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.
Archaeologists discover rare, well-preserved Roman grave
Archaeologists have discovered a rare, intact Roman grave during excavations in Vinkovci, Croatia, at the site of a future city market.
More than 200 WWII explosives found at construction site in Krakow
Construction works in Krakow, Poland, were halted as workers dug up a pile of unexploded wartime ordnance buried beneath its surface.
Rare Roman villa near Halberton becomes focus of major community dig
Work has started on a major community archaeology project at a Roman villa site near the English village of Halberton, where experts fear years of ploughing are gradually destroying important remains buried beneath farmland.
Burned stone and child’s remains point to prehistoric mining site in the Pyrenees
A cave high in the eastern Pyrenees is reshaping ideas about how prehistoric people used mountain landscapes. New excavations suggest that, far from passing through, communities returned repeatedly to the site over thousands of years—likely to work copper-rich minerals.