The excavations at Beit Habek beside the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel have unearthed a Byzantine-age church, said to be built above the house of Jesus' apostles Peter and Andrew.Credit: Zachary WongA 1,400-year-old Christian church unearthed near the
This rural mosque likely served nearby farmers sometime between A.D. 600 and 700.Credit: Israel Antiquities AuthorityThe remains of a humble house of worship have been discovered in Rahat, Israel.While surveying the site before the construction of a new n
This ancient Roman stylus may have been the equivalent of today's joke souvenir.Credit: MOLAThe tradition of buying cheap, joke souvenirs for your loved ones while traveling dates back at least two millennia.During an archaeological excavation at a Roman-
An unknown structure in the northwestern part of the fortress of Naryn-Kala could be one of the world's oldest churches.Credit: MISIS National University of Science and TechnologyUsing a celestial phenomenon, archaeologists are probing a mysterious struct
The Department of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus announced on Thursday that a major maritime archaeological discovery has been made off the east coast of the island, just off Protaras, near Larnaca.The Antiquities Department statement says the wrec
Scientists have recently expressed concern regarding the impact of climate change on ancient Greek monuments, including the Acropolis.The extreme weather phenomena seen in recent years, as well as air pollution and acid rain, have created structural probl
The islet ‘mini-mountain’ of Dhaskalio, off the Cycladic island of Keros (Cambridge Keros Project)Archaeologists have found the earliest monumental complex of buildings ever unearthed anywhere in the Greek WorldIt is evidence of a rich cultural and monume
A mural in Cave 158 at the Mogao Grottoes from the Tubo period, located in Dunhuang, Gansu province, shows princes of different countries mourning for nirvana of the Buddha.A major exhibition examining the pivotal role played by the Tibetan Tubo regime in
Visitors look at a replica of the Mogao Grottoes at an exhibition in Shanghai Tower in May 2018. The head of Lanzhou University's Dunhuang studies program has spent years building up a global reference resource for academics.The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang
American and Israeli archaeologists have found mosaics on bible plots in the north of Israel. Among them were images of animals described by the prophet Daniel, as well as images of the oasis of Elim, where, according to the Bible, the Jews stayed during
Specialists from the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences began to investigate the terracotta head of a Greek deity found at the bottom of the Kerch Bay near Cape Ak-Burun. About this in the group of the Institute of Archeology RAS o
Makronissos Island. Source: WikipediaThe island of Makronissos has been declared an archaeological site by a unanimous decision of the Central Archaeological Council.The recommendation was made by the Cyclades Antiquities Ephorate that has been conducting
Credit: ShutterstockOne thousand years before the first Fourth of July, the first fireworks exploded. It didn't rain twinkling stars or light up the night sky — but to the complete surprise and misfortune of one Chinese chemist, it did go "bang."
An aerial view of Kemune Palace from the west, near the Tigris River in Iraq.Credit: University of Tübingen/eScience Center/Kurdistan Archaeology OrganizationWhen a drought dried up the water in Iraq’s Mosul Dam reservoir, it exposed ruins from an ancient
A geomagnetic look at Reccopolis in 2015.Credit: Copyright Antiquity Publications Ltd; Photograph by J. Henning and E. Fikrit Eyub; Henning, J. et al. Antiquity 2019.Archaeologists have detected long-hidden features of a Visigothic city in Spain, includin
Exquisite head of a statue found in area of the ancient Battle of Salamis. Source: Greek Ministry of CultureMarine archaeologists are announcing that they have discovered underwater artifacts at the site of a building where the naval battle of Salamis was
Photo by AMNAThe remains of an ancient neighborhood visible under the feet of visitors approaching the entrance of theAcropolis Museumis now fully open to the public for the first time.The new ”walk-through” exhibits of the neighborhood were inaugurated o
Getting high on marijuana may not be a modern pastime, as archaeologists have found the earliest clear evidence to date that people were smoking cannabis for its psychoactive properties some 2,500 years ago.They found evidence of burned cannabis with high
An archaeologist carefully excavates the Prittlewell burial chamber. The chamber was discovered in 2003; it has taken researchers 16 years to carefully remove, clean and analyze the artifacts. Many will now be on permanent display at the Southend Central
The passage of carts over decades could cause ruts (like the one shown here), particularly in high-traffic areas of Pompeii.Credit: Eric PoehlerAncient workers used molten iron to repair Pompeii's streets before the historic and devastating eruption of Mo
Here, one of the 2,500-year-old skeletons discovered in a kurgan in Russia.Credit: Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Astrakhan RegionA farmer in Russia has uncovered the remains of three elite members of a nomadic tribe from 2,500 years ago. A horse'
Researchers discovered a new Iron Age shield in Leicester.Credit: Michael BamforthArchaeologists discovered an Iron Age bark shield near Enderby, a town southwest of the city of Leicester in the United Kingdom.Though archaeologists knew that people from t
The ancient fortress' eastern gate.Credit: Egyptian Ministry of AntiquitiesArchaeologists in Egypt have discovered the ruins of an ancient fortress dating to the 26th Dynasty, the last dynasty in which native Egyptians ruled before the Persians conquered
More than 100 giant stone jars, thought to have been used in burial rituals thousands of years ago, have been rediscovered at ancient sites in forests, on hillsides and along mountain ridges in remote central Laos.Local legends say the carved stone jars w
Extensive restoration and preservation works are in progress on the archaeological sites of Delosisland, with the Greek Ministry of Culture aiming to make the area an open archaeological museum.The restoration project aims at the consolidation of all monu
