Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman military camps — giving glimpse into conquering tactics

Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of ancient Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt — a first for one of Eastern ...

The European castle with a dark Nazi secret and buried gold mystery

Deep in Poland’s Owl Mountains, Książ Castle pulls in visitors with its fairytale architecture but hides a network of Nazi ...

Archaeologists identify elders in Iron Age Israel through household artifacts

A new study from Bar-Ilan University is shedding light on a long-overlooked social group in archaeology: the elderly. While research on women and children has flourished in recent decades, older ...
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Archaeologists Unearthed a 2,200-Year-Old Bone. They Say It Could Be the First Direct Evidence of Hannibal’s Legendary War Elephants

The Carthaginian general famously used elephants during the Punic Wars. But until now, archaeologists had never found ...

The Princess of Bagicz: Dendrochronology settles debate over age of rare Roman-era wooden coffin

Dr. Marta Chmiel-Chrzanowska and her colleagues conducted a multidisciplinary analysis of the only known preserved wooden coffin from the Roman Iron Age, the Princess of Bagicz. The study, published ...