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22/11/2025

1000 year old helical step well with 8 staircases twisting from 8 shrines, hidden for centuries, found in Maharashtra, India

18/11/2025

A plant so valuable the ancient Romans literally ate it into extinction may have just been found again. For nearly two thousand years, this 'miracle plant' known as silphium was thought to be lost forever. Now, a researcher believes he's rediscovered it on a remote mountain in Turkey.

17/11/2025

Heatwave of 2022: The lack of rainfall produced hidden treasure for aerial archaeologists from Historic England as well as amateur drone operators.

New discoveries included Iron Age settlements, Neolithic ceremonial monuments and a Roman farm.

Even known sites which are already mapped, revealed secrets that hadn’t been visible previously.

The last bonanza year for Historic England was in 2011 when they discovered around 1,500 new sites using aerial mapping, mostly in East Anglia

16/11/2025

Ancient Roman military camp discovered in Swiss Alps

A team of archaeologists from the University of Basel, in collaboration with the Archaeological Service of Graubünden, has unearthed the remains of a previously unknown Roman military camp in the Colm la Runga corridor of Switzerland’s Oberhalbstein Alps.

The site, located approximately 3,000 feet below Colm la Runga near the Crap Ses Gorge, was known to be the scene of a battle in 15 BCE between Roman forces and the local Suanetes tribe, identified as Raeti by the Roman author Pliny...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/08/roman-military-camp-discovered-in-swiss-alps/
Archaeology News

16/11/2025

At Carnoustie in Scotland, archaeologists uncovered a colossal Neolithic timber hall measuring roughly 115 feet in length and dating to about 4000 BCE—around a millennium earlier than Stonehenge—along with a smaller 65-foot structure nearby; the main hall’s wattle-and-daub walls, massive roof timbers, and ritually buried stone axes hint at ceremonial use, while the smaller building’s hearth, charred grains, and hazelnut shells point to domestic activity and suggest the site drew communities together for seasonal gatherings and feasts...

09/11/2025

08/11/2025

Fragment of the Colossus of Constantine, circa 312 AD [3024x3242]

The statue was commissioned by Emperor Constantine I around 312-315 AD to celebrate his victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge.

Originally, the statue stood in the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum and would have measured over 40 feet (12 meters) in height.

Now located in the Capitoline Museum in Rome.