News A 6,000-Year-Old Slab of Carved Wood Predating Stonehenge Has Been Found in Berkshire, England Radiocarbon and tree ring dating on the slab give a 95% chance probability that the wood was carved between 4,640 BC and 4,605 BC. By Daniel Cassady Jun 8, 2023 12:01 pm
News Germany Returns 14 Stolen Artifacts to Italy, Including Ancient Gold Coins Stolen from Archaeology Museum The repatriated items include a bronze helmet, a kylix bowl, and four ancient gold coins. By Karen K. Ho Jun 6, 2023 4:54 pm
News Four New Nazca Lines Identified by Artificial Intelligence in Peru Researchers developed and trained AI technology to spot the geoglyphs from satellite images. By Francesca Aton Jun 6, 2023 2:20 pm
News Penis-Shaped Stone Used for Sharpening Weapons Found in Spain Phallic symbols recur throughout ancient cultures, though they were often not intended in sexual ways. By Daniel Cassady Jun 6, 2023 12:21 pm
News Italy Displays 750 Objects Worth Recovered from Disgraced Antiquities Dealer Robin Symes The items recovered by the Italian Culture Ministry date from the 8th century BCE through the Middle Ages. By Karen K. Ho Jun 5, 2023 3:50 pm
News Pharaonic Mummification Workshops and Tombs Unearthed in Egypt The site is of the Saqqara necropolis, a high-profile archaeology site in Giza, Egypt. By Karen K. Ho May 30, 2023 2:51 pm
News Israeli Authorities Retrieve 1,850-Year-Old Decorated Stone Ossuaries to Prevent Further Looting and Damage "The original details of the destroyed cave cannot be reconstructed, and almost two-thousand-year-old cultural assets are lost forever," said the director of Israel's Theft Prevention Unit at the… By Francesca Aton May 30, 2023 1:13 pm
News Italian Police Recovers 3,586 Artifacts from Looters in Long-Term Operation The operation resulted in the arrest of 21 suspects. By Karen K. Ho May 26, 2023 5:20 pm
News Archaeologists Discovered 2,500-Year-Old Ancient Greek Catacombs Using Subatomic Particles The area currently known as Naples was first called Cumae, the first ancient Greek colony in Italy. By Daniel Cassady May 23, 2023 1:23 pm
News World’s Oldest-Known Plans for Hunting Traps Identified in Saudi Arabia and Jordan, New Study Reports Engraved on stone slabs, they date back more than 9,000 years. By Francesca Aton May 18, 2023 2:28 pm