Archaeologists uncover evidence of ancient cultural exchange along Mexico City–Querétaro railway
Archaeologists conducting salvage excavations along the route of the Mexico City–Querétaro Passenger Train have uncovered a large assemblage of ceramics, revealing evidence of cultural exchange and successive periods of occupation in central Mexico.
Archaeologists uncover new buildings at lost royal palace of Otto the Great
Archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown 10th-century stone building during excavations at the lost Ottonian royal palace of Helfta near Lutherstadt Eisleben in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
184 cuneiform tablets discovered in Hittite royal archive
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Kayalıpınar in Türkiye have discovered a Hittite royal archive containing 184 cuneiform tablets and fragments.
3,000-year-old bronze sword discovered in submerged settlement in Italy
Underwater archaeologists have discovered a 3,000-year-old bronze sword during excavations of a submerged Bronze Age settlement in Lake Mezzano, Italy.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.