November 5, 2026
280 Palaeolithic cave engravings transform understanding of prehistoric art
November 5, 2026
Ornate treasures recovered from palace moat in Pielaszkowice
November 5, 2026
Older Pictish stone and mysterious carved head discovered at Aberlemno
Archaeologists excavating around the Pictish monument known as Aberlemno III in Scotland have discovered a fragment of an older symbol stone and a mysterious carved human head that may date to the Early Medieval period.
November 5, 2026
Archaeologists unearth ancient funerary assemblage with weaponry
November 5, 2026
Archaeologists uncover SS dog kennels and suspected human remains at Dachau concentration camp
Archaeological excavations at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site in Germany have uncovered the well-preserved remains of an SS dog-handler compound, along with layers of ash containing bone fragments believed to be human remains from the camp's crematorium.
November 5, 2026
Possible Aztec-era ossuary discovered beneath Mexico City
Archaeologists have discovered a possible ossuary containing human remains beneath Mexico City during construction of the Mexico City–Querétaro passenger railway.
November 2, 2026
3,000-year-old Bronze Age treasure discovered on Hungarian battlefield
November 2, 2026
2,000-year-old cupboard opened at Pompeii reveals personal belongings
November 2, 2026
2,600-year-old Egyptian complex discovered beneath ancient Buto
A massive 2,600-year-old mudbrick complex has been discovered beneath the ancient Egyptian city of Buto, where archaeologists have also identified an engineered sand foundation that may have protected the structure from the unstable conditions of the Nile Delta.
October 29, 2026
High status Celtic burial unearthed in southern Germany
The 2,000-year-old grave of a Celtic woman buried with elaborate jewellery and the remains of a lamb or young goat has been discovered in southern Germany, providing archaeologists with new evidence about burial rituals, social relationships and religious beliefs in the region during the Iron Age.
October 29, 2026
Tzompantli skull rack reveals unexpected female majority and mysterious rituals
October 29, 2026
1,400-year-old tomb of elite toddler uncovered at Huaca de la Luna

ANTHROPOLOGY

November 5, 2026
Possible Aztec-era ossuary discovered beneath Mexico City
Archaeologists have discovered a possible ossuary containing human remains beneath Mexico City during construction of the Mexico City–Querétaro passenger railway.
October 29, 2026
Tzompantli skull rack reveals unexpected female majority and mysterious rituals
October 18, 2026
Roman necropolis with 135 burials uncovered in Bulgaria
Archaeologists conducting rescue excavations in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, have uncovered a Roman-period necropolis containing 135 burials, including the grave of a child accompanied by two gold earrings.
September 8, 2026
Ancient stingray barbs reveal possible ritual bloodletting practices
Archaeologists in Mexico are studying stingray barbs and a catfish spine recovered from ancient burials along the Maya Train route, with researchers investigating whether the objects were connected to ritual bloodletting and self-sacrifice.
August 15, 2026
Mystery of Athens’ shackled mass grave deepens
Dozens of men discovered shackled in mass graves near ancient Athens were overwhelmingly local to the region rather than foreign invaders, according to new scientific research that sheds fresh light on a violent episode in the political history of Archaic Greece.
June 27, 2026
DNA analysis identifies four more sailors from Franklin's doomed arctic expedition
Researchers have identified four more crew members from Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition using DNA analysis, shedding new light on one of history's greatest exploration mysteries and resolving a debate that has lasted more than 160 years.
June 3, 2026
DNA analysis reveals Poland’s first confirmed medieval same-sex burial
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.

HERITAGE

October 23, 2026
US Embassy launches project to protect WWII shipwreck USS Houston in Indonesia
The US Embassy in Jakarta has launched a two-year project to protect the wreck of the USS Houston, an American warship sunk during the Second World War in Indonesian waters.
October 11, 2026
Church appeals for help deciphering mysterious labyrinth
September 23, 2026
AI reconstructs missing passages in 2,000-year-old texts
Researchers have developed the world’s first large language model dedicated to Ancient Greek, using artificial intelligence to reconstruct missing passages in historical documents and potentially uncover new evidence about life in the ancient world.
September 18, 2026
Azcatitlan codex returns to Mexico after nearly 200 years
The Azcatitlan Codex, a centuries-old manuscript chronicling the history and migration of the Mexica people, has returned to Mexico for the first time in almost 200 years as part of a landmark cultural exchange between Mexico and France.
September 16, 2026
140-year-old ‘time capsule’ discovered hidden inside church pulpit
August 6, 2026
Rare 1776 Declaration of Independence discovered at UK National Archives
A rare 1776 printing of the US Declaration of Independence — one of just 11 known to survive and the only copy outside the United States — has been discovered at The National Archives in Kew, England.
August 3, 2026
Study uncovers lost 'Golden Age' of the world's languages
A new study published in the journal Science has revealed that the world once experienced a remarkable "golden age" of linguistic diversity, with researchers estimating that tens of thousands of languages were spoken between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago.
July 20, 2026
The witch of Great Paxton: When superstition turned to persecution
The tragic story of a Cambridgeshire woman accused of witchcraft more than two centuries ago is shedding light on how fear, superstition and social exclusion continued to fuel violent persecution long after Britain's witch trials had officially ended.

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