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Origin of Life Would Not Have Been Favored Solely by Fortuitous Circumstances: Scientists Discover Early Earth’s Volcanic Rocks Contained Reactive Phosphorus

For more than seven decades, phosphorus has represented one of the great paradoxes in the study of the origin of life. This element, indispensable for the existence of living beings as we know them, forms the structural backbone of DNA and RNA, allows cells to store and transfer energy through the molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP), […]

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A Huge Roman Dolium and a Possible Late Antique Shipwreck Discovered on the Seafloor of Elba Island

The waters surrounding Elba Island have once again yielded evidence of its millennia-old past. A dolium from the Roman era and a presumed shipwreck, still under study, have been located on the seabed of the Tuscan Archipelago during the underwater heritage monitoring operations that the ABAP Soprintendenza for the provinces of Pisa and Livorno has […]

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The Foundations of the Lost HospederΓ­a of the Catholic Monarchs Found in Guadalupe

Excavations carried out during the past month of July in the monumental complex of Guadalupe (Extremadura, Spain) have brought to light the foundation remains of the former HospederΓ­a of the Catholic Monarchs (Guesthouse of the Catholic Monarchs), a lost historic building that has nothing to do with the current HospederΓ­a del Real Monasterio that operates […]

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A Group of Hunter-Gatherers Survived the Younger Dryas 14,000 Years Ago in a Cave in Northern TΓΌrkiye

A team of archaeologists has discovered in northern Turkey a settlement of hunter-gatherers who lived in the KoskarlΔ± cave approximately 14,000 years ago. The remains found during the first excavation campaign, conducted in 2024, confirm that the site was inhabited by human groups during the Epipaleolithic period, a transitional stage between the Upper Paleolithic and […]

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The discovery of the remains of 450 mice deposited as an offering in the sanctuary of Apollo in Gortyna indicates an ancient change of dedication

The archaeological research in the ancient sanctuary of Apollo in Gortyna, the famed Cretan city whose epigraphic legislation marked a milestone in the history of Greek law, has concluded its summer season with a series of findings that consolidate the importance of the site as a first-class religious center during the formation of the polis. […]

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Analyses Reveal That the Chained Men Found in the Phaleron Mass Grave Were Athenians, Not Foreign Invaders

The 2016 discovery of a large mass grave in the ancient cemetery of Phaleron, on the coast of Athens, shocked the archaeological community and the general public. There lay the remains of 79 adult men, many still with metal shackles, arranged in three parallel rows. Since then, researchers have debated who these individuals were: pirates, […]

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