Tuesday, August 09, 2016

Lost Greek statue of Zeus remade with 3D printing

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The original statue was made of wood, ivory and gold but the recreation is entirely thermoplastics An ancient Greek statue of Zeus has...

Danish archaeologists find mysterious well

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The mysterious site was found near Aars west of the Limfjord in northeastern Jutland (photo: Google Maps) Danish archaeologists have d...

Roman goddess unearthed at South Shields culture spot

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Delighted volunteers at a South Shields culture spot had a blast from the past after unearthing a Roman goddess.  Volunteers from the W...

Restored Pompeii kitchens show how Romans cooked

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The ancient Roman kitchens of a Pompeii launderette have once again been kitted out with pots and pans as part of a new project that is try...

Luxury at Tintagel in the Early Medieval Period

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This summer archaeologists have been excavating in Cornwall at Tintagel, the famous site for Arthurian Legend. The results are exhilarat...

Archaeological Finds In Bulgaria: July 2016 Highlights

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The month of July 2016 saw the traditional archaeological season in Bulgaria in full swing, with finds at digs in various parts of the coun...

Huge Merovingian Cemetery Discovered Near Somme

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Recently a very large Merovingian cemetery was discovered. With more than 600 graves the medieval archaeologists from INRAP are excited....
Monday, August 01, 2016

American student finds 12th century Irish brooch on a Galway Beach

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McKenna McFadden, an Irish American film and television major at New York University, is in Dublin for the summer with an NYU program. Sh...

Ceres Figurine Found In South Shields

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A beautifully crafted miniature bronze figure of the Roman goddess Ceres was found by volunteers from the WallQuest community archaeology p...

High-Tech Tools Yield Roman Discovery

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A team of Duke scholars and students spent this summer at two historic sites in Italy and made significant discoveries. The team, based i...

James Brindley: The canal pioneer who changed England

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A new exhibition marking 300 years since the birth of canal pioneer James Brindley has opened. How did his work transform the English la...

Gibraltar caves reveal Neanderthals' secrets

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The cave systems at the base of the rock of Gibraltar have just received Unesco world heritage status, in recognition of the rich insigh...
Sunday, July 24, 2016

Mighty Viking Ax Discovered in Tomb of Medieval 'Power Couple'

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One of the largest Dane axes ever found, recovered by archaeologists from a 10th-century Viking tomb near Silkeborg in central Denmark. ...

A bronze age barrow and an Anglo-Saxon cemetery have been unearthed in Rothley

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Archaeologists from the University of Leicester have discovered the hidden gems of the Leicestershire village during an investigation into ...

Silk Road Gave Infectious Disease a Route, Ancient Poop Shows

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Several 2000-year-old personal hygiene sticks with remains of cloth, excavated from the latrine at Xuanquanzhi. Credit: Reproduced from...

Archaeologists find arm bone on dig

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found a human arm bone during an excavation of Neolithic buildings at Ness of Brodgar on Orkney. The University of...

What The World's Oldest Calculator Tells Us About The Ancient Greeks' View Of The Universe

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When we talk of the history of computers, most of us will refer to the evolution of the modern digital desktop PC, charting the decades-lon...

Menschen nutzten schon vor 40.000 Jahren spezielles Werkzeug zur Seilherstellung

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Archäologen der Universität Tübingen präsentieren gut erhaltenen Fund aus Mammutelfenbein – Test an der Universität Lüttich bestätigt Fun...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Vikings abused and beheaded their slaves

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This double grave from the Viking era at Grimsta in south-eastern Sweden was exhumed in 1974. It contained skeletons of two persons who h...

South Downs pre-Roman 'farming collective' discovered

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The survey revealed the extent of farming on the South Downs before the Romans arrived Evidence of a prehistoric "farming collect...