Archaeologists working in southeastern Türkiye have uncovered a 10,000-year-old settlement that may reshape current theories about how and when humans began living in permanent communities. The site, known as Şika Rika 5, lies in the limestone foothills of Tur Abdin in Mardin province—an area previously little explored compared with the well-studied valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.
A recent archaeological investigation offers a substantive reassessment of Rujm el-Hiri, a large protohistoric stone complex in the Golan Heights frequently characterised as the “Israeli Stonehenge”.
Burnt mounds—enigmatic archaeological features scattered across Britain and Ireland—have long puzzled researchers. Composed of heat-shattered stones, flint, and charcoal, these sites are typically found in low-lying areas near rivers, marshes, and springs.
Marine archaeologists have uncovered a striking piece of Norway’s past on the seabed off Øygarden, near Bergen—a large, carefully constructed stone formation believed to be around 1,000 years old and likely used as a whale trap. The find offers rare, tangible evidence of organised whaling practices that until now have largely been known only through historical accounts.
Archaeologists have uncovered one of the most significant Iron Age metalwork deposits found in Britain on farmland near Melsonby, North Yorkshire.
Radiocarbon dating of hazelnut shells found during excavations at Tregunnel Hill has revealed some of the earliest Neolithic remains yet identified in Cornwall, England.
A team of archaeologists working in the ancient city of Syedra, on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, has uncovered a mosaic floor dated to 1,500-years-ago.
Archaeological analysis of two mosaic floor fragments discovered in Berat, Albania, has identified them as remnants of early Christian basilicas dating to Late Antiquity.
Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw have uncovered the remains of several ancient shipwrecks near the historic port city of Ptolemais in northeastern Libya, shedding new light on maritime activity in the Mediterranean thousands of years ago. The discoveries were made during recent underwater surveys conducted near the submerged remains of the ancient harbour.
A farmer in south-west China has uncovered a bronze drum believed to date back nearly 2,000 years to the Eastern Han Dynasty, offering archaeologists fresh insight into ancient ritual practices in the region.
Unusual burials of children with bronze warrior belts have been discovered in a necropolis near the town of Pontecagnano Faiano, outside Salerno in southwestern Italy.