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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 […]

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08579-w Mapping the past: geospatial analysis as a tool for the study of the Mishnah and Tosefta

A study challenges the idea that Barbarians simply dominated Europe during the Early Middle Ages. A new study from the HistoGenes project, whose co-PI includes Patrick Geary, Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies, is helping scholars build a clearer picture of the early medieval people who lived in Western Europe after the fall [...]

A rare example of a wooden chamber tomb reveals connections between medieval Norse and Old Russian burial styles.

For more than 10,000 years, the high Pyrenees have been far from the untouched wilderness they appear to be. A new archaeological study is uncovering a hidden human story buried across remote mountain landscapes.

A tiny, fully intact Indigenous pot buried for roughly 400 years has left archaeologists wondering why such a usable object was deliberately abandoned. Found at a historic Potano-Timucua village in Florida, the mysterious vessel is helping reveal a complex world of Native traditions, Spanish influence, trade, and migration.

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 […]

ÇANAKKALE, TURKEY—Hürriyet Daily News reports that excavations at the 1,700-year-old Western Bath at the sanctuary […] The post Cold Pools Uncovered at Sanctuary Bathhouse appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

It’s a treasure trove of Minoan art and antiques The post A Peek Inside the Pompeii of Greece appeared first on Nautilus .

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 […]

A Roman cave sanctuary in eastern Spain has yielded more than 120 Latin inscriptions, including five linked to a previously unknown goddess called “the Lady.” Archaeologists recorded the inscriptions during a 2026 campaign at Cova de les Dones, near Millares in Valencia. Most date from the first and second centuries CE. The new finds raise […]

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…

Portugal's Red Castle Was Once a Powerful Islamic Capital: The Forgotten Story of Silves Silves Castle rises above the Algarve as one of Portugal's most impressive surviving fortifications. Its distinctive reddish stone walls immediately separate it visually from many later European castles. But Silves was not originally a Portuguese royal fortress. During the Islamic period, the city—known as Sh…