A 2,000-year-old мarble bυst foυnd trapped within a мedieval wall in Roмe мay depict the face of Dionysυs, the ancient god of wine and festivity.

Iron guntlet from a mass grave, battle of Visby.The Battle of Visby was fought in 1361 near the town of Visby on the island of Gotland, between the forces of the Danish king and the Gutnish country yeomen. The Danish force was victorious.Due to the heat, the dead had to be disposed of quickly, and many were buried in their armour. The archaeological excavation of one of the mass graves, in the 1930s, revealed over 1000 skeletons.

 Egyptian archaeologists have announced a unique discovery of three mummies : including the body of a young woman and two children inside her body, all three placed in the same …

DNA from a fossil in Spain most closely matches another extinct human lineage, Denisovans, whose remains have been found thousands of miles away in Siberia.

Almost every culture that prevails around the world talks consists of ancient accounts that narrate the tales of giants living on the Earth. One more addition to such accounts is the ancient mural painting in the Nubian pyramids that portrays a ‘Giant’ carrying two elephants.

Along the east gradient of the tumulus are two non-pillaged cist graves; their investigation offers interesting evidence on the social rank of the defunct and on the burial habits of the time.

Built 1148, Saltford Manor House in Somerset is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied private house in England.

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Germanic tribes invaded the region following the fall of the Roman Empire

Sumer, or the ‘land of civilized kings’, flourished in Mesopotamia, now modern-day Iraq, around 4500 BC. Sumerians created an advanced civilization with its own system of elaborate language and writing, …

Zeynep Ahunbay The Land Walls (Walls of Theodosius and Blachernai) have undergone many repairs, the most substantial being the ones conducted in 20th century. While some of these repairs were aimed at conservation, others focused on the reconstruction of the walls. Since 1985, the Walls have been under the protection of UNESCO; however, they occasionally have also fallen under the category of “World Heritage in Danger.” For the preservation of the Walls, universities, international institutions and city administrators have acted together on many occasions, and this cooperation should conti

Ever found yourself cursing other tourists? Wishing for a photo album not populated by posing strangers? Dreaming of a meaningful experience not shared by

Archaeologists refurbishing the Villa Adriana in the ancient Roman city of Stabiae on the Bay of Naples have uncovered an exceptionally well-preserved section of the villa’s water system. It consists of a large lead tank with conduits leading in and out, used to regulate the flow of water through the rooms of the villa. There are even stop keys still in place. It is shocking how plausibly modern it looks.

There are few Inca sites that can approach Machu Picchu in majesty, and it is not surprising, because when we talk about Inca constructions the first thing that comes to …

Researchers from Curtin University have discovered the world’s oldest heart in a ‘beautifully preserved’ ancient jawed fish fossil 380 million…

Konya Archeology Museum exhibited and The sarcophagus, which depicts the scenes known as the Twelve Labours of Heracles in mythology…

The first complete skeleton of a prehistoric marine reptile was thought to be lost forever in a bombing raid in London in 1941. While the actual bones are long gone, a chance discovery has resurrected two casts of the famous fossil.

The Nabataeans were an ancient Semitic people, dating back to 586 BC, who inhabited northern Arabia and the southern Levant. The desert climate created agricultural difficulties for the Nabataeans

Once upon a time, in a silent corner of the Milky Way, existed an advanced civilization, the Zorvians. The Zorvians had long surpassed their biological …