Flipboard 2025 Archaeology And Discoveries

Near Tiaret, Algeria, 13 mysterious pyramid-shaped tombs known as the Jeddars may hold the secrets of forgotten Amazigh kings who ruled North Africa after Rome.

Archaeologists uncovered a rare 1,600-year-old Roman guardian spirit beneath a barrack floor at Vindolanda, offering remarkable insight into religion, protection, and everyday life near Hadrian’s Wall in ancient Roman Britain.

Scientists successfully tested cosmic-ray muon imaging beneath ancient Jerusalem, opening a non-invasive way to locate hidden chambers before excavation.

Most people walking around with a metal detector are hoping to find an old coin, a lost ring or at least something more exciting than another bottle cap. One man searching near a small German village found something much bigger. Then, instead of telling anyone, he quietly took it home and kept it hidden for eight years. Why?

Discover the remarkable discovery of 18 ancient tombs near Egypt's lost Greco-Roman port, where archaeologists uncovered golden tongue amulets, a massive sarcophagus, and fascinating clues about ancient burial customs.

For decades, archaeologists believed early hominins occasionally picked up bones and used them as convenient tools. A collection discovered at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge tells a much more complicated story.

New research challenges the famous Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile, suggesting it may be thousands of years younger than previously believed and reshaping the debate over when humans first reached the Americas.

Archaeologists in Bulgaria unearthed a significant historical treasure hidden in the sewer system below an ancient city—but its discovery is not what’s making history.

In Türkiye, archaeologists uncovered the remains of ancient Perre. Now, new excavations are filling in the story of how ordinary residents lived in this lost Roman city.