Over the past ten years, archeologists in Turkey have been chipping away at a treasure trove of Byzantine shipwrecks. As BBC reports, so far, they’ve uncovered 37 ships at a dig site in Istanbul. The site, Yenikapi, was once a port in bustling Constantinople, and the remnants of the ships found their date from the fifth to 11th century.

Balkerne Gate is a Roman gateway in Colchester and is the largest surviving gateway in Roman Britain.

Introduction to Sardinia, the picturesque Mediterranean island known for its stunning landscapes and rich history, has long been a place of fascination and intrigue. Among its many mysteries, one stands out: the legend of the giants who supposedly once roamed the island’s ancient lands. While these tales may seem like mere folklore, recent archaeological discoveries have reignited the debate about the existence of these giants and their possible extraterrestrial origins.

A handful of rare and exquisite Hellenistic Golden Hairnets survive today scattered around major Museums around the world.

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A nearly millennium-old gilded Bible has been seized, during a police operation in the northern province of Tokat, Turkey. Also, ten people were taken into custody as part of the operation. A total of four operations were carried out in the city center and two in Tokat’s Turhal district. The ancient gilded Bible […]

Tablet features contract on sales of a city, which consists of information about parties, witnesses, says team head – Anadolu Ajansı

Learn about Agrigento, home to some of the grandest and best-preserved monuments from ancient Greece in the amazing ‘Valley of the Temples’.

Footprints found at Ain Dara in Syria seem to show a giant god entering into a temple. Could these footprints be ancient evidence of gods walking among us?

This 13th century toilet at St Andrews Castle, Scotland emptied directly down the cliff and into the sea.

Despite over a century of archaeological work, there are large gaps in our knowledge of this massive city and the people who lived there.

The realm of sculptural art, a testament to human creativity and bold expression, captivates archaeologists with its profound narratives and intricate

Out of the many incredible artifacts that have been recovered from sites in Iraq where flourishing Sumerian cities once stood, few have been more intriguing than the Sumerian King List.

A cylinder seal is a small cylindrical object with images, words, or both, engraved onto it. Sumerian cylinder seals would be rolled over wet clay to make an impression.

Medical usage? Ritual practice? Or perhaps the drugs served both purposes? Researchers are asking what the recently recovered psychoactive drug residues from ancient Mesopotamia mean. But not everyone is happy that scholars want to know more.

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In Rome, there is an artificially built mountain, which entirely consists of fragments of about 53 million Roman amphoras, in which olive oil was stored. It is the largest Roman dump – the so-called Monte Testaccio (also called Monte Testaceo or Monte dei cocci; in English Testacio).

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The Royal Cemetery of Ur received its name because of the large quantity of treasures that were discovered there during the excavations headed by Sir Charles Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934.