A line of walls cutting across a rocky spur in northwestern Morocco has puzzled archaeologists for nearly a century. Now, new excavations at Oued Beht suggest that what…
For more than a thousand years, a cave high on Gran Canaria’s Acusa plateau kept the details of an unusual burial practice sealed inside. Now, the clues have…
More than 60,000 years ago, people living in southern Africa scratched lines into ostrich eggshells. At first glance, the marks can look deceptively simple: parallel strokes, intersecting lines,…
Tiny parasite eggs preserved in medieval graves in Sudan have given researchers an unusual window into what people ate, how they lived, and even what the climate may…
Archaeologists excavating Tell Abu Seifi in northeastern Egypt have uncovered a massive sandstone lintel bearing the titles of Ramesses II and an inscription referring to “Horus, Lord of…
Discovered in 1936 at Saqqara, Egypt’s 5,000-year-old Sabu Disk still puzzles researchers with its strange, machine-like three-lobed stone design. With three curved lobes, a raised central opening, and…
Carefully carved letters and monograms on a monumental gateway at the ancient city of Ptolemais may have served as far more than workshop marks. A new study suggests…
