Age life and revealing how early humans thrived in unexpected ways. Conventional wisdom regarding the prehistory of the Mediterranean has long drawn a sharp line between two distinct populations: nomadic hunter-gatherers and the sedentary,...

and decorative motifs indicate extensive contacts between the inland Iberian community and the broader ancient Mediterranean world. Ritual Function and Iconic Imagery The chariot emerged from corridor S3 of the main building, an area already known for...

Discover Western Banded and Mediterranean House Geckos in desert and urban habitats. Learn their behaviors and conservation needs. Las Vegas isn’t just known for its bright lights and casinos; it’s also home to some intriguing reptiles. Among them are...

these observations led the authors to propose at least three separate late‑Miocene hominine genera in the eastern Mediterranean: Ouranopithecus, Graecopithecus and the newly identified Anadoluvius. Earlier fragmentary finds had left the regional...

coast of a Greek island. Marine archaeologists have identified one of the most significant maritime discoveries in the Mediterranean: a massive Roman merchant vessel resting on the seafloor near the Greek island of Kefallinia. The ship, which sank...

In other words, the rainfall intensified faster than what simple moisture scaling alone would predict. The warmer Mediterranean Sea played a major role. Higher sea surface temperatures increased evaporation, loading the lower atmosphere with additional...

Archaeologists uncover a 16th‑century shipwreck 2,567 m beneath the Mediterranean, its cargo eerily preserved as if frozen in time. A French naval survey team has pinpointed a 16th‑century merchant vessel resting at roughly 2,567 metres below the...

back two millennia, given that such crops only entered European agriculture after the 15th century. Animal DNA paints a Mediterranean‑European portrait Analysis of animal DNA highlighted a profile dominated by Mediterranean and European fauna. The most...

Divers find a millennium‑old Byzantine shipwreck treasure of gold in the Mediterranean, revealing a hidden ancient hoard. A Byzantine merchant vessel discovered off Croatia’s island of Mljet has yielded the most extensive assemblage of gold artefacts...

tombs and 2,000‑year‑old discoveries, revealing new insights into ancient life. Archaeologists working along Egypt’s Mediterranean shoreline have uncovered a cluster of eighteen tombs at the ancient site of Marina el‑Alamein, revealing a cache of...

energy firm Energean has inadvertently led to an archaeological breakthrough of historic proportions. While scanning the Mediterranean seabed to assess ecological habitats, company sonar detected a massive cluster of artifacts resting 1.8 kilometers...

Archaeologists have discovered 22 massive stones submerged in the Mediterranean, revealing the remains of an ancient gateway hidden for centuries. A specialized recovery operation off the coast of Egypt has successfully retrieved 22 massive stone...

tanker near the village of Palomares. The impact hurled three of the weapons onto the ground and sent the fourth to the Mediterranean Sea. The aircraft, tail number “Tea 16,” was a B‑52G that had departed Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina...

successfully mapped the remains of a British Fairey Swordfish, a Second World War torpedo bomber that has rested on the Mediterranean seabed for over eight decades. The aircraft, which ditched into the water in 1943 following mechanical failure, was...

of Continents Sudan sits at a natural meeting point. Africa lies to the south, the Middle East to the northeast, and the Mediterranean world beyond that. For centuries, people moved through this region for trade, work, and settlement. Rivers like the...

A surprising find of large stones in the Mediterranean’s depths has uncovered an ancient structure that has been hidden underwater for more than sixteen centuries. The long-lost remnants of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, a 7th wonder of the ancient...

draws on biochar made from olive pits and pine residues, two plentiful by‑products that are widely available across Mediterranean supply chains. Carboliva, a firm active in related biochar research, describes the approach as turning roads and buildings...

haunted a village and U.S. airmen for decades. On 17 January 1966 a U.S. Air Force KC‑135 tanker disintegrated over the Mediterranean coast of Spain, sending fragments of a B‑52 bomber and its four nuclear weapons spiraling toward the small village of...

crafted by Canaanite hands, its design follows an Egyptian artistic tradition that spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean. Tel Azekah. Credit: Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority Tel Azekah rises in the Shephelah, the Judean Lowlands that...

22 massive stone blocks rise from the Mediterranean, poised to reshape our view of an ancient wonder. In a deep‑water operation off Alexandria, divers and engineers hoisted 22 massive stone blocks—each weighing between 70 and 80 tons—from the...