Archaeologists discover 3,000 new Ostraca at Athribis
Archaeologists working in Upper Egypt have uncovered around 3,000 ostraca pottery fragments during the current excavation season at the Athribis (Atreps) archaeological site in Sohag province.
Lost Page from Archimedes Manuscript rediscovered in France
A page long believed to be missing from the famed Archimedes Palimpsest has been rediscovered at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Blois, France, offering scholars new opportunities to study one of antiquity’s most important mathematical manuscripts.
Archaeologists discover one of the oldest buildings in Paphos
Polish archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Paphos have uncovered evidence of one of the city’s oldest known buildings after discovering fragments of a wine amphora dating to the 2nd century BC.
19th-century ‘British Bulldog’ pocket revolver found in Polish forest
A heavily corroded 19th-century pocket revolver believed to be a British Bulldog has been discovered during a metal-detecting survey in a forest near Kalisz in western Poland.
Archaeologists uncover evidence of Iron Age rituals at Germany’s Bruchhauser Steine
Archaeologists working at the Bruchhauser Steine hillfort in Germany’s Sauerland region have uncovered evidence that the dramatic rock formation served as a site for ritual practices more than 2,000 years ago.
Ancient human and animal footprints discovered on Scottish beach after storms
Archaeologists have documented a rare set of ancient footprints on a Scottish beach after powerful storms eroded the coastline and briefly exposed a 2,000-year-old archaeological site.
Pollen analysis indicates 9,000-year-old Shaman had a floral burial
New scientific research has shed fresh light on one of Central Europe’s most remarkable archaeological discoveries — the 9,000-year-old grave of the so-called “Shaman of Bad Dürrenberg” in Germany.