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When strolling through hot sandy Malta, strange are the sights that might startle a tourist, especially those of us with an interest in Anglo-Irish history. Among the sacred sites of domes and steeples there’s an occasional red object that resembles and shares the shape of icons back home in the damp cool British Isles. Here, John O’Dowd looks at history in Ireland and Malta. WB Yeats by George C…

A schoolteacher has stumbled across what's thought to be the world's first set of T-Rex footprints. The four massive three-toed prints, more than 66 million years old, were found in North Dakota after the teacher came across them on a hike. Each footprint measures roughly 3.3 feet long, with the trail stretching across 23 feet of ground. Scientists who have analysed the prints now think they date…

Paleontologists have identified a new species of extinct alligatorid that lived in what is now Colorado just a few hundred thousand years after the asteroid impact that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs. The post Ancient Alligator Relative Lived Right After Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

A young boy unearthed an ancient spearhead during a family outing in the Lake District. Eight-year-old George made the remarkable find while exploring near Waterhead on the shores of Windermere with his mother Kate in November 2024. He said: "I was digging and having fun, and I saw what looked like a ring, so I pulled it out, and it just kept on going." The artefact, which dates to the Bronze Age…

Scientists have uncovered exceptionally preserved bird feathers within a piece of fossilised dinosaur excrement dating back 66 million years, offering fresh insights into one of palaeontology's enduring puzzles. The specimen was retrieved from Montana's Hell Creek Formation and originated from a substantial carnivorous dinosaur, likely either a Tyrannosaurus rex or a Nanotyrannus. The coprolite c…

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—Wildfires may have inspired Neolithic communities in the southern Levant to make pottery, according […] The post Study Tests “Natural Kiln Hypothesis” appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

Three people buried inside Grotta Romanelli in southern Italy lived during the medieval period, new radiocarbon dates show. The finding adds a later phase of human use to one of the Mediterranean’s key Paleolithic sites. Researchers dated skeletal remains from one adult and two children using accelerator mass spectrometry, or AMS. The remains came from […]

Finland’s largest known Viking Age silver hoard has been found near the town of Sysmä. A metal detectorist found the hoard on September 3, 2026. Kalle Lappinen found the silver near Sysmä’s church village and contacted a local museum. Archaeologists inspected the site the next day and recovered the find under archaeologist Esko Tikkala’s lead. […]

Late Antiquity would witness a conflict between one African Kingdom and Persia that would give the Persians both headaches and competition for control of economic trade and profit in the Arabian Peninsula. Here, Husain Roussel looks at the battle between Persia and the Kingdom of Aksum. Folio from a Tarikhnama (Book of history) by Balami. Source: Public domain, Abu Ali Bal'ami , available here . …

After 25 years, do you remember where you were when you learned about September 11th, 2001? Most people recall hearing the news. Why do we remember? Are our memories accurate?

This is the first time experts have found an untouched tomb in the Chimu kingdom's capital city Chan Chan.

The massive artworks, created in the first century C.E., were discovered in the 1990s during excavations of the Baths of Trajan

This individual may have regularly sucked on betel nuts, known for their mind-altering properties, leading to worsening dental disease. Researchers say the discovery sheds light on addiction in prehistoric environments

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Whether in ancient or modern times, family feuds have always occurred, and sometimes a small incident can ignite a fight that lasts for generations. The rivalry between the Medici and Borgia, two of the most powerful families of Renaissance Italy, was an interesting chapter in European history. These two families […]