15,000-year-old clay figurines rewrite origins of symbolic art in Southwest Asia

Archaeologists have identified 154 clay figurative artefacts from Natufian sites in Israel, revealing an early tradition of symbolic clay modelling among some of Southwest Asia’s first sedentary communities.

Rare Bronze Age finds reveal ancient metalworking in Bavaria

Sui Dynasty Great Wall remains discovered in Beijing for the first time

1,800-year-old official shipwrecks discovered beneath Beijing

Ancient palaces and Buddhist monasteries uncovered at Kabul fortress

2,800-year-old evidence of cannabis use discovered in Siberian burial mound

Archaeologists have found cannabis seeds and chemical evidence of cannabinoid exposure in a 2,800-year-old burial mound in southern Siberia.

Nearly 100 Acheulean hand axes unearthed in Kalahari Desert

Archaeologists investigating the Kalahari Desert have discovered nearly 100 stone hand axes and evidence of their manufacture, providing new clues about how early hominins occupied the changing landscapes of southern Africa.

Ancient name of newly discovered Maya city deciphered

Exceptional 5th-century warrior burials unearthed in France

Archaeologists excavating an ancient settlement in north-eastern France have discovered an exceptional 5th-century funerary complex containing richly furnished burials, weapons, jewellery and two horses.

Monumental medieval cathedral uncovered at Old Dongola

2,000-year-old Roman settlement and jewellery workshop discovered beneath Welsh housing estate

Archaeologists have discovered a significant Roman settlement and jewellery workshop dating back nearly 2,000 years beneath a new-build housing estate in north-east Wales.

Skeleton confirms discovery of lost Viking Age church in Greenland

10,500-year-old wooden remains in German lake points to submerged prehistoric settlement

2,700-year-old wooden wells found during pipeline excavations in England

Archaeologists have discovered five remarkably preserved wooden wells in Hampshire, England, including examples dating back around 2,700 years to the Early Iron Age.

Ancient nomadic sanctuary emerges from the sands of Kazakhstan

Archaeologists unearth evidence of Golden Horde-era iron production in Kazakhstan

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of medieval iron production in Kazakhstan that has been dated to the period of the Golden Horde.

Rare Saka-period gold bear figurine from ceremonial headdress discovered in Kazakhstan

Archaeologists find 5,000-year-old bread preserved by fire

Eight loaves of bread dating back around 5,000 years have been discovered at Seyitömer Mound in Türkiye, where a destructive fire appears to have preserved an extraordinary snapshot of Early Bronze Age food and daily life.

280 Palaeolithic cave engravings transform understanding of prehistoric art

Ornate treasures recovered from palace moat in Pielaszkowice

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.