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.
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.
Evidence of submerged settlement found near Lankaran
Archaeologists working along the coast of the Caspian Sea, near Lankaran — a city on the southern coast of Azerbaijan — have uncovered evidence of what appears to be a medieval settlement, including pottery dating back nearly 1,000 years.
An ancient sanctuary containing inscriptions in the Venetic language was discovered in Ponso, in the Italian Province of Padua, during infrastructure works for the construction of the first section of the SR10 “Padana Inferiore” regional road between Borgo Veneto and Carceri.
Archaeologists working at the “Eagle’s Nest” burial ground near Astrakhan in southern Russia have uncovered an unusually large medieval sabre dating to the second half of the thirteenth century.
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.
Archaeologists unearth hidden coffin cache at Luxor’s Abu el-Naga necropolis
The Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities has announced a series of major discoveries during its latest excavation season at the Abu El-Naga area on Luxor’s West Bank, revealing new insights into burial practices and previously unknown individuals from ancient Egypt.
Researchers uncover new traces of the 1939 Battle of the Bzura
A search operation carried out between Andczyca and Topola Królewska has uncovered further traces linked to the 1939 Battle of the Bzura, one of the most important clashes of the September Campaign in Poland.
Medieval bridges emerging from Hungary’s Tisza River at risk
Unusually low water levels on Hungary’s Tisza River have exposed centuries-old wooden bridge remains near the city of Szolnok far earlier than expected, raising concerns among archaeologists that the historic structures could begin to deteriorate beyond repair.
Archaeologists continue excavations of early medieval settlement near Kirkby Thore
Archaeologists working on the A66 route in Cumbria, England, have uncovered more traces of an early medieval settlement near Kirkby Thore.
Archaeologists unearth Civil War-Era Cossack treasure near Rostov-on-Don
A team of archaeologists working in Starocherkasskaya, near Rostov-on-Don in Russia, has uncovered objects linked to a local Cossack legend from the Civil War era.
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.