6+ hour, 16+ min ago  (361+ words) Construction crews working on a highway project in Italy unexpectedly uncovered the remnants of an ancient sanctuary. The sudden find has prompted an immediate archaeological investigation into the historic site. The Italian Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape announced…...

11+ min ago  (473+ words) Greek soldiers who took part in war during the archaic period in the Mediterranean did far more than fight. A new study argues they served as cultural carriers who quietly transformed art, religion, and ethnic identity across the ancient world....

3+ hour, 48+ min ago  (859+ words) After the implementation of a two-tiered local government model, many previously established regulations for the entire town are no longer suitable, leading to overlapping management, preservation, and development of heritage. Overlapping management of relics According to statistics from the Hoi…...

53+ min ago  (345+ words) Experts are using high-tech methods to decipher the cursive Latin writing inside. Archaeologists discovered five medieval latrines in northern Germany filled with fascinating finds of everyday life in a high-class bourgeoisie society. They still ooze with the smell you might…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago  (226+ words) The Gobekli Tepe site in southeastern Turkey, which is filled with large carved stones, was built by people who hadn't even developed metal tools yet. Stone pillars'some as tall as 16 feet'are arranged in circles, and many are carved with foxes,…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago  (208+ words) They found ships, a footprint, and a handprint carved into sandstone over 3, 000 years ago by Bronze Age people who wanted to leave a trace. What they found had been sitting there for roughly 3, 000 years. But the ships weren't the most…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (681+ words) Home " World " The Great Flood in Ancient Greek Myth: A Story That Matches the Bible and Ancient China The Book of Genesis records Noah building an ark to survive God's judgment on a wicked world. The ancient Chinese classic Shangshu…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (367+ words) Construction crews working on a highway'in Italy'unexpectedly uncovered the remains of an ancient sanctuary " sparking an archaeological investigation. The discovery was announced by the Italian Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape in a May 19 press release. The sanctuary was…...

5+ hour, 18+ min ago  (495+ words) Human bones buried for centuries carry more than traces of the people they once belonged to. They also hold microbial communities linked to decay and preservation. A new study from Norway examined those hidden populations and found clear differences between…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (424+ words) On this day in 1578, 15 ships and 400 men set sail from England to the Canadian Arctic. They would return months later believing they'd found treasure: thousands of tons of gold. Their leader, English mariner Martin Frobisher, had spent most of his…...