Rare 3rd century terracotta female head discovered at Magna Roman Fort near Hadrian’s Wall
Archaeologists working at Magna Roman Fort near Hadrian’s Wall have uncovered a small terracotta head from the third century CE...
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Viking Age mass grave with dismembered bodies and trepanned giant found near Cambridge
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Defensive ditch and dense Neolithic activity identified at Gawroniec Hill flint settlement in Poland
Archaeological work on Gawroniec Hill in south-central Poland has documented several thousand traces of past human activity...
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Iron Age decapitation ritual identified among new Iberian groups in Spain
Archaeologists studying Iron Age skull fragments from two sites in northeastern Iberia have expanded the known range of a ritual once linked only to coastal communities...
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AI simulations reveal a Roman era board game in the Netherlands, pushing Europe’s blocking games back centuries
A limestone object recovered from the Roman settlement of Coriovallum, now Heerlen in the Netherlands, has provided rare evidence for how people played
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5,300 year old metal bow drill found in Egypt is earliest known rotary tool
A small metal tool from a Predynastic cemetery in Upper Egypt is changing views on early Egyptian technology. Researchers have identified the object as the oldest known drill..
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Arctic’s first inhabitants reached Greenland’s High Arctic by sea 4,500 years ago
Archaeological work on the Kitsissut islands in northern Greenland shows Early Paleo-Inuit groups reached offshore environments around 4,500 years ago through sea travel
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Oldest known sewn hide identified in Ice Age Oregon cave suggests early clothing
Archaeologists working in dry caves in Oregon have reported what appears to be the oldest known physical evidence of sewn hide...
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Great Basin cave burials not rare or uncommon, study finds
Archaeologists have reexamined long-held ideas about burial practices in the Great Basin and found a broader pattern than earlier reports suggested...
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Study of AI generated Neanderthal scenes reveals major gaps with modern archaeological research
Researchers tested how generative artificial intelligence portrays Neanderthals and found frequent errors, outdated ideas, and clear bias...
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New 3D method maps Paleolithic engravings at Cova Matutano
Researchers from Universitat Jaume I, the University of Barcelona, and ICREA tested a digital method to study very fine engravings on Late Paleolithic portable art...
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Rare deer skull headdress discovered in Germany highlights exchange between hunter-gatherers and Europe’s first farmers...
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Lost infant burial grounds in Ireland rediscovered through folklore and archaeology study
A study by archaeologist Marion Dowd at Atlantic Technological University examines Ireland’s cillíní, burial grounds used for infants who were stillborn or...
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New study reveals advanced lead pipeline system in Petra’s ancient aqueduct
In a recent study, Niklas Jungmann from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin conducted a survey and investigation of the ‘Ain Braq aqueduct in the ancient city of Petra...
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Elephant bone found in Spain provides rare evidence of war elephants during the Punic Wars
Archaeologists in southern Spain have reported rare physical evidence linked with elephants used during the Punic Wars...
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Scents of ancient Egypt: tracing embalming recipes by analyzing air around mummies
Anyone who has stood near an ancient Egyptian mummy notices a persistent musty odor. Researchers once linked this smell to age and decay...
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Early human innovation in southern Africa tied to mobility and social networks rather than climate alone, new study shows
Researchers have produced a detailed ecological history of southern Africa between 180,000 and 30,000 years ago and...
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LiDAR mapping reveals over 630,000 historic charcoal kiln sites across Poland’s forests
Researchers from the Polish Academy of Sciences mapped more than 630,000 former charcoal kiln sites across Poland. The results show the size of ...
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CT scans of ancient Egyptian mummies reveal lifespans, health, and daily life of priests
Radiologists at Keck Medicine of USC examined two ancient Egyptian mummies using high-resolution CT scanning, producing detailed views of bodies preserved...
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14,000-year-old Alaska campsite helps trace how the first people arrived in North America
A buried campsite in Alaska’s middle Tanana Valley offers fresh evidence about early human movement into North America...
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Study identifies first deliberate mummification in Inca capacocha child sacrifice
Archaeologists working on high Andean volcanoes have identified the first clear case of deliberate mummification of a child sacrificed in an Inca capacocha ritual
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Archaeologists identify forgotten city of Alexandria on the Tigris in southern Iraq
Archaeologists working in southern Iraq have identified the site of Alexandria on the Tigris, a large port city founded in the late fourth century BCE...
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Unexpected discovery: sand layer beneath Ishtar Temple in Assur reveals city’s founding and ancient ritual practices
Archaeologists and geologists have identified a deliberately placed layer of sand beneath the foundations of the Ishtar Temple in Assur
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Analysis of sacrificial horses at Casas del Turuñuelo uncovers long-distance animal networks in Iron Age Spain...
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Rare medieval seal from the UK bears ‘Richard’s Secret’ inscription and Roman-era gemstone
A metal detectorist in Essex found a small medieval seal matrix with a much older Roman gemstone at its center. The object came from farmland near Gosfield...
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Neanderthals in Spain deliberately deposited animal skulls in cave, revealing symbolic behavior
Archaeologists working in central Spain have documented strong evidence for a long-standing Neanderthal practice
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Stone Age teen buried in Italy died after bear attack 28,000 years ago, new forensic study finds
Researchers have identified a fatal bear mauling as the cause of death for a Gravettian teenager buried about 28,000 years ago in Arene Candide Cave...
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Mysterious Medieval tunnel found inside 6,000 year old Neolithic ditch in Germany
Archaeologists in Saxony-Anhalt uncovered a narrow underground passage during excavations near Reinstedt in the Harz district...
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DNA reveals rare dwarfism in teenager who lived in Italy 12,000 years ago...
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5,000 year old rock art in Sinai shows early Egyptian conquest and control of copper mines
A newly recorded rock carving in the southwest Sinai Desert provides rare visual evidence of early Egyptian expansion into the peninsula around 3000 BCE...
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