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New findings at the Ostiense Necropolis in Rome, Italy.

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Signs on Stone Age objects: Precursor to written language dates back 40,000 years Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa Du...

📷Landesmuseum Württemberg / Hendrik Zwietasch.
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Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new study, repeated lines, notches, dots, and crosses exhibit the same level of complexity and information density as proto-cuneiform script, which emerged around 3000 BC

It is said that daffodils bloom around the 1st of March in honour of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales. St David's feast day is celebrated #March1st and coincides with the beginning of meteorological #spring
#stdavidsday

A fragment of the tombstone of a centurion of the Legio I Italica was uncovered during salvage excavations in the Western Necropolis of the Roman military camp of Novae near Svishtov in northern Bulgaria.

📷Marin Marinov, curator at the Historical Museum in Svishtov.
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2,500-year-old 'primitive prosthetic' found on jaw of mummified Scythian woman who survived complex jaw surgery Researchers used CT scans to peer inside a partially mummified skull and discovered the woman survived jaw surgery 2,500 years ago.

Around 2,500 years ago in Siberia, a young woman experienced a serious head injury, underwent surgery to reconstruct her jaw, and received a primitive prosthetic during the procedure, CT scans of the woman's mummified remains reveal.

Egypt discovers Old Kingdom rock-cut tombs at Qubbet Al-Hawa in Aswan - Ancient Egypt - Antiquities An Egyptian mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has uncovered a group of rock-cut tombs dating back to the Old Kingdom at the Qubbet Al-Hawa site in Aswan, adding to Egypt’s rich arc...

Rock-cut tombs dated to Egypt’s Old Kingdom have been discovered in the Qubbet el-Hawa necropolis at Aswan

The installation of an elevator under the Gran Hotel Barcino in the historic downtown of Barcelona exposed a section of monumental pavement from the Roman town’s forum. It dates to between 15 and 10 BC.

📷 ACN by the ICUB and Guillem Roset.
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Louvre Museum's director resigns after October jewel heist French President Macron has accepted the resignation of the director of the Louvre Museum. Laurence des Cars was under fire ever since robbers stole priceless jewelry from the world-famous museum last...

Louvre Museum's director resigns after October jewel heist

Mysterious Greek inscription reignites debate on whether a Syrian mosque stands atop Roman Emperor Elagabalus' Temple A recently discovered Greek inscription at the base of a column inside the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria has rekindled a longstanding scholarly debate about the exact location of the Temple of the sun...

Religious Transformation in the City of Emesa, Syria: From Paganism to Christianity During the Roman and Early-Byzantine Periods
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Police investigate how Rome's beloved Bernini elephant sculpture lost the tip of its tusk — again Police are investigating how one of Rome’s most beloved monuments, the elephant sculpture designed by Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, lost the tip of its left tusk.

Italian police are investigating how one of Rome’s most beloved monuments, the elephant sculpture designed by Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, lost the tip of its left tusk — again.

A group of 13th and 14th century polychrome wood panels discovered under the floorboards of a house in Toledo are going on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid.
📷 El Debate
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What is the 17th Century Swash Channel shipwreck in Dorset? Experts believe timbers found at Studland Beach form part of a shipwreck from 1631.

Archaeologists are excavating timbers from a suspected 17th Century shipwreck revealed on a beach after winter storms.

The remains were discovered at the National Trust-owned Studland Bay, in Dorset, on 28 January.

Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton goes on public display for first time Hundreds of thousands of visitors expected for month-long display of 13th-century saint’s remains

Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton is going on full public display from Sunday for the first time. Inside a nitrogen-filled case the remains are being shown in the Italian hillside town’s Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi.

Storms revealed 2,000-year-old footprints on eastern Scotland’s Angus beach.
The imprints of human and animal feet were temporarily revealed by shifting sands at Lunan Bay and spotted by vigilant members of the public.
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Cannon dug up during Hull's Queen's Gardens renovations The relic was found by construction workers during the renovation of Hull's Queen's Gardens.

