Archaeological record suggests hunter gatherers were playing games of chance at the end of the last ice age

It says dice were being made and used on the western great plains of North America at the end of the last ice age, more than 12,000 years ago.

It had been thought that the earliest examples of dice were in the bronze age societies of Mesopotamia and the Indus valley.

A Roman cargo has become the focus of an ongoing underwater archaeological excavation in Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Hundreds of objects, the last remaining evidence of a now-vanished Roman shipwreck, have been identified, documented, and subsequently removed from the lakebed.

The richness and diversity of this collection, preserved in excellent condition, make the discovery exceptional and unique within Switzerland and in the inland waters north of the Alps. The site offers a rare and well-preserved snapshot of Roman transport and trade in a freshwater environment.

Archaeologists working on the Mexico City–Querétaro passenger rail project have uncovered an altar with skulls and bone offerings in Tula, the ancient capital of the Toltecs, a find that could sharpen understanding of the city’s layout.

The discovery was made during ongoing excavations at the archaeological site near Alanya in Antalya province, where a well-preserved mosaic measuring about 15 square meters emerged in the entrance section of a large residential structure.