Archaeology News

Israeli archaeologists say they have discovered an 800-year-old lead seal of the Mar Saba Monastery at the archaeological site of Horbat Mizmil, Jerusalem. This...

A group of archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology digging at the site of the U.S. Embassy in Vauxhall, South London, has discovered flint...

Underwater archaeologists led by the famed treasure hunter Barry Clifford believe they have discovered remains of the Santa Maria – the flagship of Christopher...

Spanish and French archaeologists excavating at the ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus have discovered what could be one of the earliest known images...

Archaeologists led by Prof John O’Shea from the University of Michigan have discovered what they say is a 9,000-year-old caribou hunting drive lane...

Archaeological activities at the site of the ancient city of Ostia have yielded new and exciting finds. Newly discovered features at Ostia. Satellite imagery...

A new study reported in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology challenges the traditional view that Neanderthal childhood was short, difficult and dangerous. This...

Israeli archaeologists have unearthed ruins of a 1,500-year-old monastery with well-preserved mosaic floors near the Bedouin village of Hura in the South...

An international team of researchers has unearthed a 4,600-year-old small step pyramid at the archaeological site of al-Ghonemiya near the modern town...

A new study published in the journal PLoS ONE has uncovered about 400 years of intensive land use around the ancient city of Mahendraparvata, Cambodia. Buddhist...

An international team of archaeologists has uncovered a large, stone-lined hearth – dating to about 300,000 years ago – in a cave near the modern...

Scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, say they have unearthed a 3,100-year-old building and a number of artifacts at the archaeological...

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) say they have unearthed a 1,500-year-old Christian church with a magnificent mosaic and five...

Climate change, violence and disease played a key role in the collapse of the Harappan civilization more than 3,000 years ago, according to a new study. This...

U.S. archaeologists digging at Abydos, Egypt say they have discovered the tomb of Woseribre-Senebkay, a previously unknown Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during...

A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE suggests a mural excavated at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Anatolia, Turkey, may be based...

According to University of Cincinnati archaeologists digging in the famed Roman city, the poor and mid-level Pompeians ate grains, fruits, nuts, olives,...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 1,000-year-old wealthy estate with a fountain and a garden at an archaeological site in the city of Ramla,...

A new study published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides possible evidence of domesticated cats between 5,560 and 5,280...