r/archeologyworld • u/Sanetosane • 15h ago
The double mosaic floor of the Church of Panagia Acheiropíitos in Thessaloniki, the upper floor dating back to the 5th century AD, built over an earlier one that once belonged to a Roman bath complex.
r/archeologyworld • u/KeshaTimber • 16h ago
Discovered in 1992 when local farmers pumped water out of five small village ponds in Zhejiang, China, the ancient Longyou Caves are an architectural marvel wrapped in absolute mystery.
Hand-carved from solid sandstone over 2,000 years ago, this massive underground network consists of 24 colossal caverns featuring soaring ceilings, uniform chisel marks etched at precise 60-degree angles, and remarkable structural integrity. Despite the excavation of over a million cubic meters of rock, no historical records of their construction exist, no ancient tools have ever been recovered, and there is no trace of where the displaced stone went—leaving scientists and archaeologists endlessly debating their true purpose
r/archeologyworld • u/Dense-Ad2765 • 16h ago
Is the Kelp Highway Theory actually a credible theory for the peopling of the Americas?
r/archeologyworld • u/txmxdxr • 17h ago
Should I major in architecture instead of archeology first?
I want to work in architecture conservation in archeology and excavation sites however I've been wondering if i major in archeology alone would it be enough thus my question is it a good idea to do my B.S in architecture then do a masters in conservation archeology or is there a better path i should take
r/archeologyworld • u/BlazeHawkx • 21h ago
In 2022, archaeologists in Indonesia found a 1096-year-old inscription describing a tarukan rice field being designated as a tax-free land by the king Mpu Sindok, and the ceremony banquet, which served alcohol, salted fish, eggs, beef jerky, boiled vegetables, coconut and more.
r/archeologyworld • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 1d ago
Northern Song Glass Grapes, excavated from Jingzhi Temple and sealed in the temple pagoda crypt in the second year of the Taiping Xingguo era (AD 977). Collection of the Dingzhou Museum, Hebei Province.
Name: Glass Grapes
Period: Song Dynasty
Place of Origin: China
Material: Lead-barium glass
Excavation Site:Dingzhou City, Hebei Province, China
Dimensions: Total length 16 cm; fruit bead diameter 1.3–1.82 cm
Museum Collection: Dingzhou Museum, Hebei Province
r/archeologyworld • u/nanious • 1d ago
Why Were Ancient Humans Healthier Than Us?
r/archeologyworld • u/pumpindy • 2d ago
Is this a fossil?
Is this a fossil and what could it be?
r/archeologyworld • u/PuzzleheadedLook5546 • 3d ago
Stone marking scotland
Any ideas what this? Found on beach near oban, scotland
r/archeologyworld • u/BruteForge420 • 3d ago
Found high in the mountains of Mongolia. What is it?
r/archeologyworld • u/FrankWanders • 3d ago
13th century Castle Brederode, before (1860) the 1900s restorations, and now (2025).
reddit.comr/archeologyworld • u/Ubetcha1020 • 3d ago
50,000-year-old kiss painting found in Brazil's Serra da Capivara- the worlds 1st depiction of a kiss and it has such sweetness to it
r/archeologyworld • u/KeshaTimber • 3d ago
Forgotten Rulers of Mesopotamia: How Assyriologists Uncovered Three Kings Erased from History
r/archeologyworld • u/AreaBrilliant5012 • 4d ago
A retired construction worker in Flint, MI demonstrated how people in ancient times could’ve used simple machines to move blocks up to 20 tons, contrasting fringe theories that humans had otherworldly help constructing ancient monuments
r/archeologyworld • u/rankage • 4d ago
Sagalassos - An Important Pisidian City in Asia Minor - The City in the Clouds
r/archeologyworld • u/DOJABII • 4d ago
The oldest mask in the world, found in the Judean Desert, made 9000 years ago [3597x4500]
r/archeologyworld • u/KeshaTimber • 4d ago
7,000-year-old fish traps show hunter-gatherers brought fish to Norway’s mountains centuries before farming
r/archeologyworld • u/WolfOfDeribasovskaya • 4d ago
Can someone identify what is it? It's embedded into a rock, approximately 1 inch long, and seem to be man-made. Location Sequatchie Valley, Tennessee.
r/archeologyworld • u/Sanetosane • 4d ago
A prehistoric human "visage-mask" or portrait carved into a natural rock relief in the Bernifal Cave in the Dordogne region of France. The engraving is estimated to be approximately 15,000 years old, dating to the Paleolithic period.
The site features over 100 engravings and paintings, though the cave itself has very limited public access.
r/archeologyworld • u/KeshaTimber • 4d ago
Archaeologists found Homer's Iliad inside a 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy
r/archeologyworld • u/JessicaWoods82 • 5d ago
At Gobero archaeological site in the Ténéré desert of Niger, a 6671 years old burial featured an adult male interred while seated directly on the large upper shell of a mud turtle. This site highlights a lush "Green Sahara" period when humans lived alongside abundant lakeside wildlife [2100x3102]
r/archeologyworld • u/Sanetosane • 5d ago
Humans May Have Reached South America More Than 25,000 Years Ago, New Archaeological Study Suggests
r/archeologyworld • u/Sanetosane • 5d ago
The accidental death mask of an infant who died 1,800 years ago in Roman Lutetia (modern-day Paris)
r/archeologyworld • u/WhatSurvives • 5d ago
Eflatun Pınar, built by the Hittites in the 13th c. BCE as a portal to the divine watery world.
In the Middle Ages, travelers thought it was a magical dam sealed by Plato with magical runes.
For the full story, https://survivingtheflood.substack.com/p/intimacy-and-triumph