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Researchers Find World's Oldest Known Rock Art in Indonesia

01/22/2026

Less than two years after discovering a 51,200-year-old cave painting of a pig on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in what was then declared the oldest known figurative artwork, the same researchers have discovered an even older work. The newly …

Метки : искусствоархеологиясулавесипалеолитоткрытия#культура

2024 Was a Record Year for Archeological Finds Made by UK Citizens

01/21/2026

The British Museum announced today that 2024 was a record year for archeological discoveries made in the UK by members of the public, with 79,616 finds recorded. Of those, 1540 were “treasure” as defined by the UK’s 1996 Treasure Act, …

Метки : археологиянаходкибританский музейсокровищаметаллодетекторыистория.

Archeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Basilica Designed by Vitruvius

01/21/2026

Italian officials unveiled the discovery of a 2,000-year-old basilica that archeologists have attributed to Vitruvius, the ancient Roman architect, at a press conference on Monday, according to a report in Reuters. The ancient basilica, which would have been used as …

Метки : археологияиталиявитрувийоткрытие векадревностькультурное наследие

Rome Offers Livestream Tours of Ancient Underground Dwelling

01/15/2026

In an effort to draw visitors to comparatively less-trafficked areas of Rome’s top tourist destination, the city is offering tours—via livestream—of an ancient Roman home that has not previously been open to the public. The House of the Griffins is …

Метки : римкультурное наследиевиртуальные турыархеологияискусствореставрация

Archaeologists Find an Unusual 2500-year-old Stylus in Sicily

01/14/2026

An archeological operation conducted in advance of a construction project in Gela, Sicily, has uncovered an unusual carved bone stylus—a sharp tool used to inscribe clay before firing—that, according to excavation director Gianluca Calà, may have had a symbolic purpose. …

Метки : археологиясицилияискусстводревнегреческая культуранаходки

Archaeologists in Wales Discover What Could Be a New Pompeii

01/14/2026

The outline of the largest Roman villa ever known in Wales has come to light three feet underground, and the experts behind the find are calling it a possible equivalent to Pompeii. “My eyes nearly popped out of my skull,” …

Метки : римская виллауэльсархеологияmargam country parkисторическое открытиеалекс ланглендс

Unusual Medusa Carving Discovered at Archaeological Site in Turkey

01/13/2026

In the process of excavating a Roman forum near the ancient city of Amastris (now known as Amasra) in present-day Turkey, archaeologists uncovered a Medusa carving with an unusual expression. The smiling stone Medusa was discovered on the top of …

Метки : археологиямедузатурцияистория.раскопкигреческая мифология

British Archaeologists Make Discovery of ‘National Importance’

01/13/2026

Archaeologists in England unearthed the remains of two people buried alongside a fully harnessed horse bearing weapons in a discovery characterized as being of “national importance.” As reported by GB News, the findings—excavated during preparatory work for a nuclear-power station …

Метки : археологиясаффолкисторические находкидревностивеликая британиянаучные открытия

1,500-Year-Old Byzantine Monastery Discovered in Egypt

01/10/2026

The foundations of a building complex from the 5th–6th century CE were recently uncovered at Al-Qarya bi-Al-Duweir, an archaeological site in Sohag, a city along the Nile River in central Egypt. The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities posted about the …

Метки : археологияегипетистория.византиямонашестводревности

Researchers Find 60,000-Year-Old Poisoned Arrowheads in Africa

01/09/2026

Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found traces of poison on 60,000-year-old arrowheads in South Africa. Their discovery, reported by Stockholm University in the journal Science Advances, is the earliest direct evidence of the use of poisoned hunting weapons …

Метки : история.археологияохотаисследованияюжная африкаяды

2,000-Year-Old Cemetery and Industrial Complex Discovered in Egypt

01/06/2026

An international team of archaeologists from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities and Italy’s University of Padua has uncovered several industrial workshops and a burial complex in Egypt’s western Nile Delta region. The discovery took place across two interconnected archaeological sites …

Метки : археологияегипетоткрытиядревностиримский периодисследование

2,000-Year-Old ‘Industrial Complex’ and Roman Cemetery Found in Egypt

01/02/2026

Archaeologists working in the western Nile Delta of Egypt discovered remnants of an “extensive industrial complex” from as far back as the 5th century B.C.E. as well as a Roman cemetery that suggests the area was fertile ground for civilization …

Метки : археологиядревний египетримская эпохакультурные связипогребальные обычаицивилизация

Bad Bunny Gets Backlash from Mexico for Touching Museum Artifact

01/01/2026

Bad Bunny struck a nerve, rather than a chord, after touching an artifact on display at a Mexico City archaeology museum. On Saturday, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) issued a public scolding of the musician for allegedly …

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Archeologists Uncover New Frescoes at Villa di Poppea Outside Naples

01/01/2026

Archeologists have begun to uncover frescoes in the Hall of the Mask and the Peacock at the Villa di Poppaea at Oplontis, near Torre Annunziata, just outside Naples. Their discovery is part of an ongoing excavation and renovation project that …

Метки : археологияфрескинеапольвилла ди поппеараскопкиискусство