Sunken Vessels in Alpine Lake Documented

The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) has acquired an incredibly rare Anglo-Saxon silver penny inscribed with the first known use of the city name “Exeter.” There are only three examples of this coin known to exist, and the other two are in the British Museum, so this is the only coin marking … Read the full post →"Rare 9th c. Exeter coin goes home" Medieval, Museums

HIPPOS, GOLAN HEIGHTS—A mosaic uncovered at the site of Hippos near the Sea of Galilee […] The post Inscription Hints at Oldest Known Nursing Home appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, decapolis, Golan Heights, Greek, Hippos, inscription, mosaic, nursing home

SARDIS, TURKEY—Türkiye Today reports that a sprawling eighth-century b.c. palace was unearthed at the site […] The post 2,800-Year-Old Lydian Palace Unearthed in Turkey appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Anatolia, coins, Lydians, palace, Sardis, Turkey

NYAYANGA, KENYA—Around three million years ago, early hominins developed what is known as the Oldowan […] The post Human Ancestors Transported Large Stones for Miles to Make Proper Tools appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, ancient humans, homa peninsula, hominins, Kenya, Nyayanga, Oldowan stone tools, tool making

Six armed robbers. One warehouse. Three tons of gold worth around $320 million today. The raid on the Brink's-Mat secure storage facility on the edge of London's Heathrow airport on 26 November 1983 was Britain's biggest ever gold robbery. The crime caused a sensation in the press as headlines posed the question everyone across the country was asking: what happened to the Brink's-Mat gold? An Inside...

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After Hiroshima: The US Occupation of Japan JamesHoare Thu, 08/21/2025 - 09:10

A heavy black basalt stele decorated with a carved eagle and Greek inscription has been unearthed in Manbij, a town east of Aleppo, Syria. It features an eagle with open wings clutching a wreath in its talons. Archaeologists believe it is about 2,000 years old and is either a funerary stele from a Roman-era grave. … Read the full post →"Roman-era stele with eagle found in Syria"

ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND—Science reports that recent analysis of an Inca recordkeeping device in the collection […] The post Lock of Hair May Change Knowledge About Inca Recordkeeping appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Andes, Inca, khipu, Peru, recordkeeping

CALGARY, CANADA—Archaeologists returned to the former homestead site of John Ware, which continued to provide […] The post Canadian Archaeologists Excavate Homestead of Black Rancher John Ware appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Alberta, Black, Calgary, Canada, cowboy, homestead, John Ware, Millarville, rancher

Abolitionist author, orator and statesman Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) is well-known for his speeches, autobiography, and other works addressing the issue of slavery in the United States in the 19th century, but, in 1853, he wrote his only work of fiction the novella The Heroic Slave based on the Creole Mutiny/Creole Rebellion of 1841 and its leader, Madison Washington. Douglass was approached...

The tomb of young Bronze Age woman buried with opulent grave goods including a cosmetics box decorated with snakes and scorpions has been unearthed at the Tepe Chalow archaeological site in northeast Iran. It is one of the richest graves from the Great Khorasan Civilization ever discovered. The Tepe Chalow site, which at the time … Read the full post →"3,000-year-old burial of elite teen found in Iran"

The Church of England’s Great Ejection JamesHoare Wed, 08/20/2025 - 08:13

The Hunt for Martin Marprelate JamesHoare Wed, 08/20/2025 - 08:12

HALIN, MYANMAR—Ancient Chinese written documents record that by the second century a.d., a vast trade […] The post "Rising Sun" Coins Reveal Extensive Ancient Trade Networks Across Southeast Asia appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Bangladesh, Cambodia, coinage, Myanmar, rising star, trade networks, Vietnam

BOLTON, ENGLAND—The Bolton News reports that an exceedingly rare, once decrepit ancient Roman sun hat […] The post Restored Roman Sun Hat Goes on Display appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Bolton Museum, Conservation, Egypt, England, Flinders Petrie, hat, Roman, sunhat

ZWOLEN, POLAND—Science in Poland reports that archaeologists have uncovered a site in the Mazovia region […] The post Neanderthal Tool Workshop Uncovered in Poland appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, butchery, flint, mazovia, Neanderthal, Poland, tool making, workshop, zwolen

The Creole Mutiny/Creole Rebellion (1841) was an insurrection aboard the brig Creole on 7 November 1841 during which 19 enslaved men (of the 135 men, women, and children held as slaves on board), led by Madison Washington, took the ship by force. The Creole had been sailing from Virginia to the slave markets in New Orleans, but, after its seizure by Washington and his men, it was redirected to the...