Archaeology

A large Bronze Age settlement has been discovered in France.

Excavations conducted by theInstitut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap) at Onnaing, in France's Escaut Valley, have uncovered a remarkably large rural site inhabited between the end of theBronze Age and the beginn...
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In Campania, new discoveries in the necropolis of ancient Liternum

In the municipality of Giugliano in Campania, an archaeological excavation is currently underway in the area of ancient Liternum, not far from the Roman colony's Forum and Amphitheater, conducted under the scientific supervision of Simona Formola, th...
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Excavations in Bulgaria reveal Roman settlement destroyed in 4th century

A late Roman settlement that had been hidden for centuries under farmland near the village of Borimechkovo in Bulgaria's Pazardzhik region has come to light thanks to recent rescue excavations. The discovery came during the construction of a transit ...
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Herculaneum reopens the House of the Tuscan Colonnade and the House of the Wooden Sacellum

Two of the most beautiful residences ofancient Herculaneum reopen after more than twenty-five years: the House of the Tuscan Colonnade and the House of the Wooden Sacellum. They are both symbolically representative of the origin of ancient Herculaneu...
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Outstanding discovery in Trento: fragments of a very rare Egyptian papyrus found

An extraordinary find enriches the archaeological holdings of Trento's Castello del Buonconsiglio. In the course of studying and cataloguing the Egyptian materials preserved in the museum, archaeologist Annamaria Azzolini and Egyptologist Barbara Gil...
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Turkey, innovative rooftop in Karahantepe will protect 5,000 sqm of archaeological excavations

A new chapter in archaeological heritage preservation is opening at Karahantepe, a site in southeastern Turkey. Among the hills of Şanlıurfa, there are traces of a civilization dating back to the ninth millennium B.C., and to ensure the protection ...
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What pigments were used in the frescoes of Pompeii? Study published on the subject

The scientific article Pompeian pigments has been published in the international Journal of Archaeological Science. A glimpse into ancient Roman coloring materials. The study is the result of a fruitful collaboration between the Archaeological Park o...
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Porto Venere, opens new museum at Varignano Roman villa

On Saturday, March 15, 2025, the Regional Directorate National Museums of Liguria opens the doors of the new museum at the Roman Villa of Varignano, in the Le Grazie locality of Porto Venere. The new museum venue is located within thearchaeological a...
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More than 200,000-year-old engraved stone discovered in Spain

A new find could write the history ofprehistoric art in Marbella in Spain's Malaga province all over again. During an excavation campaign at the Coto Correa archaeological site in Las Chapas, archaeologists discovered an engraved stone block whose pr...
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Greece new discoveries at submerged archaeological site of Asini

In the seabed near the archaeological site of Asini inArgolis, Greece, an international team conducted underwater research Oct. 7-11, 2024, uncovering new details about a submerged port structure. The excavations are part of a five-year project launc...
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Ancient Jewish ritual bath discovered in Ostia Antica Archaeological Park

Extraordinary discovery in the Ostia Antica Archaeological Park: a Jewish ritual bath(mikveh) was brought to light during excavations carried out between June and August 2024. The excavation campaign, carried out as part of the OPS - Ostia Post Scrip...
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Scotland, Roman fibula discovered in Iron Age fortified settlement

Archaeological excavations conducted in 2020 at the William Grant & Sons Girvan Distillery at Curragh in South Ayrshire, Scotland, uncovered a fortified settlement dating back to the Iron Age. The work, carried out by archaeologists from GUARD Ar...
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Large statue of Hermes discovered in Turkey: found in fragments, it has been reassembled

In Turkey, during excavations in the ancient city of Aspendos, a few kilometers from Antalya, a large marble statue depicting Hermes, messenger of Zeus and a Greek deity associated with commerce, was found as part of the Heritage To The Future projec...
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Egypt, French-Egyptian mission discovers splendid jewels in Karnak temple

Major archaeological discovery in Egypt where the Franco-Egyptian archaeological mission of the Centre Franco-Égyptien d'Étude des Temples de Karnak (CFEETK, French-Egyptian Center for the Study of the Temples of Karnak), in collaborati...
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Pompeii, a large frescoed banquet hall with megalography dedicated to the procession of Dionysus emerged

More than a century after the discovery of the Villa of the Mysteries, during recent excavations conducted in the central area of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, in insula 10 of Regio IX, a large banquet hall decorated with a monumental frieze with ...
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Milan, subway tunnel opens at Sant'Ambrogio: you can see the ancient city walls

Starting today, Milan citizens and tourists moving between the M2 and M4 subway stations in Sant'Ambrogio will be able to take advantage of a new tunnel that allows them to switch from one line to the other without having to go outside. This is an im...
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