June 9, 2026
June 9, 2026
June 9, 2026
Beads and burnt bones unearthed at major Iron Age burial site in Sweden
Archaeologists excavating one of Södermanland’s largest archaeological sites have uncovered colourful glass beads, cremation urns and burnt human remains at an Iron Age burial ground near Rogsta outside Nyköping, offering a rare glimpse into life and death in Sweden some 1,500 years ago.
June 8, 2026
June 8, 2026
Mamluk-era water distribution system discovered near Saladin Citadel in Historic Cairo
Archaeologists working in Historic Cairo have discovered the remains of a major Mamluk-era water distribution system and a centuries-old mosque near the Citadel of Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi.
June 3, 2026
Stone Age antler axe found in the Vistula River Near Warsaw
A chance discovery on the banks of the Vistula River has brought another chapter to the long history that is buried deep within Poland’s largest waterway.
June 3, 2026
June 3, 2026
June 3, 2026
Ice Age mammoth from Bavaria shows evidence of human butchery
A woolly mammoth unearthed in Bavaria bears signs that Ice Age humans butchered its carcass more than 25,000 years ago, offering an insight into life in one of the coldest periods of the last Ice Age.
June 2, 2026
Ancient agricultural landscape unearthed ahead of major road project in Sweden
Archaeologists conducting excavations ahead of the construction of a new section of Road 940 between Rösan and Forsbäck in Onsala, northern Halland, have uncovered evidence of an ancient agricultural landscape dating back more than 2,000 years.
June 2, 2026
June 2, 2026
ARCHAEOLOGY
June 9, 2026
June 9, 2026
June 9, 2026
Beads and burnt bones unearthed at major Iron Age burial site in Sweden
Archaeologists excavating one of Södermanland’s largest archaeological sites have uncovered colourful glass beads, cremation urns and burnt human remains at an Iron Age burial ground near Rogsta outside Nyköping, offering a rare glimpse into life and death in Sweden some 1,500 years ago.
June 8, 2026
June 8, 2026
Mamluk-era water distribution system discovered near Saladin Citadel in Historic Cairo
Archaeologists working in Historic Cairo have discovered the remains of a major Mamluk-era water distribution system and a centuries-old mosque near the Citadel of Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi.
June 3, 2026
Stone Age antler axe found in the Vistula River Near Warsaw
A chance discovery on the banks of the Vistula River has brought another chapter to the long history that is buried deep within Poland’s largest waterway.
June 3, 2026
June 2, 2026
Ancient agricultural landscape unearthed ahead of major road project in Sweden
Archaeologists conducting excavations ahead of the construction of a new section of Road 940 between Rösan and Forsbäck in Onsala, northern Halland, have uncovered evidence of an ancient agricultural landscape dating back more than 2,000 years.
ANTHROPOLOGY
June 3, 2026
May 31, 2026
The hunt for Poland's early kings
For more than a decade, Polish scientists have been unravelling a genetic mystery hidden beneath churches, crypts and long-forgotten royal burial sites across Central Europe. Their goal has been to trace the biological origins of the Piast dynasty, the ruling family that established the Polish state more than a millennium ago.
May 27, 2026
Unknown WWII mass grave was found during quarry work in Poland
A mass grave containing the remains of 14 German soldiers has been discovered near the village of Bolemin in western Poland.
May 20, 2026
May 1, 2026
Study challenges established views of life after fall of Western Roman Empire
A new international study is challenging long-held ideas about what happened in Central Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
April 10, 2026
Ancient DNA sheds light on human sacrifice in early Korean society
A new genetic study has revealed striking details about the practice of human sacrifice in early Korean society, suggesting that those buried alongside elites were not outsiders, but often part of the same extended communities.
April 6, 2026
Archaeologists solve a WWII mystery near Zdanów
Archaeologists in north-western Poland have overturned a long-standing local legend after uncovering the remains of a German soldier in a forest near the small West Pomeranian settlement of Zdanów, historically known as Zankhof.
March 10, 2026
HERITAGE
May 20, 2026
AI tool revolutionises the study of ancient cuneiform texts
Researchers in Germany have unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool capable of identifying individual variations in cuneiform writing, marking a major breakthrough in the study of the ancient Near East.
May 18, 2026
Lost Bibliotheca Palatina manuscript identified in university library collection
A fifteenth-century manuscript held for decades in the collection of Heidelberg University Library has been identified as part of the famed Bibliotheca Palatina, one of the most important libraries of the Renaissance.
May 11, 2026
Dante’s Inferno may have predicted planetary impact physics centuries before modern science
New research suggests Dante Alighieri’s Inferno may have done more than shape literary history — it may also have anticipated concepts in planetary impact science centuries before modern meteoritics emerged.
