Melting ice reveals 6,000-year-old artefacts in Norwegian mountains

Ice Age spearheads reveal how early Americans adapted to new landscapes

Pre-Hispanic frog pendants shed light on ancient Maya trade networks

Archaeologists in Mexico are studying a collection of pre-Hispanic shell pendants that could provide new insights into ancient Maya trade networks, ritual practices and technological knowledge.

Ancient auroch skull found impaled on wooden stake

Unique discovery of an aurochs skull impaled on a wooden stake may be linked to one of northern Germany’s oldest known burials

10,500-year-old wooden structures discovered beneath German lake

Rare Venus statuette unearthed at Roman settlement in Hungary

Archaeologists excavating the Roman vicus of Pilisszentiván have uncovered a lead statuette of Venus alongside coins, tools and other objects offering new insights into everyday life at the ancient settlement.

Ancient Ethiopian palace could have stood 16 storeys high, study finds

Computer simulations of a 2,800-year-old monumental building in northern Ethiopia suggest its unusual timber-reinforced walls were strong enough to support far more floors than archaeologists had previously assumed.

2,100-year-old luxury tableware discovered in ancient shipwreck off Türkiye

Archaeologists uncover extensive Bronze Age settlement on Hungary’s Somló Hill

Archaeologists from the Hungarian National Museum have uncovered evidence of an extensive Bronze Age settlement on Somló Hill, revealing a sophisticated community that flourished more than 3,000 years ago.

Rare Roman sculptures discovered at vast ancient sanctuary in Chartres

Ancient lakeshore reveals humans living alongside Ice Age giants

2,000-year-old Iron Age farmstead discovered in Germany

Archaeologists in the German city of Bielefeld have uncovered the remains of a Late Iron Age farmstead dating back more than 2,000 years, revealing traces of a substantial timber house, smaller buildings and possible cooking installations.

Archaeologists find preserved village near Roman fort

Lost Roman city discovered on the Danube frontier in Austria

Entire 2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath weighing 25 tonnes lifted from ground in Israel

A 2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath weighing around 25 tonnes has been lifted intact from an archaeological site in Israel in an unusual conservation operation involving a 300-tonne crane.

Maya elite residence decorated with images of god K’awiil identified in Mexico

Archaeologists in Mexico have confirmed that an elaborately decorated Maya building discovered near Xpujil in Campeche was once an elite residence, with its carved façades displaying symbols of political authority, dynastic power and connections to the divine.

Remarkable pre-war treasures unearthed during Warsaw excavations

Archaeologists uncover monumental Roman residence at Novae

Archaeologists excavating the Roman fortress of Novae in Bulgaria have uncovered a monumental residence that may have housed the commander of the Legio I Italica.

New research reveals true scale of 6,800-year-old Neolithic settlement

Prehistoric traces found frozen in Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains

Roman-era pyramid tomb with rare funerary texts discovered in Egypt

Archaeologists working in Egypt’s New Valley have uncovered a limestone pyramid-shaped tomb containing an unusual combination of ancient Egyptian religious imagery and a 19-line Greek funerary poem.