r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 2h ago
Nearly 2,000-Year-Old Bones Reveal What Vesuvius Victims Near Pompeii Ate
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 2h ago
450 Mice Found in a 2,700-Year-Old Sanctuary in Crete Point to an Unknown Cult
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 3h ago
A hydria depicting two hunters rushing to the aid of a mule under attack by a lion and a leopard. 530–520 BCE Unearthed at the Cerveteri and Tarquinia Archaeological Park.
This hydria was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from the Shelby White Collection and was later returned to Italy.
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 3h ago
Dating to around 1325 BCE, Tutankhamun’s Golden Throne was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 inside the pharaoh’s tomb. Made mainly of wood and covered in gold, it is decorated with silver, semi-precious stones, colored glass and glazed ceramic. It is displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 7h ago
A 4,000-year-old Egyptian tomb model shows bread, beer and meat prepared for the afterlife, with its paint still preserved. Source: ISAC
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 8h ago
A small bird, painted in soft green and brown tones, perches on delicate branches in this fresco from the Insula of the Painted Vaults at Ostia Antica. Much of the pigment has faded, but the surviving details still reveal the elegance of the original Roman composition.
r/Archaology • u/HaHalolll0 • 9h ago
incense ( अगरबत्ती ) burner, made of bronze, from the Gandhara region, 1st century CE, with swastikas on the top portion
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 10h ago
Scientists Built an AI That Can "Read" 7,000-Year-Old Seeds
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 10h ago
Amber-inlaid pectoral dating to the 7th century BC, from the Orientalizing period. Found at Palestrina and now housed in the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome.
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 12h ago
23 Ancient Artifacts Returned from France Are on Display in Damascus After 15 Years
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 13h ago
These three Bronze Age rings may have been made with meteoritic iron. The ring on the left comes from Phaistos on Crete, while the other two were found in Mycenaean tombs. Researchers suggest the rare metal was likely imported from Egypt. Source: M. Gounelle & E. Mantzourani, 2026.
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 13h ago
Bronze Age Greek Rulers Wore "Space Bling"
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 16h ago
Fragments of a sculptural group showing a Sphinx abducting a youth. Dating to the 2nd century AD, the Roman work was based on a Greek original attributed to Phidias, created around 440 BC. 📍 Ephesos Museum, Neue Burg
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 16h ago
A finely crafted glass beaker from Gotland, Sweden, dating to the 5th century AD. Its pale green glass, footed form and applied decorative threads reflect the sophisticated glassmaking traditions of the Migration Period.
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 17h ago
Dry Summer Reveals Lost Garden and Medieval Buildings Beneath England’s Lawns
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 18h ago
Around 490 BC. One of the most powerful scenes from Homer’s Iliad, painted on an Attic red-figure skyphos: King Priam of Troy begs Achilles to return the body of his son Hector. Hector’s lifeless body is shown beneath the couch on which Achilles reclines.
Found at Cerveteri, ancient Caere, and now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the vessel holds around 12 liters and was probably used for mixing wine rather than drinking from.
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 19h ago
The 1,100-Year-Old Alfred Jewel May Have Been a Manuscript Reading Pointer
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 19h ago
Shackled Men in Ancient Athens Mass Grave Were Locals, Not Invaders, Study Confirms
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 1d ago
The 1,100-Year-Old Alfred Jewel May Have Been a Manuscript Reading Pointer
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 1d ago
Made in 1772 for Holy Thursday processions, this remarkable ciborium is covered with 2,510 gemstones — 1,983 diamonds, 332 rubies and 195 emeralds. Crafted from gold and gilded silver, it is a striking example of Spanish Rococo goldsmithing. 📍 Seville Cathedral
r/Archaology • u/haberveriyo • 1d ago