Ancient Aboriginal artifacts, possibly dumped in a freshwater spring, have been discovered off the coast of Western Australia.
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Ancient stone tablet returned to Iraq by Italy
The war ravaged country of Iraq has long been trying to recover antiquities smuggled from its territory. One of them is an ancient stone tablet inscribed in Babylonian script returned from Italy.
Three shipwrecks discovered off Tunisia
All three Roman ships were found off Tunisia as part of a Unesco project, a mission to protect underwater heritage.
Lost village buried in the ocean for 600 years
The main church of the medieval settlement of Rungholt, dubbed the ‘Atlantis of the North Sea’, has been found in the ocean.
Artifacts stolen from Türkiye return to their original lands
Türkiye continues its legal and diplomatic struggle for the return of historical artifacts stolen in different periods.
Ceramic jars confirm Ecuador as the birthplace of cacao and chocolates
Ecuador, known as the birthplace of cacao and chocolate, has confirmed this with ancient ceramic jars.
Ancient Greek temple discovery sheds light on ancient Paestum
A temple was recently discovered during excavations in ancient Paestum in southern Italy. In the temple, a treasure trove of artifacts was unearthed, containing new information about ancient rituals.
The mysterious underwater Yonaguni-Jima Pyramids in Japan
These ancient underwater structures were discovered by chance in 1986 by Kihachiro Aratake, who was diving to observe sharks in Japan.
Dating to around 3.6 billion years ago, the Pilbara region of Western Australia is home to the fossilized evidence of the Earth’s oldest lifeforms
The Pilbara began to form more than 3.6 billion years ago and its vast landscape of deep pindan reds panoramas is an ancient place.
Greece’s Twin Lakes of Zerelia made by a meteorite crash
A rare example of a body of water that was created by the catastrophic impact of a meteorite is the twin lakes in Central Greece together referred to as Zerelia.