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A shattered skeleton found beneath Stirling Castle’s chapel floor in Scotland appears to be the first confirmed archaeological victim of a trebuchet attack. Researchers reached the conclusion after studying Skeleton 150, a young man whose remains carry more than 160 fractures. The pattern and force of the breaks point to a huge projectile striking him […]

Archaeological teams working in northwestern Turkey have uncovered approximately 25 ancient turtle sculptures carved from limestone at İn Cave, positioned close to Gedikkaya Hill within the İnhisar district of Bilecik Province. Radiocarbon analysis of the archaeological layer containing the artefacts has established their age at between 14,500 and 11,200 BC, potentially making them as old as 16,5…

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Tales of drowned cities and lands lost beneath the waves echo through the myths and histories of cultures worldwide. Medieval tradition whispers of a mysterious realm called Lyonesse, once said to lie southwest of England. This vanished kingdom haunts both Cornish and Breton mythology. Are there any facts that can […]

A 6,500-year-old ritual center near Chleby in the Czech Republic was built more than 1,000 years before Stonehenge, new research shows. The large enclosure appears to have been planned around key movements of the Sun and Moon. Archaeologists from the University of West Bohemia led several excavation campaigns at the site. Their work revealed an […]

Before Portugal, Before Lisbon: The Ancient Secrets Hidden Beneath Castelo de São Jorge Castelo de São Jorge stands on one of Lisbon's most strategically important hills. The castle visible today is associated strongly with Portugal's medieval history, but the hill itself contains archaeological layers reaching much further into the past. Phoenician-related activity, Iron Age communities, Roman o…

In a ceremony that took place on Tuesday, August 19, the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky returned twenty-four cultural items from its collection to the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, both of which hail from Oklahoma. This is the first time the museum has repatriated items under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation […]

Selma’s long-abandoned Edistone Hotel, witness to 170 years of African American history, was recently saved by a non-profit devoted to protecting Black historical sites

Nine scholars recently attended a seminar at the University of Michigan to learn about conserving papyrus manuscripts

What the framers were really thinking Liz Mineo Harvard Staff Writer August 12, 2026 7 min read Origin story of Declaration of Independence in... #nationworld, #history, #uspolitics, #america250, #law, #supereducational

A fire that destroyed St. Anne’s Church in Toronto serves as a reminder that cultural legacy needs to be conserved and protected from disaster.