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  Giant Ramesses II statues found in Behbeit El-Hagar after a villager reports a carved stone block Egyptian archaeologists working in Behbeit El-Hagar, a village in Gharbia Governorate, have uncovered the remains of two giant royal statues, and experts believe both show King Ramesses II. A block of pink granite carved with hieroglyphs came out of the ground close by... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/giant-ramesses-ii-statues-found-in-behbeit-el-hagar/ (© Photo Courtesy of the Eg...

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  1377 or 1437? Korean gunpowder weapon confirmed as the country’s earliest surviving firearm A small bronze gunpowder weapon found on a Korean mountain is now identified as the country’s earliest surviving firearm. The weapon, known as the Hwangja Hwatong, was found in November 2023 on Geumseongsan Mountain in Naju. Workers found it during a mine detection sweep before construction work for a mountain trail... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/korean-gunpowder-weapon-earliest/ (Pho...

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  Rare Bronze Age deer antler axes found in southern Sweden Two axes made from deer antlers have turned up near Löddeköpinge in southern Sweden. Archaeologists found them this spring while studying an ancient settlement in Skåne. Both axes lay in pits dating to the Bronze Age, between about 1700 and 500 BCE... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/bronze-age-deer-antler-axes-found-in-sweden/ Follow @archaeology #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #zooarchaeo...

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  Medieval lead mining in England exposed children to industrial levels of toxic pollution People living in medieval England’s lead-mining communities faced levels of pollution as high as those found in industrial cities centuries later. New research shows lead production in the Derbyshire Peak District began by the mid-seventh century... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/medieval-lead-mining-in-england-children-toxic-pollution/ Photo © Colin Merrony & Anna Bloxam, fr...

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  Violent deaths found among people buried beside Egypt’s first royal tombs For more than a century, archaeologists have debated the deaths of people buried beside Egypt’s earliest royal tombs. Many early researchers linked these graves to human sacrifice. New study of the surviving skulls now points to a more complex story. The burials sit at Umm el-Qaab, near Abydos, where Egypt’s First Dynasty rulers built large tombs... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/violent-deaths-among-peopl...

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  15th-century windmill and possible war fortifications uncovered at Puck in Poland Archaeologists have uncovered more than 300 structures at Windmill Hill in Puck, northern Poland, including the remains of a likely 15th-century windmill and a Lutheran cemetery. The research was led by archaeologists from the University of Warsaw, with Dr. Michał Starski overseeing the work... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/15th-century-windmill-and-fortifications-at-puck/ (Photo © Dr. Michał Sta...

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  15 ancient tablets reveal forgotten places, royal estates and thousands of hectares of farmland in Mesopotamia Fifteen cuneiform tablets from the Iraq Museum record farming, irrigation, land, grain, and labor during the Ur III period. The tablets date from 2112 to 2004 BCE. The study examines the records and their unusual details... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/ur-iii-tablets-reveal-royal-estates-in-mesopotamia/ Photo: Tablet no.2. © A. R. Saadoon et al., Iraq (2026)...

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  Roman-era paintings and stucco found near the ancient assembly seats of Agrigento’s citizens Archaeologists digging in Agrigento, Sicily, have found pieces of painted plaster, building parts and stucco from the first century BCE. The team is from Italy’s Scuola Normale Superiore... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/roman-paintings-and-stucco-found-in-agrigento/ (Photo: A stucco fragment showing part of a face, found during the 2026 dig at Agrigento. © Scuola Normale Superiore. Pho...

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  700,000-year-old elephant tooth reveals the landscape that sustained early humans in the Levant A well-preserved elephant tooth from northern Israel has given researchers a picture of the land where early humans lived 700,000 years ago. The tooth came from Gesher Benot Ya’aqov, a prehistoric site in the Jordan Rift Valley, south of today’s Hula Valley. Early humans made stone tools there... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/700000-year-old-elephant-tooth-in-the-levant/ Follow @arc...