A cast-iron cannon, which could date back as far as the late 17th Century, has been discovered by construction workers, in Queen's Gardens, Hull

Vanmiddag was ik bij basisschool De Vliedberg in Zevenkamp. Naar mijn mening één van de beste van Rotterdam😁 Ik heb hier vanaf mijn vierde tot aan mijn elfde op school gezeten. Hier ontmoette ik Vergio Pinas van de sport-en spelactiviteiten middag die door @feyenoord.bsky.social georganiseerd was.

Haha. Dat gebeurt ons allemaal.

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Een van de vondsten is een Romeinse #wrijfschaal van #TerraSigillata (foto: © BAAC Vlaanderen). 2/

Opnieuw unieke vondsten tijdens opgravingen in Oudenburg: “In dit potje maakten de Romeinen platte kaas of kruidenmengelingen” Op de plaats van het vroegere internaat in de Hoogstraat in Oudenburg wordt momenteel opnieuw gegraven. Archeologisch studiebureau BAAC Vlaanderen heeft er al paalkuilen, een afvalkuil en een waterput...

Archeologen hebben bij opgravingen in het Vlaamse #Oudenburg Romeinse vondsten gedaan. Ze ontdekten onder meer paalkuilen, een #afvalkuil met daarin Romeins aardewerk en glas en een waterput. Het onderzochte terrein ligt net buiten een vroeger #Romeins legerkamp. /1
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📷Digital reconstruction of the altar of Marcus Simplicius Simplex with original polychromy presented with reflective light from lamps in the Mithraeum (Copyright Louisa Campbell).

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Multi-Technique Analysis and Digital Reconstruction of Polychromy on a Mithraic Altar from Carrawburgh Roman Fort near Hadrian’s Wall

📷 Carrawburgh altars on display in the Great North Museum: Hancock (by Carole Raddato).

The remains of a monumental hall of a 4th-century episcopal palace have been discovered at Ostia Antica, Rome’s ancient port town.

📷Archiv Ostia-Projekt.
Reconstruction: Daniel Hinz.
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The underground odyssey that led archaeologists to a Zapotec burial site In Huitzo, Oaxaca, two experts explore the intricacies of the Tomb of the Owl, one of the most important discoveries in Mexican archaeology of the last decade

The underground odyssey that led archaeologists to a Zapotec burial site

In Huitzo, Oaxaca, two experts explore the intricacies of the Tomb of the Owl, one of the most important discoveries in Mexican archaeology of the last decade

Two exceptionally beautifully carved Mithraic altars found in Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland, are going on display for the 1st time. The Roman altars date to the 140s - when S-Scotland was reoccupied under Antoninus Pius 📷 National Museums Scotland & Duncan McGlynn media.nms.ac.uk/news/rare-ro...

Archaeologists from the Herculaneum Archaeological Park completed new investigations at the ancient Villa Sora on the Bay of Naples.

Fresco fragment depicting a heron
📷 Italian Ministry of Culture.
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A Phoenician scarab used as an amulet and seal is found in a Bronze Age Nuraghe in Sardinia Ongoing excavation work at the nuragic complex of Ruinas, located in the rugged mountainous territory of the municipality of Arzana on the island of Sardinia, has yielded a discovery of a relevance th...

A 2,700 year old Phoenician scarab seal, created in what is now Lebanon, has been unearthed at the Nuragic site of Ruinas in Sardinia.

Archaeologists find evidence of Hannibal's war elephants in Spain A small bone discovered in southern Spain may represent the first direct archaeological evidence of the war elephants used by Hannibal Barca during the Punic Wars. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

The elephant in the oppidum. Preliminary analysis of a carpal bone from a Punic context at the archaeological site of Colina de los Quemados (Córdoba, Spain)

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Archaeologists find evidence of Hannibal's war elephants in Spain A small bone discovered in southern Spain may represent the first direct archaeological evidence of the war elephants used by Hannibal Barca during the Punic Wars. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

A carpal bone from the right forefoot of an elephant at the site of Colina de los Quemados, identified with the Iberian oppidum of Corduba,has yielded a radiocarbon dating between the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE.
The find’s context is intimately linked to the events of the Second Punic War in Hispania