Submarine robot captures underwater footage of ancient Roman ship laden with wine jars – video
The vessel was discovered during an underwater reconnaissance expedition in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Palermo in Sicily, Italy.
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Doggerland: Lost ‘Atlantis’ of the North Sea gives up its ancient secrets
The land mass that linked Britain to continental Europe was rich in early human life until it flooded
Fruit baskets from fourth century BC found in ruins of Thonis-Heracleion
‘Incredible’ discoveries at submerged ancient city off coast of Egypt have lain untouched
Study confirms ancient Spanish cave art was made by Neanderthals
Neanderthals, long perceived to have been unsophisticated and brutish, really did paint stalagmites in a Spanish cave more than 60,000 years ago, according to a study published on Monday.
US to return 17,000 looted ancient artefacts to Iraq
Items smuggled out after 2003 invasion include 3,500-year-old Gilgamesh clay tablet
Iraq gets back looted ancient artifacts from US, others
Over 17,000 looted ancient artefacts recovered from the United States and other countries were handed over to Iraq’s Culture Ministry on Tuesday, a restitution described by the government as the largest in the country’s history.
Sacred stone tied to the legend of Romulus and Remus unearthed in Rome
Ancient Fruit Baskets Recovered from Underwater Egyptian City
Inside a Greek Mystery Cult
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts to Iraq
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Massive ancient lake across prairies emptied quickly enough to set off an ice age, study suggests
Ancient coin mint discovered in China from over 2500-years-ago
Archaeologists have discovered one of the world’s earliest known coin mints, located in the Henan Province of China. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
3,700-Year-Old Babylonian Clay Tablet is Earliest Known Example of Applied Geometry
Known as Si.427, the ancient clay tablet was discovered and cataloged along with many other tablets by the 1894 French archaeological expedition at Sippar in central Iraq.
A database of 3,000 lead isotope analyses in geological and archaeological samples from the Iberian Peninsula
Remains of Medieval Bridge Discovered in Ljubljana
Origins of Applied Geometry Revealed on Ancient Tablet
Origins of Applied Geometry Revealed on Ancient Tablet
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1,000-year-old remains in Finland may be non-binary iron age leader
DNA suggests body buried in feminine attire with swords had Klinefelter syndrome, researchers say
Researchers find a ‘fearsome dragon’ that soared over outback Queensland
Australia’s largest flying reptile has been uncovered, a pterosaur with an estimated seven-metre wingspan that soared like a dragon above the ancient, vast inland sea once covering much of outback Queensland. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
Melting ice and a high altitude dig reveal Viking secrets in Norway
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Global warming begets more warming, new paleoclimate study finds
Archaeologists unearth multi-period site with ceremonial monument
An archaeological investigation near the village of Biddenham in Bedfordshire, England, has uncovered a large ceremonial monument and several ancient structures. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
Ancient Roman key depicts lion devouring barbarian
Archaeologists in the United Kingdom have discovered an ancient Roman key handle that depicts a grisly scene — a lion devouring a shaggy-haired barbarian, while four spooked cupid-like youths look on, likely awaiting the same fate, a new study reports.
Heavy rain floods British Museum, Parthenon Marbles Gallery
New Study Tracks Denisovan DNA in Southeast Asian Islands
Relief depicting Graeco-Persian wars unearthed in excavations at ancient Daskyleion
Discovery of three new species of primitive ungulates hints at rapid evolution of mammals after dinosaur extinction
Relief Depicting Greek and Persian Wars Unearthed in Turkey