Europe's oldest vanilla pod (below), found in Prague Castle (above). Credit: J. Irmišová et al. A recent archaeobotanical study has uncovered an unexpected discovery in the heart of Europe: the oldest ...
One of the expedition camps. Credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 135-KA-03-073 / Wikimedia Commons This was the vision of Frederick Hilscher, head of the Ahnenerbe’s esotericism department and the ideologue ...
Excavation worker and student Lea Rokus proudly presents a beautifully decorated, almost two-thousand-year-old pottery shard. Credit: S. Spiong / LWL Delbrück-Bentfeld, a locality in the district of ...
It was the mid-10th century AD when Kievan Rus was ruled for the first time by a woman, appointed as regent on behalf of her three-year-old son. She was the one who defeated the Drevlians, a Slavic ...
The tomb with the relief of the couple in almost real scale. Credit: Alfio Giannotti / Parco archeologico di Pompei A team of archaeologists has brought to light a remarkable funerary relief depicting ...
Excavations in the ancient city of Leucas have brought to light the first theater discovered in the Ionian Islands. This majestic monument, situated in a privileged position, dominates the landscape ...
Aerial view of the Bronze Age site of Basur Höyük. Credit: Basur Höyük Excavation Project At the threshold of written history, when the first civilizations began to consolidate in Mesopotamia and ...
An astronomical event may have marked the end of one of the most emblematic dynasties of ancient Egypt. A total solar eclipse that occurred on April 1, 2471 BCE, could have had a direct connection to ...
A team from the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde (IOW) has successfully reactivated microscopic algae that had remained in a dormant state on the seafloor for nearly 7,000 years ...
It was the mid-10th century AD when Kievan Rus was ruled for the first time by a woman, appointed as regent on behalf of her three-year-old son. She was the one who defeated the Drevlians, a Slavic ...
A team of researchers from the universities of Tübingen, Bonn, and Jena has conclusively demonstrated that wine was consumed in the ancient city of Troy, providing chemical evidence that supports a ...
A team of researchers from the University of Jaén has identified the first stone mold used for coin production in ancient Hispania. The discovery, made at the archaeological site of Obulco, in present ...