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  How ancient pottery styles reveal the rise and fall of Neolithic societies Societies don’t change in a straight line. Neolithic Europe, from about 8,000 to 4,000 years ago, shows this well. Two researchers built a mathematical model to study what drove the ups and downs. Archaeologists call repeated phases of growing and shrinking social organization social cycles... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/pottery-styles-rise-and-fall-of-neolithic-societies/ Follow @archaeology #archa...

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  Stone tools found underwater off Western Australia come from a landscape the sea covered at least 9,000 years ago Archaeologists and Indigenous Rangers have located stone tools at two underwater sites near Murujuga in Western Australia, a region with World Heritage status. Rising seas covered both places at least 9,000 years ago... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/stone-tools-found-underwater-off-western-australia/ (Photo © Jonathan Benjamin et al., Quaternary Science Reviews (20...

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  Roman Egypt’s scribes used diagrams to guide and check math problems, study finds A scribe in Roman Egypt needs the area of a field. He picks up his reed pen and sketches a triangle on papyrus. Then he writes numbers along the sides. A new study shows this habit was common, and the sketches did real work... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/roman-egypts-scribes-used-diagrams-to-check-math-problems/ Follow @archaeology #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #papyrus #mat...

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  New maps reveal how Egypt’s early Christian monks stayed connected Christian monks in ancient Egypt lived in a landscape shaped by desert paths, river routes, churches, and distant settlements. A new research project is mapping these connections to understand how religious communities interacted with wider networks of travel and trade. Known as the Coptic Project, the study examines Egypt between the third and seventh centuries CE... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/new-maps-revea...

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  Rare coin of Norway’s King Olaf Haraldsson found in the country’s largest Viking hoard A rare coin minted under Norway’s King Olaf Haraldsson has emerged from the Mørstad Hoard, the largest Viking Age coin hoard ever found in the country. The silver coin dates to the 11th century and offers a rare link to a king who helped establish Christianity in Norway.. More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/rare-coin-of-norways-king-olaf-haraldsson-in-viking-hoard/ Follow @archaeology #archaeolog...

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  Inequality in ancient China became durable long before the first states, burials show Inequality in ancient China took shape long before the first states emerged. A study of more than 2,300 burials shows how social ties shaped differences in wealth, health, and access to resources over thousands of years. The research covers the Central Plain of China between 7000 and 1500 BCE... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/inequality-in-ancient-china-before-first-states/ Follow @arch...

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  Fatal wound in 75,000-year-old Neanderthal shoulder blade may be the earliest evidence of a wooden spear attack A round hole in the shoulder blade of a Neanderthal found in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan could be the earliest known case of deadly violence with a wooden spear in the human fossil record, according to Cambridge archaeologists who published their findings in Scientific Reports... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/wound-in-75000-year-old-neanderthal-shoulder-blade/ F...

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  13,800-year-old Alaska camp reveals how Ice Age hunters lived near the Bering Land Bridge Around 13,800 years ago, hunters set up camp on a small ridge above the Tanana River in interior Alaska. Spruce trees cover the spot today. Back then, shrub tundra rolled across the land. Archaeologists now call the place Shég’ Xdaltth’i’, an Athabascan name meaning “they were there.” More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/alaska-camp-links-ice-age-hunters-to-siberia/ Follow @archaeology #...

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  Possible hidden chambers found near Italy’s prehistoric “Cave of Venuses,” known for Neanderthal remains and ancient figurines Researchers have found signs of hidden cavities beneath the ground near Grotta delle Veneri, a prehistoric cave in southern Italy. The underground features could include new sections of the cave. Some also point to cracks in the rock, raising questions about the site’s stability.... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/hidden-chambers-found-near-cave-of-venuse...

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  Northern Iberia abandoned its fortified Iron Age settlements around 400 BCE, then took far longer to rebuild Around 400 BCE, people across northern Iberia left their fortified settlements and built new ones. A new study shows the move came in two stages with very different speeds. The old settlements emptied within a few decades. The new ones took far longer to spread... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/northern-iberia-abandoned-its-fortified-iron-age-settlements/ Follow @archaeo...

