The tunnel connected the emperor's box, positioned prominently on the south side of the Colosseum, to the amphitheater’s exterior. This strategic design allowed the ruler to enter and exit without ...

Danish linguists have achieved a breakthrough that could finally solve one of archaeology's greatest mysteries by deciphering the writing system of ancient Teotihuacan. The discovery reveals that the ...

Archaeologists have excavated three c. 3,000–2,400-year-old ritual structures in Shandong Province, China, indicating that the origins of a shared Chinese cultural identity lie in ceremonial ...

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or easing gum pain with makeshift “toothpicks” ...

Egypt has officially reopened one of the most significant royal tombs in the Valley of Kings after completing a remarkable 20-year restoration project. The tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who ruled ...

Groundbreaking geoarchaeological research has uncovered stunning new evidence about the origins of Egypt's magnificent Karnak Temple complex, revealing that this UNESCO World Heritage site was ...

A New Orleans couple have uncovered a 2nd-century Roman headstone in their Carrollton backyard, inscribed with the name of a naval sailor - Sextus Congenius Verus. The marble slab, likely looted ...

A relief panel carved in Afyon marble featuring the Egyptian sphinx-god Tutu, discovered in the Roman bathhouse at Sagalassos, Turkey. (Hale Pak/AA via Arkeonews) ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery at Karahantepe has shattered expectations about Neolithic symbolic expression, as researchers uncovered the first T-shaped pillar ever found with a distinctly ...

After four and a half years of meticulous underwater excavation, maritime archaeologists have completed the documentation of one of the most remarkably preserved Roman shipwrecks ever discovered in ...

The Voynich Manuscript first surfaced in the seventeenth century, when it was acquired by the Bohemian collector Georg Baresch, and later passed into the hands of Athanasius Kircher, the Jesuit ...

Treasure hunters have struck gold once again off Florida's coast, recovering over 1,000 silver and gold coins valued at approximately $1 million from an 18th-century Spanish shipwreck. The ...