The passage of carts over decades could cause ruts (like the one shown here), particularly in high-traffic areas of Pompeii.Credit: Eric PoehlerAncient workers used molten iron to repair Pompeii's streets before the historic and devastating eruption of Mo
The discovery ofa Roman cemetery near Great Whelnetham in Suffolk, England, containing more than 50 graves of men, women, and children has revealed a peculiar burial custom practiced by some of the people living there around 1,700 years ago. At least 17 o
Three coffin chambers are seen in excavation in a large-scale tomb from the Sixteen Kingdoms period on the outskirts of Xi'an, Shaanxi province.An unearthed Sixteen Kingdoms gravesite shows links from the period to present-day Xi'an, Wang Kaihao reports.I
Justinian IResearchers working at the Hagia Sophia, the largest Christian cathedral constructed in the ancient world, have made a number of discoveries. For instance, they discovered a circle made of a type of igneous rock called porphyry where Justinian
The pieced together remains of the ninth century B.C. inscribed tablet known as the Mesha Stele.Credit: Wikimedia Commons, the free media repositoryA new reading of a hard-to-decipher ancient tablet suggests that the biblical King Balak might have been a
A hidden vault — filled with dirt and adorned with vivid paintings such as a centaur, a sphinx and an attacking panther — has been discovered in the ruins of Emperor Nero's ancient Roman palace.Credit: Parco Archeologico Del ColosseoArchaeologists have di
The site of the Peristera shipwreck. Source: Greek Ministry of Culture and SportsGreece is relaxing its strict regulations regarding its rich underwater heritage and has recently announced that it will allow divers to tour the sites of certain ancient shi
It is possible that experts will find some Bronze jewellery.Archaeological research uncovered 17 cremation graves(Source: Branislav Caban, TASR)Archaeologists succeeded in uncovering 17 cremation graves from the Piliny culture during an ongoing rescue res
The tiny islet of Dascalio, next to Keros. Keros is a small uninhabited island close to Naxos, in Greece’s Cyclades island archipelago. Photo by Greece-Is websiteThe Greek Ministry of Culture issued a statement on Holy Thursday announcing the recent concl
The Crescent Moon Lake appears like a mirage in Dunhuang's Singing Sand Dunes.The Silk Road city of Dunhuang is an oasis shaped by the sands of time that has survived and thrived in the desert for millennia. The ancient refuge in one of the planet's tough
Qi a state that existed from the 11th to the third century BC was a flourishing regional kingdom that boasted political, economic and cultural significance in ancient Eastern China. Its capital city in present-day Linzi, in Shandong province, was known as
Night view of Palace Museum "Palace Museum will extend its opening hours to the evening for the first time for two consecutive nights in celebration of this year's Lantern Festival," museum curator Shan Jixiang said at an event on Saturday.The m
A green glaze pottery couch dates to the Ming Dynasty.ZHANG RUINAN / CHINA DAILYA green couch of glazed pottery from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and pottery animals with a livestock shed from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) are being carefully packed for
The Palace Museum in Beijing has opened a new section housing royal furniture－the Nandaku Gallery of Furniture.Increased digitalization spurs commercial push at venuesThe Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, is one of the most histo
Palace Museum Director Shan Jixiang announces his retirement on April 8 at a meeting. The head of one of the world's best-known museums is retiring, and as the news spread late Monday, netizens praised him as a tireless guardian and promoter of the nation
Bac, a town in Serbia's Vojvodina province, is home to ancient Roman ruins, medieval fortresses, churches and priceless relics.Chinese relics experts began cooperating with their Serbian counterparts last year to help in Bac's bid to become a UNESCO World
Jiankou, one of the toughest sections of the Great Wall to climb in Beijing, is going through its second phase of restoration. The second phase of restoration work on the toughest section of the Great Wall is soon to be completed, Wang Kaihao reports.Ther
The Nebra Sky DiscWhen the Nebra Sky Discwas buried, it had already been in use for 200 years. While its raw materials were imported from as far away as Cornwall, the knowledge required to create the object was entirely local, drawn from observing the hea
In Aristophanes’ comedyTheFrogs, a nosy slave listens to his master’s conversations and spreads them around town, resulting in his master’s horrible misfortunes.The Aristophanes character, however, was not put there just for laughs. Gossip was a real tool
Qingbai ceramics from the Field Museum's Java Sea Shipwreck collection.Credit: Copyright The Field Museum. Photo by Kate GolembiewskiScientists just blasted pottery from an ancient shipwreck with a "ray gun." Besides being totally sci-fi, the X-
Roman historians accused Nero of deliberately setting the Great Fire of Rome so that he could rebuild the city in a more pleasing style.Credit: Photographer Helmut Wimmer/Copyright Interspot Film GmbHWas the infamously cruelNeroreally as terrible an emper
The newly discovered fresco of the mythical hunter Narcissus.Credit: Parco Archeologico di Pompei (Archeological Park of Pompeii)Excavations in a lavishly decorated house in ancient Pompeii have yielded a Valentine's Day-worthy discovery: a fresco of Narc
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, the volcano's molten rock, scorching debris and poisonous gases killed nearly 2,000 people in the nearby ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.But not everyone died. So, where did the refugees, who could
Climate change trashed the Byzantine Empire, ancient garbage mounds revealed.Credit: ShutterstockAbout a century before the fall of the Byzantine Empire — the eastern portion of the vast Roman Empire — signs of its impending doom were written in garbage.A
The face of the Egyptian pharaoh Senwosret III, circa 1878–1840 B.C. Most Egyptian rulers chose to have their likenesses appear youthful and strong, but Senwosret III opted to show a more realistic countenance, showing his heavy-lidded eyes, thin lips and
