A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story
Scientists studying fossils from Ethiopia’s Afar Rift have uncovered evidence of another early human species which lived around the same time as Lucy, roughly 3.4 million years ago.
Archaeology Around the World
3000-year-old burial site uncovered in Scotland sheds light on devastation in the Bronze Age
Ancient Greek masterpieces sealed off as Louvre’s southern wing deemed ‘fragile’
Israeli team uncovers 12,000-year-old myths in clay figurine of woman and goose
Mexican authorities to sue MrBeast over alleged violations in Mayan temple video
INAH alleges MrBeast used heritage sites for unauthorized commercial purposes, violating filming permits.
World famous dolphin fresco replica in Knossos collapses
Archaeologists cite neglect of Knossos site and urgent need for restoration.
Bronze Lion-Head Coffin Handles with Rings Mounted Above the Mane Found near Ibreika
First-known example of overhead ring placement suggests handles were designed as lifting grips for Roman-period wooden coffins, not decorative door knockers.
Roman Legionaries Buried Pig Jaws as Funeral Offerings—First Physical Proof in the Levant Unearthed
Pit holding thirteen mandibles reveals second- to third-century CE soldiers sacrificed pigs during cemetery rites, echoing the silicernium feast described in Latin sources.
Family tombs with side burial niches began in Phoenicia—not Alexandria—study finds
New look at Hellenistic-era graves shows these horizontal niche burials first appeared in Phoenician cities a century before Ptolemaic Egypt.
Christian pilgrim chapel and Saint Salome inscriptions found in Judean cave
Study details fifth- to ninth-century conversion of a Second Temple tomb into a worship site, complete with apse, altar and multilingual graffiti.
Banana traces in 3,000-years-olf Philistine teeth rewrite Iron Age trade map
Banana remnants in 3,000-year-old graves at Tel ‘Erani show the fruit reached the Judean coast by 1000 BCE, reshaping views on Iron Age trade and Philistine burial customs.
New pterosaur species Nipponopterus mifunensis identified from Japanese fossil
Expected to provide important clues on pterosaur evolution, the fossil is the first known member of a new genus.
Durupinar Formation radar scans reveal hidden structures associated with Noah's Ark
GPR scans reveal angular structures up to 6 meters deep matching Ark's description.
Miniature black juglets reveal Iron Age burial practice in Jerusalem cemetery
Israel Antiquities Authority paper records 49 black-fired vessels in a single Mamilla tomb and tracks their decline across the late eighth to early sixth centuries BCE.
