Archaeologists Have Pinpointed the Origins of Two Mysterious Sarcophagi Discovered After the Notre Dame Cathedral Fire

Archaeology

Archaeologists Have Pinpointed the Origins of Two Mysterious Sarcophagi Discovered After the Notre Dame Cathedral Fire

One body was determined to be a high priest and the other a knight—living centuries apart.

By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 13, 2022

Archaeology

Please Don’t Let TikTok Convince You Otherwise—Ancient Rome Definitely Existed

The baseless theory is "ancient aliens" level ridiculous.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 12, 2022

Archaeology

Hurricanes Washed a Mysterious Wooden Structure Ashore in Florida. Now, Archaeologists Say It’s a 19th-Century Cargo Ship

Residents had previously speculated that the 100-foot enigma was the work of extraterrestrials.

By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 9, 2022

Archaeology

Archaeologists Have Discovered One of the World’s Oldest Pieces of Narrative Art, and It’s Rather NSFW

The 11,000-year-old carving was found among the remains of a Neolithic structure in southeastern Turkey.

By Artnet News, Dec 8, 2022

Archaeology

Archaeologists Have Unearthed the First Full-Color Portraits of Egyptian Mummies in More Than a Century

The excavation at Gerza also turned up papyri, pottery, and coffins dating back to the Ptolemaic period.

By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 8, 2022

Archaeology

Scientists Have Cracked the Origins of ‘Desert Kites,’ Massive Prehistoric Patterns That Were Carved into the Middle Eastern Desert

Three studies confirm the long-held hypothesis that the structures were hunting traps.

By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 7, 2022

Archaeology

‘I Just Googled, ‘How Do You Repatriate Antiquities?’’: How One Man Hand-Restituted His Grandmother’s Valuable Artifacts to Diplomats on Embassy Row

John Gomperts wanted to give back his Grandma's antiquities so he dropped them off at their respective embassies in Washington, D.C.

By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 7, 2022

Archaeology

A 1,300-Year-Old Gold Necklace Found in an Early Christian Burial in England Is a ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime Discovery,’ Says Archaeologist

The so-called "Harpole Treasure," which scholars think may have belonged to a female religious leader, will be featured on BBC Two's "Digging for Britain."

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 7, 2022

Archaeology

Archaeologists Ask Netflix to Reclassify Graham Hancock’s ‘Unfounded’ Netflix Docuseries ‘Ancient Apocalypse’ as Fiction

They decry Hancock as a flagrant pseudo-archaeologist.

By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 2, 2022

Archaeology

A Pre-Hispanic Mural Depicting Moche Warriors Has Been Rediscovered in Northern Peru After Being Lost for More Than a Century

The fresco was last seen in black-and-white photographs taken in 1916.

By Richard Whiddington, Dec 2, 2022

Archaeology

A Group of Eighth-Graders on a Field Trip Near Tel Aviv Stumbled Upon a 3,000-Year-Old Sacred Egyptian Amulet

The group's leader calls the find 'the dream of every amateur archaeologist.'

By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 1, 2022

Archaeology

A Woman’s Name Uncovered in the Margins of a 1,200-Year-Old Medieval Manuscript Provides a Fresh Clue About Its Real Significance

The discovery is a rare example of the involvement of women in medieval book culture.

By Richard Whiddington, Nov 30, 2022

Archaeology

Archaeologists Have Discovered Mummies With Golden Tongues, Meant to Grant Them Eloquence, in an Ancient Cemetery Near Cairo

Ancient Egyptians may have viewed the fake organ as a golden ticket to entering the underworld as it helped the deceased speak before the court of the god Osiris.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 30, 2022

Archaeology