Ancient history
Egyptian researchers discover collection of ancient rock art spanning 10,000 years in Sinai desert
The engravings and drawings are divided into several groups, researchers learned in their initial study of the space, the oldest of which are done in red and dated to between 10,000 and 5,500 BCE.
On This Day: Howard Carter enters King Tut's burial chamber in Egypt's Valley of Kings
Residue from Roman vial reveals first evidence of ancient physicians' use of fecal medicine - study
Elephant bone found at Spanish archaeological site may have marched on Rome with Hannibal - study
Iron Age olive oil center in Beit Aryeh shows Israelite kingdom’s economic power in Samaria
A study published in the Israel Antiquities Authority's latest volume found that olive oil production was a key economic engine for the ancient Kingdom of Israel.
Joe Rogan amazed by underwater discovery off Spain that has Atlantis hunters intrigued
High-resolution scans show rectangular stones and right-angled structures 20 meters below surface that expedition team says survived ancient tsunami.
Forgotten king created England 141 years before William the Conqueror, yet is unknown today
Cambridge professor launches campaign to restore Æthelstan to British history after 1,100 years of neglect despite unifying the kingdom in 927.
The first kebab? 3,000-year-old meat oven discovered in Turkey
Francesca Balossi Restelli: "They put the meat inside, covered it with a baked clay lid, and cooked it for hours, even all night."
An ivory Viking ‘king’ figurine unveiled in Denmark upends the barbarian stereotype
"I felt like a Viking was watching me," said the curator after rediscovering a 3‑cm game piece from 1796 in an Oslofjord burial, unstudied in the museum for over 200 years.
DNA confirms Yersinia pestis as cause of the first recorded pandemic 1,500 years ago
Using ancient DNA from eight teeth under Jerash's Roman hippodrome, scientists date the outbreak to mid-6th–early 7th century, finding nearly identical strains from a fast, deadly wave.
9,750-year-old ‘street’ found in Central Anatolia’s Canhasan 3 mound
Turkish excavations reveal 8-meter-long street structure and systematic passages providing settlement access, showing sophisticated urban planning in pre-pottery Neolithic period.
A 12,000-year-old cold case: is this earliest murder recorded in Southeast Asia?
"TBH1 lived for several months after the injury occurred," the researchers wrote, adding that without effective treatment the fracture likely led to infection and death within weeks or months.
8,500-year-old village frozen in time: rising seas reveal a rare archaeological site in Denmark
€13.2 million EU-funded project recovers artifacts from submerged Mesolithic settlement, preserved in oxygen-free sediments after rapid sea level rise forced ancient communities inland.
Did farming begin outside the Fertile Crescent? 9,200-year-old grains found in Uzbek cave
Stone tools and ancient grains in a cave in Uzbekistan tell a new story.
