Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Spanish Levantine rock art has provided remarkable visual evidence of the expertise developed by ancient societies in eastern Spain concerning climbing and the use of specialized equipment to minimize risks associated with this activity. The analysis of existing depictions found…
Archaeologists working on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements near the Cambridgeshire-Bedfordshire border have made significant discoveries that shed light on the ancient history of the region. The excavation, conducted in collaboration with the Museum of London Archaeology…
A team of researchers has uncovered compelling evidence of an ancient underground temple of Lyobaa, known as the “place of rest” to the Zapotec people, beneath the ruins of Mitla in southern Mexico. The legendary tunnels were first described in…
Archaeologists from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) have unearthed the remains of a 2,000-year-old Celtiberian city, during their excavations in the province of Soria, Spain. The discovery was made in the locality of Deza, where aerial photographs initially revealed…
Te’omim Cave, nestled in the Jerusalem Hills east of Beit Shemesh, Israel, has long been a place of intrigue and myth. Local oral tradition has attributed magical healing and fertility powers to its spring waters, based on a legend from…
Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a handful of 500-year-old gold coins during their excavations at the ruins of the Himmelpforten monastery, near the town of Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt state. The medieval monastery, founded in 1253 and once home to Augustinian…
Archaeologists have made an extraordinary discovery in the Valley of Stones National Nature Reserve, Dorset, England, during a community heritage project. A unique stone artifact, a polishing boulder known as a polissoir, dating back over 5,000 years, has been found…
A team of early-career researchers from the University of Cologne has accomplished a significant breakthrough by deciphering the long-standing mystery of the ‘unknown Kushan script.’ This enigmatic writing system has puzzled scholars for over seventy years, but Svenja Bonmann, Jakob…
Archaeologists working at the Chavin de Huantar archaeological site in Peru have unearthed a 3,000-year-old sealed corridor named “the condor’s passageway.” This corridor is believed to lead to other chambers within the ancient temple complex associated with the Chavin culture,…
New research suggests that humans inhabited the continent alongside now-extinct giant sloths over 25,000 years ago. The discovery was made at the Santa Elina rock shelter in central Brazil, where archaeologists found three pendants made of bony material from the…
