Excavations

Rare half-shekel coin used in biblical census count discovered by archaeologists in Judean Desert

The survey is an ongoing project by the IAA meant to protect archaeological sites in the Judean Desert from looting and unauthorized excavations.

Rare half-shekel coin discovered in Judean Desert by the Israel Antiquities Authority, February 26, 2026.
Pottery vessels, discovered alongside jewelry and other artifacts, inside Old Kingdom tombs at the Qubbet el-Hawa site in Aswan, Egypt, February 26, 2026.

‘Secrets of ancient Egypt’: Old Kingdom tombs, artifacts discovered on Nile's west bank

Rural landscape, Cumbria, Lake District, UK, February 25, 2026.

Meet Britain's oldest Northerner: The ‘Ossick Lass' buried over 11,000 years ago - study

People walk along Bourbon street days after a U.S. Army veteran drove his truck into the crowded French Quarter on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 6, 2025.

Archaeologists find clues to 1700s fires under New Orleans street


Hasmonean era 'first wall' section revealed at Tower of David museum excavation - interview

Israel’s Heritage Minister, Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu, called the discovery: “tangible and moving evidence of Jerusalem’s might and stature during the Hasmonean period.”

Archaeologist Amit Re'em and Eilat Lieber, director of the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum stand atop the recently uncovered section of the Hasmonean wall.

Ancient piggy bank: Excavation in France reveals 40,000 Roman coins from 1,700 years ago

The experts who analysed the coins believe, based on the dates on the coins, that the discovery unburied a treasure which was buried between A.D. 280 and 310.

A jug holding a vast number of Roman coins was found during an excavation at a French village.

Archaeologists find record-size Ming Dynasty cannon at Great Wall of China

Chinese archaeologists uncovered the largest Ming Dynasty cannon ever found during excavations at the Great Wall’s Jiankou section, alongside rare artifacts and ancient structures.

A Chinese flag flies with tourists hiking along the Great Wall, near Beijing, China, November 10, 2025; illustrative.

Israeli team uncovers 12,000-year-old myths in clay figurine of woman and goose

Excavated by Hebrew University researchers at Natufian settlement Nahal Ein Gev II, the 3.7 centimeter clay sculpture retains ochre traces and the fingerprint of its presumed young female maker.

Goose embracing woman, oldest human-animal depiction found in Israel.

Face carved on T-shaped pillar at Karahantepe links Neolithic Anatolia and the Levant

Munro says the minimalist carving closely matches a twelve thousand year old face unearthed in Israel, hinting at a shared symbolism across early settlements.

Face carved on T-shaped pillar at Karahantepe links Neolithic Anatolia and the Levant.

Excavations resume at ancient Ugarit near Latakia after 14-year pause

Ugarit is famous for its vast archive of clay tablets inscribed in seven languages, considered among the oldest records of bronze age political and social life.

Archaeological excavations.

Ancient shipwreck appears on Hoi An beach, dated by experts to 14th–16th century

Researchers say the 17m hybrid craft, found 400m from former Cẩm An ward office, is among Vietnam’s best-preserved underwater relics and will undergo urgent excavation.

Ancient shipwreck resurfaces on Hoi An beach, experts place vessel in fourteenth to sixteenth century.

Ancient migrants left murals warning of climate change after a mega-drought 4,200 years ago in Peru

Archaeological digs on Peru’s central coast indicated that the Caral civilization, once thought to have vanished after an extreme drought, reorganized along the Pacific shoreline.

Archaeological Findings. Illustration.

Archeologists find evidence of a 5,000-year-old earthquake in Turkey

Assoc. Prof. Savaş Sarıalioğlu said no burned debris, charcoal, or domestic waste was found under the collapsed slab, and the pottery matched the structure’s construction phase.

Earthquake.

Researchers think the largest and oldest monumental Maya site is a map of the universe

The site's layout follows the solar movement and “is comparable to, or even greater than, those of later Mesoamerican cities.”

Researchers think the largest and oldest monumental Maya site is a map of the universe.