery and stone tools were also recovered, pointing to everyday domestic use of the area. Burials from the Bronze Age…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (451+ words) The discovery was made in late autumn by a Danish metal detecting group working with the Archaeological State Office of Schleswig-Holstein. What began as a faint signal in the ground led to fragments of a bronze vessel, including parts of…...

8+ hour, 34+ min ago  (438+ words) Fieldwork on the Javakheti Plateau has revealed a dense network of settlements, fortifications and burial sites, pointing to a forgotten civilisation that sustained human activity over thousands of years. The research forms part of the Samtskhe-Javakheti Project, a Georgian'Italian collaboration…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (417+ words) The work, carried out by Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA), took place during excavations for the Sizewell Link Road, which will bypass Middleton and Theberton. Although earlier finds in the area point to prehistoric and Anglo-Saxon occupation, this section is different....

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (446+ words) The object, known as the Saint-Denis seal impression, dates from about AD 1053 to 1057. It is one of only three genuine surviving impressions of Edward's seal and the best preserved of them. Authentic royal seals from Anglo-Saxon England are extremely rare,…...