The site at which St. Nicholas’s grave, the inspiration for Santa Claus, is located has been found by archaeologists working on the Church of St. Nicholas…
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A 16th-century globe depicting the world before Australia had even been “discovered” could be the oldest ever to come to auction. The “priceless” artifact — which features…
Archaeologists discovered a 3500 year old paving stone, described as the “ancestor” of Mediterranean mosaics. This offers illuminating details into the daily lives of the mysterious…
An excavation going on in the north coast city of Alexandria unearthed the remains of a town dating back to the Greco-Roman era. Studies show that…
During an excavation in the British village of Cookham, archaeologists discovered the remains of a centuries-old monastery long thought to be lost. Archaeologists from the University of…
Archaeologists discovered an eight-foot-tall wooden idol from the Iron Age during work on the N5 Road Project in western Ireland. The finding were announced by Roscommon County…
The Inca may have built the Andean citadel of Machu Picchu decades earlier than previously thought. Scientific testing of human remains from the Peruvian site’s ruins…
A well preserved Visigoth coffin has been discovered at Los Villaricos in southeastern Spain during a two week long excavation last month led by UMU professor…
Archaeologists have uncovered two rock-cut chambers in the House of the Muses in the ancient city of Zeugma in southeastern Turkey. Zeugma is an ancient Hellenistic and Roman…
Divers have discovered a rare military vessel amid the sunken ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Thônis-Heracleion. Measuring over 80 feet long, the flat-bottomed ship…
