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Archaeologists Discover Hidden Structures Beneath the Fortified Hellenistic Settlement of Castiglione di Paludi in Calabria

What lies beneath one of the most important fortified settlements of Hellenistic Calabria? A study combining archaeology and geophysics has begun to answer this question. Thanks to the application of sophisticated subsurface exploration techniques, an interdisciplinary team from the University of Catania has succeeded in identifying anomalies compatible with buried structures at the Castiglione di […]

The First Archaeological Evidence of an Assisted Birth in the Neolithic 6,000 Years Ago Found in the Dolomites

The death, which radiocarbon dating places between 3932 and 3653 B.C., surprised an individual at approximately forty weeks of gestation in the rock shelter of Ripari Altí, at 1,100 meters above sea level, within the current Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park. The archaeological context points to the final phases of the Neolithic, a period in which […]

One of the 7 Stations of the Vigiles, the Firefighters of Ancient Rome, Discovered on the Caelian Hill

Excavations carried out as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) have brought to light an architectural complex of incalculable value in the heart of Villa Celimontana. Under the supervision of the Special Superintendency of Rome of the Ministry of Culture, the work has uncovered eight rooms belonging to an Imperial-era building whose […]

Rock-Eating Fungi Thrive Deep Beneath the Earth

More than 500 meters beneath the Earth’s surface, a dark and ancient world teems with fungal life on a scale scientists had never imagined. A research team led by the University of Michigan has, for the first time, quantified the abundance of fungi in a deep subsurface site, reaching depths of up to 500 meters, […]

A Huge Roman Pool with Capacity for 300 People Discovered and Restored in the Thermal Complex of Tralleis

The Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, has announced the completion of the excavation and restoration works of an ancient pool located in the frigidarium of the monumental complex known as the Hamam Gymnasium, within the ancient city of Tralleis, in the province of Aydın. The newly restored structure has remarkable dimensions: […]

Archaeologists Discover That the Great Neolithic Kapellenberg Mound in Germany Has a Central Tomb Linked to Prehistoric Monuments in Northern France

The archaeological excavations currently being carried out at Kapellenberg, near Hofheim am Taunus in Germany, have provided new evidence during this summer campaign regarding the possible location of the central tomb of a large burial mound dating back approximately 6,000 years, as confirmed by the leaders of the research project directed by Professor Detlef Gronenborn […]

Encuentran en las Dolomitas las primeras evidencias arqueológicas de un parto asistido en el Neolítico hace 6000 años

6 August 2026 at 08:04
La muerte, que la datación por radiocarbono sitúa entre el 3932 y el 3653 a.C., sorprendió a un individuo de aproximadamente cuarenta semanas de gestación en el abrigo rocoso de Ripari Altí, a 1.100 metros de altitud, dentro del actual Parque Nacional de las Dolomitas Bellunesi. El contexto arqueológico remite a las últimas fases del […]

Descubren en la colina del Celio una de las 7 estaciones de los Vigiles, los bomberos de la antigua Roma

5 August 2026 at 18:13
Las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el marco del Plan Nacional de Recuperación y Resiliencia (PNRR) han sacado a la luz un complejo arquitectónico de incalculable valor en el corazón de la Villa Celimontana. Bajo la supervisión de la Soprintendencia Especial de Roma del Ministerio de Cultura, los trabajos han permitido exhumar ocho estancias de […]

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