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Rescue Excavation at Vindonissa Uncovers Switzerland's Earliest Roman Military Camp, With a Tiberius-Era Gold Coin
An 11-month dig at Vindonissa found the earliest camp's rampart, a legionary barracks, a field forge, and a Tiberius gold aureus.
Ancient DNA From Two Chilean Mummies Provides First Genetic Proof Smallpox Arrived From Europe
Viral DNA from two colonial-era mummies in northern Chile shows smallpox reached the Americas from Europe, in a newly named extinct lineage called CAM9.
Archaeologists Uncover High-Status Iron Age Cemetery Near Chelmsford, Revealing Pre-Roman Elite Trade Links
A 2,000-year-old cemetery near Chelmsford holds five richly furnished cremation burials with imported Roman glass and wine jars, alongside three newly found Iron Age settlements.
Pyrenees Cave at 2,235 Meters Yields 23 Hearths and Burned Green Minerals, Reframing High Mountains as Sites of Prehistoric Industry
A cave high in the eastern Pyrenees held 23 hearths and over 170 burned green mineral fragments, suggesting repeated prehistoric visits tied to early copper processing rather than passing traffic.
Norway's Largest Viking Age Coin Hoard Surfaces at Mørstad Farm, With More Than 3,000 Silver Pieces and Counting
Two metal detectorists found 19 silver coins in a field near Rena on April 10, 2026. Within days, archaeologists had recovered more than 3,000, surpassing a record that had stood since 1836.
Archaeologists Uncover a Previously Unknown Roman Fortlet Beneath Suburban Gardens in Scotland, Expanding the Antonine Wall's Defensive Map
GUARD Archaeology has published findings from a 2017 excavation in Bearsden that revealed a fortified Roman outpost hidden under residential back gardens, offering the clearest evidence yet of a denser surveillance network along the Antonine Wall than historians had assumed.