5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (371+ words) A joint Spanish-Egyptian archaeological team has uncovered a tomb dating to the late Fifth Dynasty at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb dates to the reign of King Djedkare Isesi, who ruled near the end of the Fifth Dynasty. The team found…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (589+ words) Ancient Mediterranean harbors are often judged by the structures still visible today. Quays, jetties and moles form the clearest traces, so they often shape estimates of how many ships a port once handled. A new study argues for a wider…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (683+ words) Ancient Etruscan tombs may have been designed to shape how people saw, heard and felt during funeral rites, according to a new study of two painted tombs in Tarquinia, Italy. The study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (491+ words) For nearly 180 years, archaeologists studying Nimrud in northern Iraq have focused on palaces, temples, and royal buildings. A new project is shifting attention to the vast lower city, where most of the Assyrian capital’s people lived. The Nimrud Lower Town…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (486+ words) A joint Egyptian-Chinese archaeological mission has uncovered the remains of a mud-brick housing complex and a stone structure likely used for wine production at the Temple of Sekhmet in Mit Rahina, Egypt. The finds offer new evidence about daily life…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (506+ words) An ancient tomb, a network of burial shafts, and hundreds of funerary objects have been found at Saqqara, Egypt, during the first excavation season in a new area west of the Bubastion necropolis. The Egyptian archaeological mission working in Sector…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (514+ words) Bronze Age pottery from a desert oasis in northwestern Arabia shows signs of one of the earliest known brands, according to a new study. Researchers say the vessels had a fixed visual style, a steady method of production, a known…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (619+ words) A tomb in the Theban Necropolis near Luxor offers a detailed record of how ancient Egyptians reused burial spaces over several centuries. A new study of Chamber 3 in Tomb TT 209 shows a shift from separate burials in coffins to dense,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (465+ words) A 3,200-year-old wooden tomb at ancient Gordion in central Turkey is giving archaeologists new evidence about Phrygian burial customs, as well as their building and metalworking skills. The tomb lies within the huge mound known as the Midas Tumulus. However,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (493+ words) Egyptian archaeologists have found a large cemetery and a residential area at Kom el-Khilgan in Dakahlia Governorate. The site records human activity from the Predynastic Period through the Greek and Roman eras. The cemetery began during the first half of…...