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Money Emerged to Facilitate Trade Between Strangers, Not to Collect Taxes, According to an Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Study
The history of money, one of humanity’s most transformative creations, has been the subject of discussion for centuries. How ...
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A mold used to produce Medusa masks dating back to the early 1st century BCE has been found in ancient Finziade, Sicily
Sicily, archaeologists have discovered a mask mold that, according to initial interpretations, could represent Medusa, the ...
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The Oldest Evidence of Hominin Presence in Europe Found in Romania: They Hunted and Used Tools Over 1.95 Million Years Ago
A recent scientific discovery published in the journal Nature Communications has unveiled compelling evidence of the presence ...
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Famous Alexander Mosaic found in Pompeii is made with 10-color tesserae from Italy, Greece, the Iberian Peninsula, and Tunisia
The Alexander Mosaic in the Archaeological Museum of Naples. Credit: ho visto nina volare / Wikimedia Commons The Alexander Mosaic, housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN), is ...
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Ngerulmud, the Only Capital in the World Without Inhabitants
In these times of debate about tourism saturation, we propose an idea for lovers of extravagant experiences. The Republic of Palau is an island country in Oceania, made up of nearly three and a half ...
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Ancient Sunstones Found in Denmark Are Neolithic Sacrifices to Revive the Sun After a Volcanic Eruption
Throughout human history, volcanic eruptions have wreaked havoc on civilizations, causing drastic climatic shifts, failed harvests, and societal turmoil. One such event, in 43 BCE, saw an Alaskan ...
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A Large Bath Complex Discovered in Pompeii Within a Domus Decorated with Scenes of Athletes and Paintings of the Trojan War
A new archaeological discovery in Pompeii has unveiled a bath complex inside a private domus, accompanied by a banquet hall. This find stands as a clear example of how Roman architecture not only ...
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Iron Age Celts in Britain Had a Matrilocal Society, as Roman Sources Recount
An international team of geneticists, led by researchers from Trinity College in collaboration with archaeologists from Bournemouth University, has uncovered secrets of the social structure of Iron ...
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Concentric Circular Enclosures from the Bronze Age Discovered in Northern France
Bronze Age circular enclosures at Vémiers, France. Credit: P. Raymond / Inrap Archaeologists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) have made a significant ...
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The Syriac Sanctuary of the Janiculum: An Enigma of Lost Cults and Deities in Trastevere, Rome
View of the remains of the Syriac Sanctuary of the Janiculum in Rome. Credit: Fabio Caricchia / Soprintendenza Speciale di Roma / Ministero della Cultura Nestled in the heart of the Trastevere ...
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Mysterious “Ghost Galaxies” Created at the Dawn of the Universe Stopped Forming Stars Millions of Years Ago
View of the dwarf galaxy Sculptor A Credit: DECaLS/DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys/LBNL / DOE & KPNO/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Astronomy, always seeking the deepest mysteries of the cosmos, has taken a ...
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A Mysterious Mask Embedded in the Walls of a Cistern Found in the Ancient Egyptian City of Ptolemais in Libya
On the coast of the Cyrenaica region in present-day Libya lies the ancient city of Ptolemais, founded by the Egyptian pharaohs of the Ptolemaic dynasty in the 4th or 3rd century BCE. This city thrived ...