Part of an ancient Roman law code previously thought to have been lost forever has been discovered by researchers at UCL’s Department of History. Simon Corcoran and Benet Salway made the breakthrough after piecing together 17 fragments of previously incomprehensible parchment. The fragments were being studied at UCL as part of the Arts & Humanities [...]

A 2,221-year-old silver coin dug up as part of a hoard is the oldest piece of Roman money ever found in Britain.
Dating from 211 BC and found near the Leicestershire village of Hallaton, the coin was uncovered with 5,000 other coins, a helmet and a decorated bowl.
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The Syrian-Swiss archaeologists of Joint Excavation Expedition made four probings in Qasr al- Heir al-Sharki (The Eastern Walled-Palace) through which, walls made of adobe, stones and mud were unearthed.
Two gypsum pictures were discovered in the probings. The first picture portrays a horseman, riding his horse, wearing an oriental dress and holding in his left hand [...]

Des archéologues égyptiens ont découvert les ruines d’un temple grec antique dédié à la déesse-chat égyptienne Bastet dans la ville d’Alexandrie, dans le nord de l’Égypte.
L’archéologue Mohammed Abdel Maqsoud et ses collègues ont mis au jour ce qui reste du temple de la reine Bérénice, l’épouse du roi Ptolémée III qui a gouverné l’Égypte de 246 [...]

The archaeological expeditions have discovered many archaeological findings in the central Syrian Palmyra city, conducting many surveys, excavations and restorations during certain seasons.
The Syrian-Swiss expedition, working at Qasr al-Hir al-Sharqi Palace has conducted four surveys to the north of the palace with different dimensions through which the expedition unearthed the foundations of some buildings’ walls [...]

Excavations at the Sanctuary of Zeus atop Greece’s Mount Lykaion have revealed that ritual activities occurred there for roughly 1,500 years, from the height of classic Greek civilization around 3,400 years ago until just before Roman conquest in 146.
“We may have the first documented mountaintop shrine from the ancient Greek world,” says project director David [...]

L’Egypte a exposé lundi une série de tombes datant de plus de 4.000 ans et appartenant semble-t-il à des ouvriers engagés pour la construction des pyramides de Gizeh, contrairement au mythe populaire qui veut que ces monuments aient été bâtis par des esclaves.
Ces sépultures en briques de boue séchée, d’une profondeur d’environ 2,75m, contenaient une [...]

Archaeologists hope to learn more about Egypt’s middle class from two 2,500 year old tombs dug up near Cairo, according to Reuters.
The tombs were found near the entrance to the archaeological site at the Saqqara burial ground.
Dating from the 26th dynasty, one tomb consists of a complex of rooms and corridors linked to a large [...]

ARCHAEOLOGY’s annual list of the year’s most exciting discoveries–from North America’s earliest canals to evidence for chemical warfare at a Roman outpost in Syria–highlights sites, artifacts, and scientific studies we feel most enrich our knowledge of the past.
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Crete has seduced archaeologists for more than a century, luring them to its rocky shores with fantastic tales of legendary kings, cunning deities, and mythical creatures. The largest of the Greek islands, Crete was the land of the Minoans (3100-1050 B.C.), a Bronze Age civilization named after its first ruler, King Minos, the “master of [...]