Strange Viking Age burial with shells covering woman’s mouth leaves archaeologists perplexed

A metal detectorist has discovered a strange Viking Age grave in Norway with scallop shells covering the mouth of the ...

UH professors' discovery of ancient Mayan tomb named among top archaeological finds of 2025

Two University of Houston professors' discovery of a Mayan ruler's tomb was named one of the top 10 finds of 2025 by ...

South's 'Ayodhya' moment? A flame divides the hill of many gods; why Karthigai deepam row matters beyond Tamil Nadu

Thiruparankundram, a hill in Tamil Nadu with a history of religious coexistence, is now a flashpoint for political and legal ...
Ancient Origins

Huge Number of Coins Unearthed in Roman "Piggy Banks" in France

Archaeologists excavating a residential district in northeastern France have uncovered three ancient ceramic storage jars containing an astonishing cache of at least 40,000 Roman coins. The discovery ...
Proto Thema

How “Albanian” was Georgios Kastriotis or Skanderbeg, what does the domed tomb at the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos hide?

The “Tower of the Albanian” on Mount Athos, the relations of Ioannis Kastriotis, Georgios’s father, with Mount Athos – The ...