Ancient history

Archaeologists find Switzerland’s oldest gold coins dating back 2,200 years

Two rare Celtic gold coins dating to the 3rd Century BCE were uncovered near Arisdorf, marking the oldest gold coins ever found in Switzerland, shedding light on ancient trade and ritual practices.

Ancient Celtic gold coins found in Switzerland.
A fresco of a peacock unearthed at the Villa Poppaea in Oplontis, on the outskirts of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, in Torre Annunziata, Italy, in this handout released December 18, 2025.

New frescoes unearthed in villa near Pompeii show 'extraordinary details and colors'

An archeologist from the Israeli Antiquity Authority at the site of a 2nd Temple Subterranean System Discovered at the Western Wall tunnels underneath Jerusalem's Old City

Map reveals dozens of ancient quarries hidden beneath modern Jerusalem

Goose embracing woman, oldest human-animal depiction found in Israel.

Israeli team uncovers 12,000-year-old myths in clay figurine of woman and goose


A Feast Fit for A King

Experience unlike any other. The Biblical Museum of Natural History brings Torah to life with creatures, curiosities, and an exotic dining.

The taxidermy exhibits at the Biblical Museum of Natural Hhistory.

Archaeologists uncover long-lost Temple of Zeus in ancient Limyra

Ceramic finds within the precinct indicated habitation dating back 5,000 years and urban development about 2,400 years ago.

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Study of 50,000-year canine skulls shows dogs diversified millennia before modern breeding

Researches links early Holocene dog lineages to human migrations across Eurasia as far back as 11,000 years ago.

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Atlantis-like city found under Silk Road lake; scientists say a 15th-century quake caused its fall

The Russian Geographical Society says brick ruins, grain mills and a 13th-century Muslim necropolis at Toru-Aygyr beneath Issyk-Kul show a lost Silk Road center now lies 1–4 meters underwater.

Archaeologists working in the shallow waters of Lake Issyk-Kul announced they completed the first campaign of a new survey.

New genetic study reveals indigenous lineage isolated for 8,500 years in central Argentina

Published in Nature, the research traces the lineage's dominance in the Pampas until about AD 1800 with scant genetic mixing from surrounding peoples.

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15,000 years ago, hunters gatherers on the Carmel lived off coastal lakes teeming with birds

The study by Dr. Amos, Prof. Weinstein-Evron, and Yeshurun analyzed bird bones from Nahal Me’arot and el-Wad caves to reveal Natufian hunting and environment.

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Radiocarbon breakthroughs place Thera mega-eruption before Egypt's new kingdom

Researchers from Ben-Gurion University and Groningen report in PLOS One that the volcanic ash layers predate the Eighteenth Dynasty, extending the Second Intermediate Period.

A view of the mountaintop ruins of Ancient Thera from Mt. Elias.

Face carved on T-shaped pillar at Karahantepe links Neolithic Anatolia and the Levant

Munro says the minimalist carving closely matches a twelve thousand year old face unearthed in Israel, hinting at a shared symbolism across early settlements.

Face carved on T-shaped pillar at Karahantepe links Neolithic Anatolia and the Levant.

Excavations resume at ancient Ugarit near Latakia after 14-year pause

Ugarit is famous for its vast archive of clay tablets inscribed in seven languages, considered among the oldest records of bronze age political and social life.

Archaeological excavations.

'New chapter in the history of the pharaohs': Zahi Hawass teases 2026 Great Pyramid reveal

Egyptologist Zahi Hawass said advanced scanning and robotic tools opened hidden spaces and predicted "a great archaeological discovery that will write a new chapter in the history of the pharaohs".

A panoramic view of the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt,

Ancient shipwreck appears on Hoi An beach, dated by experts to 14th–16th century

Researchers say the 17m hybrid craft, found 400m from former Cẩm An ward office, is among Vietnam’s best-preserved underwater relics and will undergo urgent excavation.

Ancient shipwreck resurfaces on Hoi An beach, experts place vessel in fourteenth to sixteenth century.