A 1,300-Year-Old Burial Mystery in Gran Canaria Was Hidden in the Insects
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…
Tag: Archaeology
Rare 2,600-Year-Old “Cube Tomb” in Italy Reveals a Corinthian Krater Used as a Funerary Urn
A ceramic vessel made in ancient Corinth more than 2,600 years ago has emerged from an unusual tomb in southern Italy, still carrying traces of the imagery that…
South Dakota’s Famous Mammoth Graveyard Is More Than 100,000 Years Older Than Scientists Thought
One of North America’s most spectacular mammoth graveyards has just become much older. A new study suggests that the famous Mammoth Site in South Dakota, home to the…
Stingray Spines Found in Maya Burials May Reveal a Painful Ritual of Blood and Sacrifice
Three fragments of stingray spines and a catfish spine recovered from ancient Maya funerary contexts in southeastern Mexico are giving archaeologists a rare glimpse into one of the…
A Roman Tiler’s Account May Have Survived on a Villa Floor in Luxembourg
A few scratched marks on a floor tile from a Roman villa in Luxembourg may preserve something unexpectedly personal: the working account of an ancient craftsman. Archaeologists excavating…
The World’s Oldest Gold Treasure Came From a 6,500-Year-Old Cemetery in Bulgaria
More than 6,000 years ago, communities living near the Black Sea were already transforming gold into jewelry, ornaments, and symbols of status. Some of the earliest and most…
Nearly Intact Chimú Tomb in Peru Reveals 38 Burials and Rare Elite Grave Goods
Archaeologists working at Chan Chan in northern Peru have uncovered a nearly intact Chimú funerary platform containing the remains of 38 people, along with metal objects, shell ornaments…
Actors Went Looking for Fictional Treasure and Found Rare Cavalry Armour Instead
They went into the mud looking for the kind of treasure usually found in an adventure story. Instead, at a historic palace in southwestern Poland, a group of…
Skeleton Found Curled Inside a Giant Roman Jar in Bulgaria May Preserve the Final Moments of an Ancient Attack
Archaeologists excavating the Roman city of Deultum in southeastern Bulgaria have discovered the skeleton of a young individual curled tightly inside a large ceramic storage vessel, apparently preserving…
Permafrost Preserves 700-Year-Old Dairy Product in a Mongol Empire Tomb
Archaeologists excavating a Mongol Empire-period cemetery in northern Mongolia have recovered a vessel containing öröm, a traditional concentrated dairy product, preserved for roughly 700 years in permafrost. The…
