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CAESAREA, ISRAEL—Israeli archaeologists working at a site outside of Caesarea uncovered an exquisitely carved marble […] The post Ornate Roman Sarcophagus Found in Caesarea appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, caesarea, Dionysus, Hercules, Israel, sarcophagus

Henry Clay (1777-1852) was an American lawyer and statesman, one of the defining political figures of his age. Over the course of his several decades on the stage of national politics, Clay helped lead the United States into the War of 1812 (1812-1815), diffused several sectional crises over slavery, introduced an economic plan known as the 'American System', and founded the Whig Party in opposition...

The brutal murder of the entire Romanov family was the culmination of deep discontent across the Russian Empire with the persistently autocratic rule of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917). Following the disaster of the First World War (1914-18) and the tsar's abdication in 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries took power. The new Soviet Russia was immediately split by a raging civil war, and as royalist...

A Royal Skeleton in the Chapel JamesHoare Thu, 06/12/2025 - 07:00

A new type of coin that synthesizes Christian and Pagan iconography has been discovered by a metal detectorist near Norwich. Dating to between 640 to 660 A.D., the shilling (also known as thrymsa) is the oldest known Anglo-Saxon East Anglian coin. The obverse features a man wearing a diadem, a rough copy of how Roman … Read the full post →"New Anglo-Saxon shilling type found in Norwich" Ancient, Medieval

CHICHESTER, ENGLAND—Last year, excavations in Chichester’s Priory Park revealed a masonry causeway and bridge that […] The post Norman-Era Defensive Tower Unearthed in English Town appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Arundel, castle, Chichester, England, Henry II, motte and bailey, Norman

WRANGELL, ALASKA—Anchorage Daily News reports that an underwater archaeological team identified and mapped a shipwreck […] The post Bell Retrieved from Alaska's Second Deadliest Shipwreck appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Alaska, bell, Coronation Island, shipwreck, Star of Bengal, Wrangell

GORDION, TURKEY—The site of Gordion, the capital of the Phrygian kingdom that flourished in west-central […] The post Tomb of Famous Royal Dynasty Discovered in Turkey appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Gordias, Gordion, Midas, Phrygia, Tomb, Turkey

The Dred Scott Decision (Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857) was the infamous ruling of the United States Supreme Court that, according to the US Constitution, Black people were not and could not be considered citizens of the United States of America and, further, that "no slave or descendant of a slave had any 'rights which the white man was bound to respect'" (Delbanco, 331...

Three Roman mosaics, including one featuring a pair of dolphins, have been unearthed in Thalheim near Wels, Austria. Mosaic floors from the Roman period are extremely rare in Upper Austria and these are in excellent condition. The building complex is atop a hill overlooking what was the Roman city of Ovilava. The structure is huge; … Read the full post →"Roman dolphin mosaic found in Austria"

MAARAT AL-NUMAN, SYRIA—Construction workers clearing rubble from destroyed houses in Maarat al-Numan revealed the entrance […] The post Hidden Byzantine Tombs Found Beneath Houses in Syria appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Byzantine, Idlib, Maarat al-Numan, Syria, Tomb

TISZAFÜRED-MAJOROSHALOM, HUNGARY—According to an announcement released by Hungary’s Eötvös Loránd University, new research in the […] The post Archaeologists Identify Major Period of Bronze Age Transformation in Central Europe appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Bronze Age, Carpathian Basin, Central Europe, Hungary, millet, Tiszafüred-Majoroshalom

AUXERRE, FRANCE—During excavation of a gravel pit on the shores of the Yonne River in […] The post Enormous Roman Villa Unearthed in France appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Autessioduro, Auxerre, France, Gaul, Roman villa

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (1850-1864) was part of the Compromise of 1850, drafted to diffuse tensions between Southern 'slave states' and Northern 'free states.' The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 already allowed slaveholders to reclaim their fugitive slaves from Northern states, but, since many Northerners were not inclined to help them in this, the 1793 law had little real power. Although one...

Sometime in 1153 or 1154, the German nun Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) wrote a letter to the elderly Pope Anastasius IV (1073-1154). Her words were scathing. She called the pope tired and criticized his rule, describing him as too accepting of depraved people and urging him to control the arrogance of those around him. There was corruption in the medieval church, Hildegard asserted, and he, as...

Renaissance Florence’s Missing Bronzes JamesHoare Tue, 06/10/2025 - 08:18

A Byzantine-era tomb complex has been discovered by a construction workers clearing the rubble of a destroyed building in the northern Syrian city of Maarat al-Numan. The complex dates to around the 6th century and is composed of two large burial chambers with multiple tombs. Each contained six stone tombs, with the sign of the … Read the full post →"Byzantine tombs found under destroyed building in Syria"

SUFFOLK, ENGLAND—Oxford Cotswold ARCHAEOLOGY (OCA) is currently conducting one of the largest projects ever undertaken […] The post Earthen Pits Expose Clues About Life in Neolithic Britain appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, England, Neolithic Britain, pits, ritual, Sizewell C