Archaeologists working at the ancient site of Tell el-Yahudiya in Egypt’s Qalyubia Governorate have uncovered a series of rare rock-cut tombs and further remains of a Roman military camp, revealing new evidence of the site’s use across several periods of Egyptian history.
The Azcatitlan Codex, a centuries-old manuscript chronicling the history and migration of the Mexica people, has returned to Mexico for the first time in almost 200 years as part of a landmark cultural exchange between Mexico and France.
Researchers have identified at least 55 scenes across 25 archaeological sites in Hidalgo depicting encounters with the lord of the underworld, offering new insight into ancient Mesoamerican beliefs surrounding death, ancestors and supernatural forces.
A mysterious stone object resembling an ancient Andean dice has been unearthed at a Chachapoya settlement in Peru, raising intriguing questions about games, rituals and everyday life among the people sometimes known as the “Warriors of the Clouds”.
Archaeologists working at the monumental site of Marcahuamachuco in northern Peru have recovered human and animal remains alongside pottery fragments and stone artefacts, offering fresh clues about the people who once occupied the region’s highlands.
Archaeologists excavating the historic Mytny Market in Nizhny Novgorod have uncovered medieval property boundaries, building remains, coins, jewellery and hundreds of smoking-pipe fragments, revealing how this part of the Russian city developed over more than 700 years.
Human remains, bronze bracelets and other artefacts believed to be associated with an ancient burial have been discovered accidentally during excavation work in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand Region.
Archaeologists excavating the ancient site of Kurgantepa have discovered the head of a plaster sculpture among the remains of an early medieval temple, providing new evidence of the artistic and religious traditions of ancient Sogdiana.
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of an Inca ritual closure at the Wancasanga archaeological site in the Condebamba Valley of Cajamarca, Peru.
Archaeologists have discovered a 6th-century BC Picene tomb containing a collection of funerary objects in Sant’Elpidio a Mare, located in Italy’s central Marche region.
Archaeological surveys in the Red Sea have revealed shipwrecks and submerged remains that provide new insights into Saudi Arabia’s maritime heritage and its connections with ancient civilisations.
Ukrainian archaeologist and soldier Serhiy Nemtsev says the exposed landscape of the former Kakhovka Reservoir could contain archaeological sites spanning thousands of years – but war, looting and uncertainty over the reservoir’s future are putting that heritage at risk.
Archaeologists excavating the ruins of a medieval castle in western Hungary have uncovered an unusual stone-lined shaft showing evidence of intense heat, but its original purpose remains a mystery.
Archaeologists excavating Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli have uncovered an unusual Roman inscription identifying a place believed to have been struck by lightning during the night.