El Cono: The mysterious sacred 'pyramid' hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest(livescience.com)

49 points by Brajeshwar 1 year ago | 13 comments

Dolní Vĕstonice Portrait Head: The oldest known human portrait in the world(livescience.com)

100 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 40 comments

Curse tablet found in Roman-era grave in France targets enemies by invoking Mars(livescience.com)

25 points by diodorus 1 year ago | 10 comments

Sunken temple and sanctuary from ancient Egypt(franckgoddio.org)

127 points by jelliclesfarm 3 years ago | 20 comments

2K earthquakes in 1 day off Canada coast(livescience.com)

128 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 72 comments

Orcas that hunted alongside humans might be extinct(livescience.com)

69 points by aforelight 3 years ago | 14 comments

Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed in ancient Syrian city(hub.jhu.edu)

327 points by Someone 1 year ago | 240 comments

Johns Hopkins Hub article on clay cylinders found at an ancient Syrian site bearing what may be the oldest known alphabetic writing.

Archaeologists find 3000-year-old sword, exceptionally well preserved(newsingermany.com)

336 points by janpot 3 years ago | 164 comments

News article reporting that archaeologists in Germany found an exceptionally well-preserved 3,000-year-old sword.

Why the Bronze Age Collapsed(worksinprogress.news)

3 points by measurablefunc 25 days ago | 2 comments

A Works in Progress essay examining the causes of the Late Bronze Age collapse of Mediterranean civilizations.

The Economic Complexity of the Western Roman Empire(michelecoscia.com)

136 points by mikk14 12 days ago | 30 comments

Blog post by Michele Coscia applying economic complexity analysis to the economy of the Western Roman Empire.

Ancient Greek terms worth reviving(classicalwisdom.substack.com)

402 points by cacher 3 years ago | 220 comments

A Classical Wisdom Substack newsletter post listing 12 Ancient Greek terms, such as eudaimonia and arete, that the author argues deserve modern revival.

An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time(scrollprize.org)

1608 points by verditelabs 4 months ago | 353 comments

Vesuvius Challenge announcement page reporting that an entire carbonized Herculaneum scroll has been virtually unrolled and read for the first time.