Archaeology Magazine tells the story of the human past through articles that explore the latest discoveries from around the world. archaeology.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mmcoh3bdyd2wGeoglyphs were discovered in the Nazca Desert at a rate of 1.5 per year. Archaeologists recently trained an AI tool to recognize them and identified 303 previously unknown geoglyphs in a single field season … archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2025/digs-discoveries/nazca-ghost-glyphs/20 May 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcoh3bdyd2whttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mmce475mk72jDNA testing has finally revealed that two mysterious individuals—a young boy and a teenage girl entombed together in a rare Anglo-Saxon double burial—were brother and sister. archaeology.org/news/2026/05/06/dna-reveals-rare-anglo-saxon-double-burial-belonged-to-brother-and-sister/20 May 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmce475mk72jhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mmc4buqesb2iIn caves along the Rio Grande in Texas, ancient people experimented with enormous, surreal murals 5,500 years ago. Now archaeologists are revisiting the mysterious rock art tradition. Get the story and pics with a digital subscription. archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/features/art-for-the-ages/ https://archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/features/art-for-the-ages/20 May 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmc4buqesb2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mma5y4zxaj25Roman Carnuntum was a thriving city with a population of 50,000. Near Vienna, it’s the largest archaeological landscape in central Europe—and, excavators have found, the site of a gladiator school. archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2015/off-the-grid/trenches-off-the-grid-austria-carnuntum/19 May 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma5y4zxaj25https://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mm7t3faaxp2fPoland’s ancient Przeworsk people were masters of amber crafting. Workshops in five settlements have been identified through fragments of raw amber, semiworked pieces, and finished decorative pendants! archaeology.org/news/2026/04/29/1700-year-old-amber-workshops-identified-in-central-poland/ 19 May 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7t3faaxp2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mm7lszmsjx22Some things about the Trojan War mosaic seemed odd. Hector and Achilles fight on chariots. Priam pays Achilles a ransom of his son’s weight in gold. Those details aren’t in the Iliad. archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/collection/another-trojan-war/the-unexpected-world-of-the-odyssey/19 May 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7lszmsjx22https://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mm5nj5q4cy2hA new discovery in central Texas offers evidence for earlier arrivals in the Americas than previously known—projectile points and tools dating to 20,000 years ago. archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2019/collection/texas-gault-site-stone-tools/top-10-discoveries-of-2018/18 May 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5nj5q4cy2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mm5cmjrnjt2aWhat was life like after the fall of Rome? Archaeologists studied the skeletal remains of more than 250 people who lived in Germany between A.D. 400 and 700. Analysis revealed some surprises! archaeology.org/news/2026/04/30/skeleton-study-reveals-life-on-the-frontier-after-the-fall-of-rome/18 May 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5cmjrnjt2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mm53dzsgdv22It’s easy and fun to make hand stencils, as humans discovered at least 67,800 years ago. Archaeologists have found one—the world’s oldest known rock art—near the island of Sulawesi, and successfully calculated its minimum age. archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/digs-discoveries/mark-of-the-human/18 May 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm53dzsgdv22https://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mm2w2sgnxx25Archaeologists in Moldova have discovered a Scythian tomb dated to the third century B.C.! It comprises an access shaft, a corridor, and a burial chamber, which has yielded ceramics, arrowheads, a censer, and a possible altar. archaeology.org/news/2026/05/14/scythian-tomb-unearthed-in-moldova/17 May 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2w2sgnxx25https://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mm2lyu3mcq22Charles V’s gardener grew 1,200 of the plants at the Louvre Palace. One manuscript says their leaves could be made into an ointment to heal tumors. Medieval aristocrats simply had to have their strawberries! archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2025/collection/the-strawberry-cure/a-passion-for-fruit/17 May 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2lyu3mcq22https://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mly57nl4ia2hArchaeologists have found burials in Greece that have striking parallels to rites described in the Iliad. Were the deceased inspired by Homer—or were their own deeds immortalized by the bard? archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/collection/the-archers-tomb/the-unexpected-world-of-the-odyssey/16 May 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly57nl4ia2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlw44g2egw2jThe ancient people of Bali ate, prayed, and loved some 1,000 years before the arrival of Elizabeth Gilbert. At the temple of Gunung Kawi, basalt shrines are thought to honor a ruler and his wives, concubines, and children. archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2020/off-the-grid/digs-bali-gunung-kawi/ https://archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2020/off-the-grid/digs-bali-gunung-kawi/15 May 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw44g2egw2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlvr7xehit2wThe last occupants of Ptolemais packed up in the seventh century A.D., but the site was not exactly abandoned. Archaeologists think hundreds of game boards were carved into its ruins by medieval shepherds. archaeology.org/news/2026/04/29/shepherds-may-have-played-games-in-ruined-libyan-city/ https://archaeology.org/news/2026/04/29/shepherds-may-have-played-games-in-ruined-libyan-city/15 May 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvr7xehit2whttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlvjxcvrja2wHumans first began using bows around 80,000 years ago. For hunting, this was a game-changer. Poison-tip technology came next, and archaeologists have homed in on the earliest known example of it! archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/world/?location=south-africa-215 May 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvjxcvrja2whttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mltomhdgfe2hSpaniards had introduced peaches to Florida by the mid-sixteenth century, and the trees soon spread. Archaeologists have learned that the ancestors of the Muscogee cultivated them in Georgia. archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2025/collection/original-georgia-peaches/a-passion-for-fruit/14 May 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltomhdgfe2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlteeyzu2a2iBy measuring minerals in calcite crystals at a site in China, archaeologists have been able to date stone tools found there. They were made 146,000 years ago, during a harsh Ice Age, by the hominin Homo juluensis. archaeology.org/news/2026/05/12/new-dates-obtained-for-stone-tools-in-east-asia/14 May 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlteeyzu2a2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlt5poec452jKnole House has 26 acres of gardens and 420 rooms; it’s been owned by the King Henry VIII and the Sackville family. Archaeologists knew that excavating the English manor would be a massive job. archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2016/features/the-many-lives-of-an-english-manor-house/14 May 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt5poec452jhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlr36kmiaj2pOn the Pylos Combat Agate, a leaping warrior stabs an armored foe. The intricate seal stone is one of the many remarkable finds from Greece's Tomb of the Griffin Warrior, a burial from the 1500s B.C.! archaeology.org/issues/september-october-2019/features/greece-pylos-mycenaean-warrior-grave/13 May 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr36kmiaj2phttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlqt3hcb6y2jArchaeologists in Scotland have an explanation for why this copper piece of a whisky still was found broken: Smugglers likely dismantled the still in a hurry and dropped the part as they escaped. archaeology.org/news/2026/05/12/copper-part-from-illicit-19th-century-still-discovered-in-scotland/13 May 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqt3hcb6y2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlqmgxcabr2iAround A.D. 800, Bulgaria’s khan worshipped the wind and grass, and—lore has it—used an enemy’s skull as a goblet. By 900, the empire had a Christian tsar who promoted a new alphabet called Cyrillic ... archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/letters-from/capitals-of-khans-and-tsars/13 May 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqmgxcabr2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mloodwlb5w2qNarrow-nosed rhinos and Neanderthals both lived in Europe 100,000 years ago. Archaeologists think the hominins made tools from the rhinos’ teeth. How’d the researchers figure that? They tried an unusual experiment … archaeology.org/news/2026/05/08/neanderthals-may-have-used-rhino-teeth-as-tools/12 May 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloodwlb5w2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlojithfmw25The Franklin Expedition left England in 1845 headed for the Canadian Arctic. All 129 sailors perished, and archaeologists have been trying to identify the remains they’ve recovered. archaeology.org/news/2026/05/11/remains-of-additional-sailors-from-doomed-franklin-expedition-identified/12 May 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlojithfmw25https://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlodaq6knq2aScholars once thought that ancient people in the Arctic were the first whale hunters, but the Sambaqui of Brazil started whaling at least 5,000 years ago, according to radiocarbon dates of these rods. archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/artifacts/ancient-brazilian-harpoons/12 May 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlodaq6knq2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlm6pta66o2hAround the 1340s, a Chinese junk set sail for Temasek—the port that later became Singapore. It did not make it. Nearly 700 years later, divers found the shipwreck, Singapore’s oldest, and recovered 300 rare Yuan Dynasty porcelain bowls! archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/world/?location=singapore11 May 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm6pta66o2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mllzhkmooo2gArchaeologists in Croatia have uncovered a rare unlooted grave in a Roman necropolis. The skeleton is remarkably well preserved; other graves in the area have yielded such artifacts as this glass “tear” bottle. archaeology.org/news/2026/05/07/intact-roman-grave-unearthed-in-croatia/11 May 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllzhkmooo2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mllo24bgok2bFollowing a devastating Pacific storm, the Haida people of coastal Canada teamed up with archaeologists to save an ancestral village. What they unearthed amazed them. archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/off-the-grid/sgang-gwaay-british-columbia-canada/ https://archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/off-the-grid/sgang-gwaay-british-columbia-canada/11 May 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllo24bgok2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mliyqgiaa52hThis gold fitting likely adorned the ceremonial scabbard belonging to a Norse ruler in the sixth century A.D. Archaeologists say it’s among the finest works from the period—and a hiker discovered it! archaeology.org/news/2026/05/08/1500-year-old-gold-ornament-discovered-in-southern-norway/10 May 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mliyqgiaa52hhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlgwekvwpn2jWho’s in the tomb of the owl lord? Archaeologists in Mexico are digging into that question now following their discovery of the burial. Some figures may represent guardians, and the massive owl was a symbol of death. archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/digs-discoveries/tomb-of-the-owl-lord/09 May 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgwekvwpn2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/archaeologymag.bsky.social/post/3mlem7d4smg2wAlpine lake life was rather different 6,000 years ago, but the Neolithic people of Germany made it work, building villages on stilts over the waters. Archaeologists have found one of the earliest known wheels at one site! archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/features/pioneers-of-lakefront-living/08 May 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:om5kcv64w5f6iqoxbbew4fwx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlem7d4smg2w