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The Megalithic Monuments of Europe Were Built by Egalitarian Communities That Cooperated Without an Elite Controlling Them

6 August 2026 at 14:01
Megaliths —those enormous stone blocks that have stood for millennia— continue to fascinate archaeologists and the general public. A recent compilation of books published between 2025 and 2026 shows that, although research has advanced by leaps and bounds thanks to new technologies, some fundamental questions remain without definitive answers. Who built these monuments? Why did […]

A Large 3,200-Year-Old Ceremonial Kitchen Found at the Tava Tepe Site in Azerbaijan Where Communal Banquets Were Held

5 August 2026 at 09:15
Excavations by the University of Catania at the Tava Tepe site, located in western Azerbaijan, have uncovered an archaeological complex that upends established notions about Late Bronze Age communities in the Caucasus region. What was initially interpreted as an isolated domestic structure, dated to around 1300–1000 BCE, has turned out to be the last link […]

Colossal Lydian Marble Statue of 2.2 Meters from the 5th Century BC Found in Sardis Depicting a Young Man Offering a Quince

4 August 2026 at 08:09
The Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, has announced the discovery in the ancient city of Sardis, in the province of Manisa, of a male marble sculpture approximately 2,500 years old, a piece that, due to its monumental dimensions and unusual state of preservation, stands out as an exceptional find for […]

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