Archaeologists have excavated thousands of texts from an ancient Egyptian village. One read, “Let there be brought some fresh goose fat ... very quickly, because the cat has eaten that which was brought to me yesterday.”
archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2025/digs-discoveries/the-cat-and-the-fat/
New excitement in the archaeology of ancient Egypt’s capital! Not Thebes—the earlier capital of Ihnasiya al-Madina. The discoveries include a nineteenth-century B.C. block inscribed with the names of a pharaoh and Osiris.
archaeology.org/news/2026/06/05/ancient-egyptian-capital-city-investigated/
In 1990, archaeologists found 43 helmets off the coast of Spain and determined them to be Roman. But new analysis has dated the helmets to the fourteenth century—a period of turmoil and arms trading in the region.
archaeology.org/news/2026/06/09/medieval-helmets-found-off-spanish-coast-identified/
The majority of the Benin Bronzes were actually made of brass, but the origin of the brass has long been a mystery. Now, some archaeologists think they’ve pinpointed it.
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2023/digs-discoveries/the-benin-bronzes-secret-ingredient/
Students in Rome discovered a second-century A.D. villa while exploring tunnels beneath their high school, and now archaeologists are unearthing more of its splendor ...
archaeology.org/news/2026/06/08/archaeologists-explore-villa-beneath-high-school-in-rome/
The 6.6-ton Altar Stone of Stonehenge may have arrived in southern England from Scotland. Some archaeologists now believe Neolithic people hauled the megalith over land and down rivers, hundreds of miles!
archaeology.org/news/2026/06/04/how-did-stonehenges-altar-stone-arrive-at-salisbury-plain/
Egypt’s Valley of the Kings became a tourist destination more than 2,000 years ago! Now, archaeologists have discovered graffiti in royal tombs scrawled by merchants from India.
archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2026/digs-discoveries/tamil-tourists/
About 60 miles east of Cincinnati stands an enigmatic monument. Serpent Mound was built by ancestral Native Americans, and archaeologists debate its origins. Now they're working with elders to understand its cosmic connection.
archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2026/features/secrets-of-the-serpent/
They called him Æthelred the Unready, but he tried his best. The medieval English king, constantly besieged by Viking marauders, attempted to fight, attempted to bribe, and finally minted special Lamb of God coins.
archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2026/digs-discoveries/viking-payday/
At 73 miles long, it spanned Great Britain west to east; Hadrian’s Wall was one of the clearest symbols of the might of Roman Empire at its frontier. Now archaeologists are getting to know the families who lived there!
archaeology.org/collection/the-wall-at-the-end-of-the-empire/
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PERTH, AUSTRALIA—According to a statement released by Curtin University, the central Altar Stone at Stonehenge […]
