Ancient writing in Turkey dates back to 2000 BC
Clay tablets dating back 4,000 years show the beginnings of writing and literacy in ancient Anatolia, in the middle of modern-day Turkey, according to...
ISIS Destroys Ancient Theater, Tetrapylon In Palmyra, Syria Says
Two famous ancient structures in the city of Palmyra have been destroyed by ISIS forces, Syria's antiquities chief says.
The Tetrapylon and the facade of...
Dead heads: Turkish site reveals more evidence of neolithic ‘skull cult’
Fragments of carved bone unearthed at an ancient site on a Turkish hillside are evidence that the people who spent time there belonged to...
Archaeology 2020 – July – August
Welcome to the fourth edition of Archaeology 2020. Every two months the Archive publishes a new update covering some of the most important archaeological,...
4000 Year Old Sumerian Riverboat Unearthed
The Archive wanted to relay a bit of archaeology news that may have flown under the radar back in 2018 when archaeologists discovered an...
Archaeology 2020 – May – June
Welcome to the third edition of Archaeology 2020. Every two months the Archive publishes a new update covering some of the most important archaeological,...
Text by ‘Father of Medicine’ Found in Remote Egyptian Monastery
By Sarah Gibbens
There's perhaps no doctor in history more famous than Hippocrates. Many medical students today still swear the ancient doctor's oath to adhere...
Ancient Hominin Skull From China Suggests Humans Didn’t Evolve Just From African Ancestors
By Kastalia Medrano
Most scientists believe all modern humans are descended from African ancestors. But a new analysis of an ancient Chinese skull...
Ancient Zeus Temple Discovered in Egypt
A recent archaeological finding in Egypt suggests that the followers of Zeus existed well beyond the borders of ancient Greece. A team of Egyptian...
Mars’ Two-Faces and Moons Could Result from an Early Cataclysmic Impact
Mars experienced a single colossal impact during its first 130 million years, the equivalent to the largest body in the today’s asteroid belt slamming...
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