Culture
An Ancient Hymn to Babylon is Reawakened
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Researchers reconstruct an ancient hymn to Babylon using AI.
Asia
Ancient Nineveh Yields another Spectacular Discovery: A relief of Ishtar and Assur
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A team of archaeologists has announced the discovery of a monumental stone relief in Iraq depicting King Ashurbanipal, along with Ishtar, Ashur, and other religious figures. “This find is a rare and invaluable window into the spiritual and political world of one of history’s most powerful empires.”
Europe
Unearthing Power: Female Leadership and Building a Monumental Society at Copper Age Valencina
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Forthcoming research on Copper Age Valencina reveals early female-led leadership, expressed through lavish burials and ritual artifacts. The site’s spiritual and political complexity challenges assumptions about prehistoric power, highlighting women’s central roles in religion, economy, and early social organization.
Europe
The Sacred Hearth: New Research Reveals Our Ancestors’ Mastery of Fire
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New research from Ukraine reveals Ice Age hearths showing advanced fire use, suggesting seasonal adaptation and skilled fuel management by early European hunter-gatherers during a time of scarce evidence.
News
Bronze age stone circle uncovered in Derbyshire, UK
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A standing stone in the Peak District, apparently an isolated monument, has been revealed as only one part of a standing circle and ritual complex that dates back 3700 years to England’s Bronze Age, according to archeologists with Forestry England.