Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Megalithic ‘Giant’s Tomb’ Uncovered in Sardinia
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Megalithic ‘Giant’s Tomb’ Uncovered in Sardinia

Giant's Tomb at the Carrarzu Iddia site, Bortigali, Sardinia BORTIGALI, SARDINIA—Finestre Sull’Arte reports that an archaeological survey conducted by Italian authorities located a previously unknown monumental tomb at Carrarzu Iddia in central-western Sardinia. The megalithic structure belongs to a group of enigmatic Bronze Age burial complexes on the island known as Giants’ Tombs. These were…

Why Did Egyptians Link Baboons and Ibises to the Moon?
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Why Did Egyptians Link Baboons and Ibises to the Moon?

Sculpture of Thoth as a baboon ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND—According to a statement released by The University of St. Andrews, new research may have finally solved the mystery of why ancient Egyptians associated the moon god Thoth with ibises and baboons. It was not out of the ordinary for Egyptians to connect deities with animals. For…

Roman Villa Featured Oldest Known Library in Iberia
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Roman Villa Featured Oldest Known Library in Iberia

Photogrammetric model of the library in the villa at Fuente Álamo, Spain, showing the apse, rectangular and semicircular niches, and adjoining anterooms Bacchus mosaic from the villa GRANADA, SPAIN––La Brújula Verde reports that University of Granada researchers identified the oldest known library in Iberia at the sprawling Roman villa of Fuente Álamo near Córdoba. When…

Earliest Evidence of Silkworm Cultivation Found Outside of China
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Earliest Evidence of Silkworm Cultivation Found Outside of China

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI—According to a statement released by Washington University in St. Louis, Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists found the earliest known evidence of silkworm cultivation outside of China. The team was excavating the Bronze Age site of Sapalli Tepe in Uzbekistan when they uncovered three well-preserved cocoons. Silk proteins subsequently extracted from the cocoons were…

Three New Assyrian Kings Identified
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Three New Assyrian Kings Identified

Fragment of a cuneiform tablet inscribed with a royal grant issued in the name of Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT—According to a statement released by Yale University, scholars recently identified three previously unknown and forgotten Assyrian kings. Archaeologists and historians often rely on a preserved document known as the Assyrian King List (AKL), which…

Smallpox Virus Detected in Inca Remains Came from Europe

DUBLIN, IRELAND—According to a Live Science report, the earliest known smallpox genomes found in the Americas have been recovered from the bones of two mummified Inca individuals recovered in northern Chile, which have been dated to between 1492 and 1631. The disease, which is caused by the variola virus, was first documented in the Americas…

Ice Age Hunters Deliberately Targeted Female Woolly Mammoths

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN—DNA analysis of bones from more than 500 individual woolly mammoths suggests that Upper Paleolithic hunters in Eurasia and North America may have targeted female animals, according to a statement released by Stockholm University. “By comparing genetic sex ratios of hundreds of mammoths from natural settings with those found in these archaeological contexts, we…