A 2.6-million-year-old Paranthropus jaw from Ethiopia’s Afar region expands the genus’ range and suggests these robust hominins were more adaptable than assumed.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/pompeii-0012252At the end of May, archaeologists working at Pompeii made a remarkable and grisly discovery when they unearthed the remains of a man who had apparently been decapitated by a huge rock. However, further excavation has found the skull and its condition tells a different story for the cause of death.

New imaging has uncovered 79 previously unseen Pompeii graffiti, including “Erato loves…,” gladiator sketches, insults, and intimate confessions from everyday Roman life.

Two thousand years after the death of Ovid – the Roman poet who was banished by Augustus from Rome to the remote town of Tomis on the Black Sea in 8 AD – the reason for his exile remains a mystery.

Archaeologists are about to begin excavations at Al-Ula in Saudi Arabia in the hope of uncovering secrets about the Dadanite, Lihyanite and Nabatean civilizations.

Archaeologists have identified a rare two-tower medieval “isar” fortress near Rodnoye in southwestern Crimea, shedding light on Theodoro-era defenses.

Chinese archaeologists working on a Xian metro line extension and a new international airport have discovered thousands of new tombs and artifacts.

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a shipwreck loaded with copper ingots in the Aegean Sea that dates back 3,600 years, making it the oldest shipwreck ever found.  It is the most important finding in underwater archaeology in at least the last decade.

A survey of treasure has discovered just what a trove of treasure the British Isles is and has actually pinpointed where to go to have the most chance of finding your bounty!

A paper has recently been published reconstructing the life and death of an Amazon warrior buried in the Early Armenian necropolis of Bover I.