First representation of Egyptian god found in Anatolia

Grattage is a 20th-century painting technique closely associated with the Surrealist movement. The term derives from the French verb gratter, meaning to scrape or to scratch, and refers to a method in which paint applied to a surface is partially removed using pointed tools or everyday objects, revealing underlying textures or colors. The resulting surface exhibits abstract and unpredictable forms...

The grave of a young woman from the La Tène era adorned with a rich collection of bronze jewelry has been discovered 25 miles northwest of Prague. The style of the jewelry dates the grave to the 4th century B.C. Archaeologists from the Archaeological Centre Olomouc excavated the route of planned highway expansion between February … Read the full post →"La Tène burial with rich bronze jewelry found near Prague"

Playing God: Mossad’s Murder of Achmed Bouchiki JamesHoare Wed, 09/03/2025 - 08:50

HUNACTI, MEXICO—The Maya town of Hunacti was established by the Spanish in 1552 as a […] The post How a Maya Town Resisted Spanish Colonial Culture appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Hunacti, Maya, Mexico, reisistance, Spanish colonial, Yucatan Peninsula

KHANKE, IRAQ—Al Jazeera reports that a historic drought in northern Iraq has lowered water levels […] The post Drought Reveals Ancient Iraqi Necropolis Beneath Reservoir appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, drought, Hellenistic age, Iraq, Khanke, Mosul Dam, necropolis, reservoir, Seleucid, tombs

LEÓN, SPAIN—Researchers have now studied the remains of an infant unearthed during emergency excavations in […] The post Rare Infant Burial Found at Roman Camp in Spain appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Augustus, Child burial, Iberia, Legio VI Victrix, Leon, roman military camp, Spain

The transatlantic slave trade (also given as the Atlantic slave trade, circa 1492 to 1860) was the practice of enslaving the citizens of African states and transporting them across the Atlantic Ocean to the "New World" of the Americas. Although the Portuguese were the first to initiate the slave trade between Africa and Europe in the 15th century, Christopher Columbus, sailing for Spain, was the...

Victorian Science’s Duck-Billed Enigma JamesHoare Tue, 09/02/2025 - 08:28

Colditz Castle in Saxony, Germany, sits high on a precipitous cliff face that towers above a tributary of the river Mulde. First built in the 11th century, the forbidding castle was variously used as a lunatic asylum, a sanatorium for the wealthy, and, through the 1930s, as a prison for enemies of Nazi Germany. In 1939, the castle took on its most famous role: a camp for Allied prisoners of war...

Sam Watkins was only 21 when his home state of Tennessee seceded from the Union in the spring of 1861. Swept away by the patriotic fervor and thirst for adventure that gripped an entire generation of unfortunate young men, Watkins and most of his childhood friends enlisted in the Confederate Army, joining Company H of the 1st Tennessee Regiment. They marched off to war, little knowing that four...

‘Central Europe’ by Luka Ivan Jukic review JamesHoare Mon, 09/01/2025 - 09:10

Archaeologists have discovered an unfired clay figurine of conjoined toads at the ancient site of Vichama in Peru’s Caral Archaeological Zone (ZAC). About 12 cm (4.7 inches) long, the figurine depicts two small frogs or toads joined at their hind legs. This is the first time a clay figurine like this one has been found … Read the full post →"Unique ancient figurine of conjoined toads found in Peru"

An excavation at Breedon’s Leyburn Quarry in North Yorkshire has uncovered a high-status Bronze Age cremation urn burial. It dates to between about 2000 and 1700 B.C. The limestone quarry is located in an area of the Yorkshire Dales known for Bronze Age remains. Metal hoards have been found there, as well as burials and … Read the full post →"Bronze Age cremation urn burial found in Yorkshire quarry"

A rare Bronze Age funnel-shaped axe that legends suggest may be made of meteorite iron has been found in Paau Village on the island of Borneo. It is approximately 3,000 years old and is the first Bronze Age axe head of its kind found in Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of Borneo). Paau Village is in … Read the full post →"3,000-year-old funnel axe found on Borneo"

LUND, SWEDEN—Recent research into the famous wreck of the Danish-Norwegian ship Gribshunden has revealed new […] The post Study Examines Ship Artillery from Europe's Age of Exploration appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Age of Exploration, artillery, carvel, Gribshunden, guns, King Hans, shipwreck, Sweden

SAINT-ROMAIN-EN-GAL, FRANCE—French archaeologists were surprised to find an unknown and extraordinary Roman mausoleum in Saint-Romain-en […] The post Mausoleum Modeled After Roman Emperor's Found in France appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, France, Gaul, Lyon, mausoleum, Mausoleum of Augustus, Saint-Romain-en-Gal, Tomb, Vienna

IBRI, OMAN—The Oman News Agency announced that rescue excavations carried out by the Department of […] The post 5,000-Year-Old Tombs Reveal Links Between Mesopotamia and Ancient Oman appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, burials, Ibri, Jemdet Nasr, Mesopotamia, Oman, pottery, tombs

Frederick Douglass (circa 1818-1895) was an abolitionist orator, minister, writer, editor, reformer, and statesman, who had been born a slave in Maryland, escaped to New York at around the age of 20, and became a talented orator and writer. Owing to the power of his condemnation of slavery and his skill in presenting it, Douglass was among the most popular speakers on the lecture circuit, became...