Archaeologists working in Upper Egypt have uncovered around 3,000 ostraca pottery fragments during the current excavation season at the Athribis (Atreps) archaeological site in Sohag province.

Archaeologists excavating a newly uncovered section of Rome’s Ostiense Necropolis have discovered evidence of a mysterious funerary ritual: iron nails deliberately placed on the chests of the deceased. The unusual find offers new insight into ancient Roman beliefs about death and the fear of restless spirits.

Archaeologists in Indonesia have announced that a newly identified megalith in Central Sulawesi may date back around 1,000 years, adding to the region’s long-known tradition of ancient stone monuments.

A heavily corroded 19th-century pocket revolver believed to be a British Bulldog has been discovered during a metal-detecting survey in a forest near Kalisz in western Poland.

Archaeologists at the Western Necropolis of Heraclea Sintica have excavated a burial containing the remains of a woman of mixed ancestry.

Archaeologists from POMOST – the Historical and Archaeological Research Laboratory – have uncovered physical evidence of war crimes committed by the Red Army during WWII.

Archaeologists have confirmed the location of Saint Hilarion’s tomb and burial remains in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Archaeologists from the Berlin State Office for Monument Protection have uncovered a tomb during renovation works at the historic Buch Castle Church.

A preserved Neanderthal fossil is providing new insights into how this ancient human species adapted to the cold climates of Ice Age Europe.

A study, led by Dr. Marina Lozano of IPHES-CERCA, has found dental remains belonging to three Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) in Abreda Cave.

Archaeologists have conducted a study of lithic material from the Pilauco and Los Notros sites in north-western Patagonia, revealing evidence of human occupation in the region prior to the Younger Dryas period.

A new study led by the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Institute of Archaeology of the CAS suggests that human occupation of Europe first took place 1.4 million years ago.

A page long believed to be missing from the famed Archimedes Palimpsest has been rediscovered at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Blois, France, offering scholars new opportunities to study one of antiquity’s most important mathematical manuscripts.

A rare late medieval “one-and-a-half-handed” sword has been unveiled at the Museum of Miechów Landm, Poland, after being donated anonymously.

From the beaches of North Berwick, Scotland, Bass Rock is a sheer-sided mass of stone rising abruptly from the steel-grey waters of the Firth of Forth.

Bulgarian scientists have uncovered the remains of an Argentine Air Force aircraft that crashed in 1976 near Bernard Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

A local fossil hunter exploring Stevns Klint on the Danish island of Zealand has discovered a rare blob of fossilised vomit, also known as regurgitalite.

A fossilised bone discovered in the legacy collections from the archaeological site of Mycenae represents one of the earliest known examples of ancient fossil hunting.

Scientists have identified the skeletal remains of Panthera spelaea at the Notarchirico site in southern Italy.

A study of the Serrote do Letreiro Site (meaning “Signpost Hill”) in Brazil’s Paraíba State has led to the discovery of an assemblage of petroglyphs alongside dinosaur tracks.

A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE presents new evidence that the volcanic eruption of Minoan Thera (modern-day Santorini) occurred before the reign of Pharaoh Ahmose I, overturning long-held views of Bronze Age chronology.

In 2024, researchers from Australia's University of Queensland discovered a giant 1,200-tonne rock more than 200 metres inland on the island of Tongatapu.

Despite the name, blue lava is not actually molten lava, but rather an extremely rare natural phenomenon caused by the combustion of sulphuric gases emitted from certain volcanoes and fumarole vents.

One of Turkey’s most impressive geological wonders is Pamukkale (meaning "cotton castle"), renowned for its sinter terraced formations created by calcite-rich springs.One of Turkey’s most impressive geological wonders is Pamukkale (meaning "cotton castle"), renowned for its sinter terraced formations created by calcite-rich springs.

According to a new study published in the journal PLOS One, the Gobi Desert, now one of the driest and most forbidding places on Earth, was once a land of lakes and wetlands that sustained human life over 8,000-years-ago.

Archaeologists have found traces of a climate disaster 1500-years-ago that might have inspired the legend of Ragnarök from Norse mythology.

A large-scale transcontinental river system from the Eocene era, dating back 44 to 34 million years ago, has been discovered beneath the Antarctic ice.

A recent study published in GeoJournal proposes that Seahenge was built to conduct rituals aimed at prolonging the summer during the extreme climatic changes of the 3rd millennium BC.

A recent archaeological study has renewed interest in the role of animals within the ceremonial and urban landscape of ancient Tenochtitlan.

In 2024, researchers from Australia's University of Queensland discovered a giant 1,200-tonne rock more than 200 metres inland on the island of Tongatapu.

In 2020, the mummified carcass of a sabre-toothed cat was discovered frozen in the Abyisky ulus of the Republic of Sakha, Russia.

Scientists from the MKAmmosov North-Eastern Federal University have found the preserved remains of a Pleistocene wolf in the Republic of Sakha, Russia.