Archaeologists believe this Bronze Age board game is the oldest yet found
Enlarge / The Fifty-Eight holes board from Çapmalı. W. Crist et al., 2024 An ancient board game known as Hounds and Jackals has long been believed to have originated in….
Enlarge / The Fifty-Eight holes board from Çapmalı. W. Crist et al., 2024 An ancient board game known as Hounds and Jackals has long been believed to have originated in….
Archaeologists discovered ancient gold coins in an unexpected location during a recent excavation in Bulgaria. The five Byzantine coins, which date back to the reign of Justinian the Great, were….
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory at a temple site. The observatory, thought to date to the sixth century B.C., was built with mud bricks….
A rare toy dating to the Viking Age was found during an archaeological excavation in Iceland. Even though the time period the toy comes from is known by researchers, the….
Archaeologists have shed new light on the astronomical alignments of a spectacular ancient pyramid in Mexico during investigations conducted at the site of an iconic pre-Hispanic city. And Newsweek spoke….
Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of ancient Egyptian artworks hidden below the waters of the Nile River. A joint Egyptian-French archaeological mission identified the artworks in an area of the….
Enlarge / A scientist defeathers one of the birds used in hands-on experiments to replicate Neanderthal butchering and cooking methods. Mariana Nabais Archaeologists seeking to learn more about how Neanderthals….
Archaeologists working at Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Massachusetts, unearthed a piece of American history tied to the “shot heard round the world.” Five musket balls were discovered….
Researchers in Austria found an ancient relic depicting the story of Moses and the Ten Commandments in a centuries-old church in the southern part of the country, according to a….
Archaeologists near Bulgaria’s southeastern border with Greece uncovered a nearly 7-foot statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes during a dig this week. The unexpected find happened during excavation of….