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  Roman-era oracle found in Turkey offered 56 answers through sheep bone throws An inscribed stone found at the ancient city of Kibyra in southwestern Turkey offers a glimpse of Roman-era fortune-telling. Archaeologists unearthed the stone in 2024 inside a chapel More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/oracle-found-in-turkey-offered-56-answers/ (Photo: The astragalos oracle monument bearing the inscription with 56 possible answers, at the findspot. Credit: Ş. Kileci et al., Gephyra (2026)...

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  7,000-year-old fish traps show hunter-gatherers brought fish to Norway’s mountains centuries before farming Seven thousand-year-old wooden fish traps found in southern Norway are changing views of life before farming. The finds show Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers moved brown trout into mountain lakes around 5000 BCE.... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/hunter-gatherers-brought-fish-to-norways-mountains/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #archeology #archae...

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  More than 1 tonne of Iron Age iron bars found in Austria is Europe’s largest assemblage A huge pile of rusted iron bars found beside the Danube in Austria is the largest such find in Europe. Workers uncovered the mass of iron in 2019 during gravel extraction at Deinham in Upper Austria. The find lay in a silted-up branch of the Danube River. Researchers have now dated the bars to the Late Iron Age... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/1-tonne-of-iron-age-iron-bars-found-in-au...

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  Medieval Norman castle thought lost found hidden inside Dublin university building A medieval castle long thought to have vanished has been found inside a modern building at University College Dublin. Researchers identified substantial remains of Roebuck Castle, a Norman fortress once located along one of the main roads into medieval Dublin... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/medieval-castle-inside-dublin-university-building/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology...

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  1,800-year-old Roman building and metalworking site emerges in Ligornetto, Switzerland A Roman building linked to craft work and farming has emerged at an archaeological site in Ligornetto, where excavations are underway near Via Mastri. The main find is a Roman building dating from the second and third centuries CE. The structure stood beside a small road and formed part of a wider area used for craft work and farming... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/roman-building-and-metalwo...

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  400-year-old grave of feared young woman reveals rare anti-vampire burial ritual in Poland A 400-year-old grave in northern Poland has given archaeologists a rare look at how fear shaped burial practices in the 17th century. The remains of a young woman were found with an iron sickle across her neck and a padlock attached to her left big toe... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/grave-of-woman-anti-vampire-ritual-in-poland/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #anthropolo...

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  Huge Iron Age salt-mining complex found beneath Hallstatt in Austria Archaeologists have found a huge network of Iron Age salt-mining chambers beneath Hallstatt, Austria. The chambers extend for at least 300 meters and offer new evidence about how prehistoric miners worked deep inside the mountain... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/iron-age-salt-mining-complex-beneath-hallstatt/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #sal...

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  Burials inside Italian Paleolithic cave date to medieval period, 1302-1489 CE, radiocarbon dating shows Three people buried inside Grotta Romanelli in southern Italy lived during the medieval period, new radiocarbon dates show. The finding adds a later phase of human use to one of the Mediterranean’s key Paleolithic sites. Researchers dated skeletal remains from one adult and two children... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/burials-inside-italian-paleolithic-cave-date-to-me...

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  Massive limestone blocks hint at a monumental Etruscan building at ancient port in Italy Archaeologists working at Gravisca, the ancient port of Tarquinia, have uncovered massive limestone blocks buried beneath later Roman structures. The find points to a large Etruscan building whose purpose is still unknown... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/limestone-blocks-hint-at-a-etruscan-building-in-italy/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews...

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  Neanderthal gene inherited by modern humans linked to greater muscle mass A gene inherited from Neanderthals tens of thousands of years ago is linked to greater muscle mass in some people today. A new study found the gene affects how cells respond to growth hormone. The gene came from Neanderthals through mating with early modern humans, likely about 47,000 years ago... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/neanderthal-gene-linked-to-greater-muscle/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #...

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  First Roman Republican silver coin hoard found in Saxony-Anhalt rewrites central Germany’s ancient history Silver coins from the Roman Republic rarely turn up in central Germany. Archaeologists have now confirmed the first documented hoard of Roman Republican silver denarii in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/first-roman-republican-silver-coin-hoard-in-saxony-anhalt/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #archeology #archaeolog...