Wednesday, October 14, 2026
New Discoveries Link Sinai Site with Lost Egyptian City
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New Discoveries Link Sinai Site with Lost Egyptian City

Inscribed sandstone lintel unearthed at Tell Abu Saifi, Sinai, Egypt EL QANTARA, EGYPT—Egyptian authorities announced a string of new discoveries at Tell Abu Saifi in northern Sinai that have strengthened the site’s association with the long-lost city of Mesen, according to a Daily News Egypt report. Excavations uncovered a mudbrick enclosure wall, including its gateways,…

Denisovans Were Much Taller Than Previously Thought

PENGHU CHANNEL, TAIWAN—Surprising new research suggests that Denisovans, an extinct species of hominin, were much taller than their Pleistocene contemporaries, Science reports. Denisovans were related to Neanderthals but genetically split from them around 550,000 years ago. They came to inhabit much of Asia, from Siberia to China. Two decades ago, two mysterious and ancient leg…

Ceremonial Poles Returned to Canadian Village Site
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Ceremonial Poles Returned to Canadian Village Site

Helicopter carrying pole to SG̱ang Gwaay Llnagaay, Canada Haida Nation members and repatriation team, SG̱ang Gwaay Llnagaay, Canada HAIDA GWAII, CANADA—Monumental poles carved from cedar have been returned to the village of SG̱ang Gwaay Llnagaay, a historic community of the Haida people of Canada’s Pacific Northwest. According to Haida Laas, the newsmagazine of the Haida…

2,300-Year-Old Alcoholic Beverage Discovered in China

XI’AN, CHINA—The contents of a bronze vessel excavated in northern China have been analyzed and found to contain an alcoholic beverage, according to a report from the South China Morning Post. The vessel was unearthed in the Shanjaibao cemetery in the Yuanzhou District of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region by the Ningxia Institute of Archaeology. The…

Possible Bronze Age Grave Unearthed Beneath Viking Ship Burial
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Possible Bronze Age Grave Unearthed Beneath Viking Ship Burial

Grønhaug Viking ship burial, Karmøy, Norway Iron nails from Grønhaug ship burial, Karmøy, Norway KARMØY, NORWAY—Archaeologists in western Norway have begun excavating a burial mound that first caught scholars’ attention in 1902, Science Norway reports. Researchers from the University of Stavanger opened a trench in the Grønhaug mound on the island of Karmøy, hoping to…

Moche Pottery Center Excavated
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Moche Pottery Center Excavated

Ceramic mold LA LIBERTAD, PERU—The Art Newspaper reports that excavations at the site of Cerro Mayal in northern Peru's Chicama Valley are offering archaeologists a more refined understanding of the production of Moche pottery, which is known for its mold-made vessels and ornate painted decoration. The Moche culture inhabited sites along the northern coast from…