Scientists today described development of a new method to determine the age of ancient mummies, old artwork, and other relics without causing damage to these treasures of global cultural heritage. Reporting at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), they said it could allow scientific analysis of hundreds of artifacts that until [...]

Tal Bokrous is a sample of the first agricultural village built according to the architectural style of the Stone Age in Deir Ezzor, (432 kms northeast of Damascus, Syria).
The site is the only archaeological discovery at the Middle Euphrates Region which belongs to the booming phase of the Neolithic era.
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Archaeologists say a temple being excavated in southeastern Turkey is 12,000 years old and is likely the oldest temple ever uncovered.
The site was first identified in 1986 when a farmer tilling his field in Sanliurfa found a statuette in the soil, the Radikal newspaper reported Wednesday.
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Le ministère de la culture égyptien a annoncé mardi qu’une équipe d’archéologues a découvert à l’intérieur d’un temple mortuaire deux statues géantes en granit rouge du dieu Thot et du pharaon Amenhotep III à Louxor, dans le sud de l’Egypte.
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Damascus Countryside Governorate announced Tuesday the unearthing of 5 archaeological graveyards in old Daryya City near Damascus, dating back to the 3rd and 4th Century AD.
The discovered graveyards, mostly dating back to the Roman and Byzantine era, contain tens of skulls, Mahmoud Hamoud, Damascus Countryside Archeology director said in a statement to SANA.
Hamoud disclosed that [...]

One of Bulgaria’s top Ancient Thrace sites, the Starosel Tomb, has been dated to the 4th century BC after years of research.
With German help a team of archaeologists of the Bulgarian National History Museum led by Dr. Ivan Hristov has managed to estimate the timing of the construction of the largest underground temple on the [...]

The remains of what might have been the residence of the Etruscan prince Sextus Tarquinius, son of the last legendary king of Rome Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud), have been found on the slopes of an extinct volcanic crater about 12 miles from Rome, Italian archaeologists have announced.
The palace was discovered on the site of [...]

A Syrian archaeologist says more than 250 silver coins dating back to the era of Alexander the Great have been unearthed in northern Syria.
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La chambre funéraire d’une mystérieuse reine de l’Ancien empire égyptien, vieille de 4.000 ans, a été découverte dans la nécropole de Saqqara près du Caire, ont annoncé mercredi les archéologues français à l’origine de cette découverte.
Cette nécropole de l’ancienne capitale pharaonique de Memphis a été occupée de façon ininterrompue pendant plus de 2.000 ans jusqu’à [...]