Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Dressed up with bling stolen in Viking raids

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When a female Norwegian Viking died some time during the 9th century, she was buried wearing a status symbol: a beautiful piece of bronz...

Europe's Earliest Humans Did Not Use Fire

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New research conducted by scientists at the University of York and the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona reveals for the first time that ...

Archäologen entdecken erste befestigte Flachland-Siedlung der Eisenzeit in Westfalen

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Werne (lwl).  Wo der Versandhandelsriese Amazon aktuell künftige Geschenke für das Weihnachtsfest lagert, deponierten die Menschen scho...
Thursday, December 15, 2016

Archaeology in schools: promoting archaeology as a key learning tool within the national curricula

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Other than a few pockets of good examples, around the world archaeology is almost always absent from formal education until one makes it...

Neanderthals visited seaside cave in England for 180,000 years

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SAINT HELIER, Jersey, Dec. 14 (UPI) --  Neanderthals may have taken vacations, or at least they liked the view from the granite cliffs o...

Archaeologists Discover Unknown Ancient City In Greece

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Archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg have begun exploring a previously unknown ancient city at a village called Vlochós, five...

LE GRAND PARIS EXPRESS, LIGNE 15 SUD : ARCHÉOLOGIE EN GARE DE VITRY CENTRE

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La fouille du Parc du Coteau à Vitry-sur-Seine est située en bordure de la RD 605, héritière de la voie romaine qui reliait Paris à Sens....
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Large Roman settlement remains found near Cambridge

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Artefacts discovered during the excavation of land off Tunbridge Lane in Bottisham, where Bloor Homes is building its De Havilland Orchar...

Sex of prehistoric hand-stencil artists can be determined forensic analysis

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"This geometric approach is very powerful as it allows us to look at the palm and fingers independently," researcher Patrick Rand...

Late Bronze Age Grave Of Yound Girl Wearing Elaborate Diadem Found In Northern Greece

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The skeleton of the young girl as found during the discovery of the tomb [Credit: Ethnos] The coronet was unearthed among a trove of ot...

Why don't humans have a penis bone? Scientists may now know

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Speed of human mating might be behind the lack of a baculum in humans, suggests study tracing bone’s evolution It can be as long as a...

Watch Richard III The King in the Car Park: Telegraph Now Showing

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When a skeleton was found under a council car park in Leicester in September 2012, the news broke around the world. Could these be the re...
Sunday, December 11, 2016

France to unveil stunning copy of landmark prehistoric art cave

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More than 70 years after the original cave was discovered, France will unveil a stunning real-to-life copy of the 18,000 year-old Lascau...

Digging Deeper

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Artist's rendition of the Colchester Roman circus. Carole Raddato, Wikimedia Commons Colchester, in the county of Essex, England, ...

Human blood, organs, and a surprising virus detected in ancient pottery

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The vessels were interred in a burial mound near an Iron Age hillfort in Germany, known as the Heuneburg, reconstructed here. Sometime...

Viking gold discovered in Denmark – on live TV

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The new find was made in the same field that yielded these seven bracelets over the summer. Photo: Nick Schaadt, Museet på Sønderskov ...

Rare 1,500 Year Old Odin Amulet Found In Denmark

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A local treasure hunter named Carsten Helm, along with his 10 and 12-year-old sons, discovered a trove of gold on the island of Lolland tha...
Friday, December 09, 2016

An Archaeological Study of the Bayeux Tapestry by Trevor Rowley

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An Archaeological Study of the Bayeux Tapestry is the latest book by Trevor Rowley. “An Archaeological Study of the Bayeux Tapestry ...
Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Archaeology sheds light on Mongolia’s uncertain nomadic future

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As a herding lifestyle practiced for millennia is threatened by contemporary climate change, archaeology offers a long-term perspective ...

Mysteries of deserted pre-Famine village on Achill Island revealed

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Keem Bay on the western-most tip of Achill Island is one of the most remote spots in Ireland. Today, the beautiful valley is largely deso...