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Archaeologists have documented the wrecks of more than 30 ships, from as far back as 5th century BC, in the bay that curves between the southern port of Algeciras and the Rock of Gibraltar.
In total 151 archaeological sites have been identified (among them 134 shipwrecks).
📷Herakles Project/Supplied. Alejandro Mañas.
Felipe Cerezo Andreo.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/15/hidden-treasures-spanish-archaeologists-discover-trove-of-ancient-shipwrecks-in-bay-of-gibraltar
The discovery of exceptionally well-preserved iron blooms during underwater excavations in the Dor Lagoon provides a rare and transformative window into southern Levantine Iron Age metallurgy and trade. For the first time, unworked iron blooms, still encased in protective slag, have been recovered, representing the earliest securely dated industrial iron products identified to date. Radiocarbon modeling of an embedded charred oak twig, together with additional short-lived carbon samples, dates the blooms to the late 7th–early 6th centuries BCE. These findings challenge assumptions that iron blooms were typically forged immediately after smelting. Instead, the Dor blooms demonstrate that raw iron was transported in its as-smelted state, with adhering slag protecting the metal from corrosion during shipment. Results suggest that Iron Age urban centers focused on smithing rather than smelting activities, while raw iron circulated as a traded commodity, possibly under Saitic-Egyptian rule following the Neo-Assyrian withdrawal from the region.
Shipwreck reveals earliest evidence for raw iron trade.
Discovery of iron blooms off the coast of Tel Dor, Israel, provides new insight into the iron production process of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean.
📷Tzilla Eshel https://armstronginstitute.org/1442-shipwreck-reveals-earliest-evidence-for-raw-iron-trade
A hoard of Bronze Age jewelry has been discovered during construction of wind turbines near Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony, Germany. More finds include two well-preserved house foundations from the Linear Pottery culture dating to the 6th millennium BC.
📷 Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege/ C. Wehrstedt & / T. Uhlig.
Bronze Age hoard 1500-1300 BC and a bone comb from the 4th/5th century AD
https://www.wissenschaft.de/geschichte-archaeologie/bronzezeitlicher-ausnahmefund-beim-windanlagen-bau/
A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees. The colony is one of the largest ever recorded and likely one of the oldest.
A University of Iowa-led research team is aiming to use AI to restore lost sections of ancient manuscripts, with support from a $500,000 grant from Schmidt Sciences
https://dailyiowan.com/2026/04/12/ui-professor-repairs-damaged-ancient-manuscripts-with-ai/
A University of Iowa-led research team is aiming to use AI to restore lost sections of ancient manuscripts, with support from a $500,000 grant from Schmidt Sciences, a philanthropic organization that funds unconventional scientific research. Paul Dilley, the Erling B. “Jack” Holtsmark Associate Professor in the UI’s Classics department and the departmental executive officer of...
Archaeologists have uncovered a stratified deposit within an early Roman well in the Roman city of Colonia Ulpia Traiana in Xanten, Germany.
The well has been dated to the mid-1st century AD. The shaft was constructed from at least two wooden barrels, each approximately 2 meters tall.
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/04/roman-barrel-lined-well-discovered-in-xanten/157717
Archaeologists have uncovered a substantial stratified deposit within an early Roman well, providing new insights into the development of the Roman city of Colonia Ulpia Traiana in Xanten, Germany. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
Medieval Solar Storm Detected Through Tree Rings and Historical Records
Today, I remember my relatives, a whole world erased for being Jewish. My grandparents survived. I light candles in honor of our family that did not. #YomHaShoah
Robbie Spiero, 23 May 1941 - 28 February 1944.
Eveline Rosa Verveer with her aunt Rosette Verveer-Spiero.
The Hague, 28 June 1929 – Auschwitz, 26 August 1942.
Betty Kitty Verveer. The Hague 4 July 1930 - Auschwitz, 12 October 1942.
