Caana, the central architectural complex at Caracol, Belize, uncovered by Diane and Arlen Chase in the 1980s Archaeologists from the University of Houston working at Caracol in Belize, Central America have uncovered the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first … Read more
Reuters Jessica Rawnsley BBC News 6 July 2025 Archaeologists have announced the discovery of an ancient city in Peru’s northern Barranca province. The 3,500-year-old city, named Peñico, is believed to have served as a key trading hub connecting early Pacific … Read more
Researchers performed DNA testing on the bones highlighted in this image. Paumen, Wargnies and Demory / Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles / Veselka et al. Back in the 1970s, when archaeologists excavated a skeleton from an ancient graveyard in Belgium, they thought they … Read more
A press conference by the Canton of Zurich has announced the discovery of an intact medieval gauntlet dated to the 14th century. The object was found during excavations to the southeast of Kyburg Castle, located in Kyburg in the district … Read more
Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structures made of wood, according to new research by a team from the University of Liverpool and Aberystwyth University. The research, published in the journal Nature, … Read more
Enlarge / Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an early 16th-century Polish castle discovered a carved strategy board game called Mill. Tomasz Olszacki reader comments 52 with Some 500 years ago, construction workers in the midst of building Ćmielów Castle in … Read more
One of the archaeologists examines a partially flooded chamber of the cave that holds many of the drawings. Ruiz-Redondo / Barciela / Martorell Two years ago, when a team of archaeologists spotted a painting of an extinct wild bull called … Read more
AArchaeologists have made a rare find in Nördlingen, Bavaria: During excavations, experts discovered a bronze sword more than 3,000 years old, as the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments announced on Wednesday. This is so well preserved “that it … Read more
The finely crafted, decorative ceramics Marcus Guckenbiehl / City of Germering Archaeologists in Germany have discovered a 3,000-year-old wishing well brimming with finely crafted ceramics, jewelry and other items they think the area’s Bronze Age inhabitants lowered into the ground … Read more
Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a vast ancient Maya civilization that flourished more than 2,000 years ago in northern Guatemala, reports a new study. This long-lost urban web encompassed nearly 1,000 settlements across 650 square miles, linked by an … Read more