Archaeologists recently uncovered an early medieval church in the city of Venice’s iconic Piazza San Marco. The ABAP Superintendency for the Municipality of Venice and the Lagoon shared a Facebook post about the discovery last month. The Italian organization explained that its
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The Mayan civilisation dominated a stretch of land called Mesoamerica which today consists of parts of Central and Northern America. Their presence in the region goes back millennia, with scientists having found evidence for settlements in Belize around 1800 BC. While little
Central and South America are filled with snippets of time that thrived before the Spanish Conquest. Whether that is the Maya civilisation or the Aztecs, each society had its own set of rules and architectural techniques, much of which remains hidden deep
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Members of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Archaeology Network got more than what they bargained for when digging in Dutou. Hidden by dirt for thousands of years, a series of wells soon made themselves present. Dutou
Alongside the Pyramids, it is perhaps the most recognisable relic of Ancient Egypt: Tutankhamun’s death mask. The Boy King was one of the last pharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty, a period of significant change for the ancient empire. Tutankhamun took the throne
Spanish archaeologists have made a sweet discovery. A group of excavators has uncovered a medieval structure in a Barcelona building that was later used as a chocolate factory. The building dates back to the 19th century, but the walls and doors on
A mystery 12-sided alien-like object has been discovered by archaeologists which was used by the Romans for an unknown purpose. The metal dodecahedron adorned with balls on each corner is one of the finest examples ever found in Britain and the only
People are first thought to have settled in Siberia, the vast swathe of land that stretches from the Russian Urals to the Bering Sea, by 45,000 BCE. These ancient people spread in all directions, both east and west, and went on to