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Archaeology Around the World

Features stories on discoveries, excavations, and artifacts that reveal insights into ancient civilizations and reshape historical timelines.

The Boclair Road Roman Fortlet as it may once have been, March 25, 2026.

Roman fort found north of Hadrian’s Wall may have been used to defend against unconquered Scotland

Screengrab of 1,500-year-old mosaic with a Greek inscription found in Turkey, March 25, 2026.

Ancient mosaic bearing Greek inscription for ‘haters gonna hate’ found in southern Turkey

Hoard of gold rubles found under a house in western Russia, March 25, 2026.

Revolutionary find: Hoard of century old gold coins discovered under a house in western Russia

A fragment of the handgun found in Brandenburg, Germany in 2023.

Handgun fragments found near Germany's Kletzke Castle may date to 14th century, new research shows

Dongola. Qashqash Manuscript.

Polish archaeologists find evidence of legendary king hidden in south Sudan

Panama Culture Minister María Eugenia Herrera and archaeologists at the entrance to Tomb 3 at the El Caño archaeological site in Panama, March 19, 2026.

Funerary offerings, pottery, gold jewelry discovered in 1,000-year-old pre-Hispanic tomb in Panama

Scene from Ramose's Book of the Dead showing an illustration of a jackal corrected with "Wite-Out," March 18, 2026.

Ancient Egyptian scribes used 'Wite-Out' correction liquid to fix mistakes in sacred texts

Cambridge University archaeologists and students discover 9th century CE mass burial pit during a training dig at Wandlebury Country Park on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK, February 4, 2026.

Cambridge students find burial pit, 9th century ‘giant’ who underwent surgery during training dig

Owl carving above the entrance to a Zapotec tomb from 600 CE in the Oaxaca Valley, Mexico, February 14, 2026.

Zapotec tomb from 600 CE marks Mexico’s most ‘significant archaeological discovery’ in last decade

Erdstall discovered in late 2025 by the Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology (LDA) during excavations near Reinstedt in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, February 14, 2026.

German archaeologists discover medieval tunnel system inside Neolithic burial site

Rare Roman vehicle ornament depicting a panther with its paws atop a bearded man’s severed head discovered in Essex in 2024.

'Nothing quite like it': UK Treasure Act names Roman carriage ornament Essex's first 'treasure'

Ken Follett returns with an epic on building Stonehenge in 2500 BCE.

Humans, not glaciers, brought stones to Stonehenge, study confirms

THE FAINT image of a hand stencil, a negative outline of a human hand created by placing a hand against a rock wall surface and spraying pigment paint around it, that has been dated to 67,800 years ago, in a limestone cave called Liang Metanduno on Muna.

Human hand outline may be oldest rock art in the world, researchers say

By REUTERS
A REPLICA of the remains of a more than 3-million-year-old female hominid known as "Lucy" at the National Museum in Addis Ababa August 7, 2007.

A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story

By JPS
TWENTYSHILLING BARROW as it was first uncovered.

3000-year-old burial site uncovered in Scotland sheds light on devastation in the Bronze Age

The Louvre Museum

Ancient Greek masterpieces sealed off as Louvre’s southern wing deemed ‘fragile’

Goose embracing woman, oldest human-animal depiction found in Israel.

Israeli team uncovers 12,000-year-old myths in clay figurine of woman and goose

statuette of Christ. Illustration.

800-year-old gilded Christ found near lost medieval church in Norway by detectorist

archaeological findings.

Archaeologists uncover long-lost Temple of Zeus in ancient Limyra

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Study of 50,000-year canine skulls shows dogs diversified millennia before modern breeding

Archaeologists working in the shallow waters of Lake Issyk-Kul announced they completed the first campaign of a new survey.

Atlantis-like city found under Silk Road lake; scientists say a 15th-century quake caused its fall

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