5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (346+ words) A previously unknown Turkic stone sculpture in Kyrgyzstan has been documented beside a complex of nine ancient stone enclosures near Lake Issyk-Kul, placing the newly recognized monument within an archaeological setting rather than leaving it as an isolated figure in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (561+ words) Archaeologists excavating Karahantepe in southeastern Türkiye have uncovered an approximately 11,000-year-old composite statue depicting a human figure seated on the back of a leopard, adding an unexpected new variation to the site’s already remarkable repertoire of human-animal imagery. Ersoy described…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (533+ words) Archaeologists excavating Gedikkaya Cave in northwestern Türkiye have uncovered around 25 stone turtle figurines from Epipaleolithic contexts dating between approximately 14,500 and 11,200 BCE, adding striking new evidence that prehistoric hunter-gatherers used parts of the cave for ritual or symbolic activities. Prof. Dr....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (645+ words) Archaeologists excavating Early Iron Age burial mounds in Khakassia, southern Siberia, have discovered rare engravings of horses on a stone slab reused in a Tagar culture kurgan. The images may do more than add to the region’s prehistoric art: their…...