later Odysseus‑related traditions emerged. (a) Samples of characteristic relief Hellenistic pottery. (b) Selection of pottery sherds of various categories from the Final Neolithic period. (c) Samples of pottery from the late Mycenaean period. (d)...

New 8,000‑year‑old settlement reshapes Indus Valley history, revealing a startling cause for the collapse of its great cities. Excavations in a trench at Bhirrana, Haryana, have yielded animal bones and teeth that record five millennia of climate...

Divers recovered hundreds of gold coins from an English wreck; newly uncovered London legal records finally reveal the ship’s name, cargo and doomed voyage. Thirty years after a glint of gold first caught a diver’s eye on the sands of Devon’s...

had already identified clusters of monastic cells known as manshubiyat, together with ancillary service structures and pottery sherds that hint at daily activity. The current team, led by archaeologist Samir Rizq Abdel‑Hafez, also revealed a sizable...