Archaeologists from OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH and the University of Salzburg have uncovered an expansive Roman villa complex on Reinberg hill in Thalheim bei Wels, Austria.
The villa overlooked the ancient city of Ovilava, a municipium in the Roman…
Category: Arch/ Anthro
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Over 100 prehistoric structures found in Spanish cave
Archaeologists from the University of Alicante and the University of Zaragoza have discovered over 100 prehistoric structures within the Cova Dones cave system in Valencia, Span.
The cave was first discovered in 1821, when an earthquake exposed…
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Viking-era treasure hoard among several significant discoveries in Täby
Several significant Viking-era discoveries have been made in Täby, Sweden, where archaeologists from Arkeologerna have uncovered a large silver hoard alongside the remains of an extensive farming settlement.
Excavations found the remains of 34…
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Lost monuments of the “people of the cloud forest” unearthed at Gran Pajatén
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced the discovery of more than 100 previously undocumented structures at Gran Pajatén, located within Peru’s Río Abiseo National Park.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gran Pajatén is associated with the…
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Experts explain the cultural origin of the mysterious deformed skull
Construction workers in San Fernando, Argentina, recently uncovered a mysterious skull with an unusual, deformed morphology.
The discovery quickly went viral on the nation’s social media, sparking speculation that the remains belonged to a new…
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20,000-Year-Old Whale Bone Tools Found in Spain
Archaeologists have examined a large sample of worked bone objects from 26 Paleolithic cave and rockshelter sites in the Cantabrian region of Spain and southwestern France.
Taxonomic identification of the 173 worked (a) and unworked (b) bone…
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1,600-year-old Byzantine mosaic unveiled for the first time
A large Byzantine-era mosaic discovered in 1990 at the edge of Khirbat Be’er Shema, Israel, has been unveiled to the public for the first time.
Known as the Be’er Shema (Birsama) mosaic, it consists of 55 intricately decorated medallions that…
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Archaeologists Uncover New Evidence about Construction and Purpose of Gobi Wall
The Gobi Wall is a 321-km-long structure made of earth, stone, and wood, located in the Gobi highland desert of Mongolia. It is the least understood section of the Medieval Wall System that extends from China into Mongolia. In a new study,…
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Humans used whale bones to make tools 20,000 years ago
Western Europeans crafted hunting weapons out of bones from whales stranded on the Atlantic shoreline between 20,000 and 14,000 years ago, researchers report May 27 in Nature Communications.
Previously excavated finds at Stone Age…
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Over 1,200 archaeological sites identified in the Bayuda Desert
Archaeologists have identified over 1,200 archaeological sites during an exploration project of Sudan’s Bayuda Desert.
The project, involving the University of Wrocław, the Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw, and…
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