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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 Horrea Piperataria remained hidden for centuries beneath the ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius.

For the first time, hidden imperial Roman spice vaults is now open to public

 Ziplining over a dangerous waterfall in Ecuador's Banos Canyon.

New documentary follows new attempt to find legendary hoard of Inca emperor Atahualpa

 Pinpointing the location of his first battle against the Persians. Alexander the Great.

Researcher locates site of Alexander's first Persian victory after 20 years of study

 Caverne du Pont-d'Arc, a facsimile of Chauvet Cave in Ardeche, France. Image: RudiErnst.

The 'Sistine Chapel of prehistory': How a 21,000-year-old cave transformed our view of ancient art

 Their ultimate purpose? YouTuber MrBeast gets 100 hours access to Giza pyramids to shoot ghost hunting video.

MrBeast films ghost hunt at Giza pyramids with 100-hour access

 The Church of Saint Peter, Hatay, Turkey.

Unexpected find: Artifacts and tombs uncovered in Turkish construction project

 The floor is made of metacarpal and metatarsal bones of cattle, meticulously sawn to exactly the same height.

Bones neatly fill gaps in 15th-century Dutch floor, surprising experts

 Decidedly not Marge Simpson.

The new finding from Egypt? A 3,000-year-old painting of a woman that looks just like Marge Simpson

 Why was an Iron Age woman buried with a folding knife driven into the ground? Pryssgården.

Why was an Iron Age woman buried with a folding knife driven into the ground?

 Marble sculpture of the lion of Knidos at the British museum in London.

Knidos to reopen its ancient Great Church

 A quixotic effort? Researches uncovers 27 unknown documentations of the life of Miguel de Cervantes.

Research uncovers 27 new documents on Cervantes' life in Seville archives

 Berlin's historic Molkenmarkt.

Archaeologists uncover rare medieval saint figures in Berlin's Molkenmarkt

Was it autumn or spring? Pompeii excavations.

Summer or autumn, when was Pompeii buried? Debate reignites

 Remains of the burnt-down dwelling, Kosenivka, Ukraine.

5,700-year-old mystery: Brutal Stone Age tragedy uncovered in Ukraine

 Bozcaada, formerly known as Tenedos , is the second largest island in the Aegean Sea.

366-year-old castle bath built by Ottoman grand vizier uncovered in excavation

 Lion heads, and a winged gold Eros. Gold artifacts found at the site.

Lions, and a winged gold Eros: Major discovery in Greece sparks buzz among historians

 Part of Hadrian’s aqueduct in Athens.

Athens revives ancient Hadrian aqueduct to combat water scarcity

 Analysis of Somerset bones shows evidence for cannibalism.

Grisly discovery: 4,000-year-old mass grave evidence for cannibalism in ancient Britain

 3,700 kilometers of ocean separate Rapa Nui from South America.

DNA suggests this culture contacted Indigenous Americans centuries before European explorers

 Is this the sword of the Exodus Pharoah?

Archaeologists find sword linked to Ramses II, tied to Biblical Exodus

 the Southern Ocean with Elephant Island where shackleton and his crew were stranded.

Documentary 'Endurance' reveals discovery of Shackleton's shipwreck after 107 years

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