Lost Palace of Thracian King Unearthed in Bulgaria

‘Make the Foreigner Pay’: When Britain Tried Tariffs JamesHoare Mon, 07/21/2025 - 09:23

Rosebud, the iconic red sled whose name Charles Foster Kane uttered with his last breath triggering the plot of Orson Welles’ 1941 cinematic masterpiece Citizen Kane, has sold at auction for $14.75 million. It is the second most expensive object of movie memorabilia ever sold, after the pair of Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of … Read the full post →"Rosebud sells for $14.75 million"

Archaeologists have unearthed an exceptional settlement from the La Tène period rich with amber, luxury ceramics, gold and silver coins near the city of Hradec Králové in the northern Czech Republic. Covering 25 hectares (62 acres), it is by far the largest Celtic settlement found in Bohemia, and unique in its features and scale as … Read the full post →"Huge Celtic settlement found in Czech Republic"

An excavation at Cap Corse, a peninsula on the rugged northern tip of Corsica, has uncovered the remains of a port structure from Late Antiquity, dating to the 4th-5th centuries A.D. A team from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) excavated the outcropping overlooking Meria Bay before construction. They uncovered large schist … Read the full post →"Port structure from Late Antiquity found in Corsica"

LIGONIER, PENNSYLVANIA—On November 12, 1758, George Washington, then a colonel in the British army, faced […] The post Archaeologists Identify French and Indian War Battlefield appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Fort Ligonier, French and Indian War, friendly fire, George Washington, Pennsylvania

HAMAR, NORWAY—The sixteenth-century Chronicle of Hamar records that there was once an ancient urban settlement […] The post Location of Missing Medieval Norwegian Town Confirmed appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, ground penetrating radar, Hamar, Hamarkaupangen, medieval europe, Norway

SAN GIULIANO, ITALY—According to a statement released by Baylor University, archaeologists with the San Giuliano […] The post Rare Undisturbed Etruscan Tomb Opened appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Etruscan, Italy, San Giuliano Rock Necropolis, Tomb

Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of Userefre, the son of founder of the Fifth Dynasty, King Userkaf (r. 2465-2458 B.C.), in Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis. The tomb contains a massive false door made of pink granite 4.5 meters tall and 1.15 meters wide (14.8 by 3.8 feet). It is the first pink granite false door of … Read the full post →"Prince’s tomb with massive false door found at Saqqara"

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN—Archaeologists and historians have long believed that there was a direct correlation between the […] The post Prevalence of Butchered Horse Bones Dispels Myths About Christian Dietary Habits appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Christianity, diets, horse meat, Hungary, medieval europe, Middle Ages

ROC DE LES ORENTES, SPAIN—Millennia ago, a local community living high in the Catalan Pyrenees […] The post Pierced Human Rib Bone Hints at 4,000-Year-Old Attack appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, arrowhead, embedded, Pyrenees, rib bone, Roc de les Orentes, Spain

Transatlantic Zeppelins carried passengers in relative luxury between Germany and New York or Rio de Janeiro during the 1920s and 1930s. The airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg crossed the Atlantic in two or three days, faster than contemporary ocean liners, but this brief golden era of air travel came to an abrupt and tragic end following the Hindenburg disaster in May 1937, when the airship...

A mosaic of an intimate scene that was stolen from Italy during World War II has been repatriated to Pompeii. The mosaic on a slab of travertine was gifted to a German citizen, now deceased, by a captain of the Wehrmacht who had helped himself to it in 1944 during the German occupation of Italy. … Read the full post →"Mosaic looted by Nazi officer returned to Pompeii" Ancient, Looting

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND—According to a BBC report, archaeologists were surprised to find a Roman road just […] The post Well-Preserved Roman Road Found Beneath English City Center appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, England, Mamucium, Manchester, Roman Britain, Roman Road

TADIM MOUND, TURKEY—Excavations at the site of Tadım Mound near Elaziğ in eastern Turkey have […] The post 6,000-Year-Old Temple in Turkey Provides Evidence of Human and Animal Sacrifice appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, animal sacrifice, blood channel, human sacrifice, religious rituals, Tadim, temple complex, Turkey

LOBAMBA, ESWATINI—Thousands of years ago, it was so essential that craftspeople in southern Africa had […] The post African Craftspeople Journeyed Long Distances to Obtain Perfectly Colored Stones appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Africa, chalcedony, chert, Eswatini, jasper, Lobamba, Mesolithic, stone age technology

John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was an American lawyer and statesman, one of the key political figures of the Antebellum Era. Initially a nationalist, Calhoun spent his early career trying to strengthen and modernize the federal government, but by the 1830s, he had become a strong advocate for states' rights and slavery, leading South Carolina into the Nullification Crisis (1832-33). Calhoun served...

How Hertha Ayrton Made Waves JamesHoare Wed, 07/16/2025 - 09:05

New information has been released about the 7th century B.C. sealed Etruscan chamber tomb discovered this summer in the necropolis of San Giuliano near Viterbo in central Italy. A team of archaeologists and students from Baylor University working for the San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project (SGARP)discovered and opened the tomb and has been documenting its … Read the full post →"Update on sealed Etruscan tomb"