Year: 2025
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science: Scroll from Herculaneum is Read from Within
Some of the finds from the cities destroyed in the eruption of Vesuvius are ruined beyond restoration. Much was preserved but the destruction was immense, and the greater part of the contents…
Ancient Warrior Burials from the Copper Age Bell Beaker Culture Found
Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a series of burials near the village of Förderstedt, in Saxony-Anhalt. The graves are some 4,500 years old and contain warriors from the Copper Age. The brief…
Pyramid Found in Peru May be Older than Ancient Egypt
A team of archaeologists and researchers have found something in the valley holding Peru’s, (and South America’s) oldest civilization. A new pyramid has been found in the Supe valley, home to the…
7,000-Year-Old Bone Arrowheads Held a Complex Poison, Study Finds
A new study into a 7,000 year old bovid femur found in Kruger Cave, South Africa, has shed lights on the secrets of Neolithic hunting in the region. The femur had three…
Ancient Underground City of Water Found Beneath Iran’s Abarkuh
Researchers investigating under a collection of five historic houses in the city of Abarkuh in Iran’s Yazd province have found something long suspected. An underground city stretches out below the modern one,…
Romania’s National Treasures Stolen in Dutch Museum Robbery
In the early hours of the morning on Saturday, 25 January, thieves broke into a Dutch museum in a daring robbery, Four ancient gold artifacts were stolen from the Drents Museum in…