Lesson learned: First inscribed Hellenistic sling bullet found in Golan Heights' ancient Hippos
The sling bullet found in 2025 at Hippos is the first inscribed bullet to be discovered at the site in 26 years of excavations.
Archaeology
Archaeologists pinpoint Alexander the Great's lost Alexandria on the Tigris in Iraq
Mariners’ bane: Ancient ship graveyard identified off Libya’s coast
Gladiator fight scenes found in monumental 2,000-year-old tomb
DNA study reveals millenia-old live parrot trade spanning South America
Excavations on Peru's coast reveal pre-Inca parrot husbandry, radiocarbon-dated to 1100-1450, and long-distance transport from the Amazon basin.
TV murder series rekindles interest in the mysteries of the Nebra sky disc
The real story of its finding unfolded in the late 1990s on the forested crest of the Mittelberg in Saxony-Anhalt, where the object lay concealed for thousands of years.
Passenger paid for an English bus ride with a coin dating back two millennia
The coin’s age and iconography identify it with Gadir, a settlement founded by the Phoenicians and considered Carthage’s first colony in Western Europe.
Rare Archimedes text resurfaces in a French museum, researchers confirm
A page long thought missing from the Archimedes Palimpsest has been identified at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Blois, France.
Scientists reconstruct the face of “Little Foot,” a 4-million-year-old human ancestor
Comparisons show the face size falls between a gorilla and an orangutan, with shape closer to orangutans and bonobos, and a closer resemblance to east african fossils in the orbital region
Polish archaeologists find clue to Africa’s “King Arthur” legend in rubbish pile
"He really existed," said the lead excavator after identifying royal-era fragments in the refuse.
Independent researcher points to Cumbria as resting place of legendary Viking Ivar the Boneless
Icelandic saga literature indicates ivar was buried 'in england, in a mound on a boundary'
Rare 8,000-year-old human remains found in Mexican underwater cave
Researchers said the find adds another piece to the emerging picture of early inhabitants of the Yucatán Peninsula when the landscape was a dry plain with cliffs rather than today’s jungle.
Study: Neanderthal-human interbreeding mostly male Neanderthals, female humans
Most people of non-African ancestry carry about 2% Neanderthal DNA, and researchers report a mirror image pattern with more human DNA on the Neanderthal X chromosome.
Ancient Polish 'princess' burial date revealed after decades of archaeological mystery - study
In 1899, the young woman’s coffin, made of a hollowed-out oak log, had tumbled from an eroding cliff above the Baltic coast village. She was nicknamed by locals as the “Princess of Bagicz.”
