Author: AllThatHistory
Bir El-Shaghala Pyramid Tomb: Roman-Era Burial Holds a Greek Elegy
Near Mut, the capital of Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis, archaeologists have uncovered a Roman-era tomb that mixes pharaonic religion with Greek poetry. The Bir El-Shaghala pyramid tomb, announced in September 2026 by Egypt’s…
Vulci Tomb of the Stone Chamber: Monumental Etruscan Tomb Survives Looters
In the Polledrara necropolis of ancient Vulci, north of Rome, archaeologists have opened a monumental Etruscan tomb that repeated 20th-century looting failed to empty. The Vulci Tomb of the Stone Chamber—in Italian,…
Abqaa Egyptian Horse Burial: New Kingdom Fort Yields Ceremonial Steed
Inside a New Kingdom frontier fortress on Egypt’s western Nile Delta, archaeologists have documented what ministry coverage frames as an intentional burial of a young male horse—roughly three millennia oldtogether with fittings…
Qinngua Norse Church Greenland: East-Facing Grave Confirms Medieval Site
An east-oriented skeleton uncovered during summer fieldwork has confirmed what surveyors long suspected: a medieval church and churchyard at Qinngua Norse church Greenland, near Narsarsuaq in the south of the island. Announced…
Yassıtepe Trade Settlement: İzmir’s 5,000-Year-Old Fortified Hub
On the Bornova Plain in modern İzmir, archaeologists are refining the picture of a roughly 5,000-year-old planned community that excavation director Doç. Dr. Zafer Derin has nicknamed “İzmir’s Troy.” That phrase is…
Ancient Paris Wall Find May Point to Gallic Lutetia on Île de la Cité
A stretch of stone-and-wood fortification under one of Paris’s oldest hospital courtyards is forcing a fresh look at where the city’s Gallic story begins. French culture officials this week described the find…