April 23, 2026
Researchers recover lost pages from early New Testament manuscript
Researchers in the UK say they have reconstructed 42 missing pages from a major early Christian manuscript, using imaging and dating techniques to reveal text unseen for centuries.
April 23, 2026
Burial items linked to Warmian canons founds in Cathedral Crypt
Work beneath Frombork Cathedral has brought to light a collection of burial items linked to Warmian canons, including silk garments, cushions and a group of rarely seen chalices.
April 14, 2026
April 13, 2026
April 8, 2026
Ancient papyrus discovery reveals lost verses by Empedocles
A remarkable discovery in the archives of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology has brought to light thirty previously unknown verses by Empedocles, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the work of one of ancient Greece’s most enigmatic thinkers.
PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY
May 14, 2026
April 23, 2026
Neanderthal remains identified in Polish cave
Researchers have confirmed that human remains found in Stajnia Cave in Poland belong to Neanderthals, based on new analysis of teeth and ancient DNA.
November 18, 2025
November 18, 2024
Neanderthal remains found in Abreda Cave
A study, led by Dr. Marina Lozano of IPHES-CERCA, has found dental remains belonging to three Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) in Abreda Cave.
November 29, 2023
Researchers suggests that early humans were hunting, skinning, and eating beavers around 400,000-years-ago.
October 23, 2023
A study conducted by CNRS has determined who the first modern humans to settle in Europe were.
September 22, 2023
Archaeologists from the University of Liverpool and Aberystwyth University have discovered a wooden structure dating from at least 476,000-years-ago, the earliest known example to date.
June 23, 2023
A study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE has provided evidence to date the age and origin of engravings discovered on a cave wall in France.
PALAEONTOLOGY
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September 7, 2023
July 7, 2023
March 31, 2023
According to a recent study, the portrayal of predatory dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex in movies such as Jurassic Park, with permanently exposed teeth, may not be accurate. Instead, it is believed that these dinosaurs had scaly, lizard-like lips that covered and sealed their mouths.
March 14, 2023
Palaeontologists have found the remains of an Ichthyosaur on the island of Spitsbergen, located in the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway.
GEOLOGY
October 22, 2025
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December 11, 2024
Buxton’s tuffa calcite terraces
One of Turkey’s most impressive geological wonders is Pamukkale (meaning "cotton castle"), renowned for its sinter terraced formations created by calcite-rich springs.
November 19, 2024
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August 6, 2024
How sapphires are formed in volcanoes
Sapphires are among the most precious gems, yet they consist solely of chemically “contaminated” aluminum oxide, or corundum.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
October 11, 2024
Archaeologists have found traces of a climate disaster 1500-years-ago that might have inspired the legend of Ragnarök from Norse mythology.
August 6, 2024
July 3, 2024
June 1, 2024
May 30, 2024
The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH) proposes that a cometary or meteoric body exploded over the North American area sometime around 12,900-years-ago.
May 18, 2024
Pleistocene hunter-gatherers settled in Cyprus thousands of years earlier than previously thought
Archaeologists have found that Pleistocene hunter-gatherers settled in Cyprus thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
May 10, 2024
May 6, 2024
NATURAL HISTORY
June 3, 2026
Ice Age mammoth from Bavaria shows evidence of human butchery
A woolly mammoth unearthed in Bavaria bears signs that Ice Age humans butchered its carcass more than 25,000 years ago, offering an insight into life in one of the coldest periods of the last Ice Age.
May 22, 2026
Peru’s sacred hairless dogs lived alongside elites 1,300 years ago
Archaeologists have found the remains of a Peruvian hairless dog breed that dates back about 1,300 years, shedding new light on the function of dogs in ancient Andean societies.
May 20, 2026
The first domesticated horses: 6,000 years of a complex relationship
Horses were being ridden, managed, and exchanged centuries earlier than previously believed, according to new research that is reshaping the story of horse domestication and its impact on human history.
March 13, 2026
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SPACE & PLANETARY
February 6, 2025
August 6, 2024
August 6, 2024
May 30, 2024
The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH) proposes that a cometary or meteoric body exploded over the North American area sometime around 12,900-years-ago.
February 12, 2024
January 27, 2024
A study published in the journal Prehistory Works, indicates that two objects sampled from the Villena Treasure were smithed using meteoric iron.
November 6, 2023
In a study of the Earth’s mantle, scientists have identified two compositionally distinct continent-sized anomalies which could be traces of a protoplanet which impacted with Earth during its early formation.
October 23, 2023
According to the giant-impact hypothesis (also known as the Theia Impact), the moon was formed when a giant object such as a protoplanet crashed into the Earth when the solar system was still young.

