Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Unique Medieval Burial Found In Sicily

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This medieval man's skeleton, bearing marks of stab wounds, was found facedown in a shallow pit in Sicily  [Credit: Emanuele Canzon...

Yes, That Viking Warrior Buried with Weapons Really Was a Woman

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An illustration of what the female warrior may have looked like. Credit: Drawing by Tancredi Valeri; Copyright Antiquity Publications L...

Second Rare Roman Coin Hoard Found In Warwickshire

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Coins from Year of the Four Emperors and pot found in Warwickshire  [Credit: Warwickshire County Council] Warwickshire museum service...

University of Cambridge release trove of aerial photos of Wales

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A series of aerial photographs which form part of a collection labelled the "historical Google Earth" show the changing face of...

Neolithic skull found by Thames 'mudlarkers'

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The frontal bone was radiocarbon dated to 3,600 BC MUSEUM OF LONDON Here's a piece of history pulled from the muddy banks of the Ri...

St Michan's, Dublin: Vandals decapitate 800-year-old crusader

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The crusader's head was "severed from his body and taken away" An 800-year-old "crusader" from a crypt in a Dub...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Stonehenge: Archaeologists discover long-lost tools used to build ancient monument

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Scientists know the Stonehenge early phase standing stones (the so-called bluestones rather than the later more famous and much larger sa...

Archaeologists Make 'Very Special' Viking Era Discovery in Norway

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Gjellestad, Norway: The site of the discovery ERICH NAU, NIKU Almost one thousand years after the end of the Viking Age, Norwegian ...

Vikings Were Fearless. Except When It Was Too Cold

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Aerial view of the Greenland ice sheet from a helicopter. Credit G. Everett Lasher / Northwestern Greenland was balmy when the Vikings ...

Helle's toilet: 12th-century three-person loo seat goes on display

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Conservator Luisa Duarte working on the 12th-century toilet seat.  Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian Archaeologists know the name...

Stunning Narcissus fresco at Pompeii

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(ANSA) - Rome, February 14 - A stunning fresco depicting Narcissus gazing at his own reflection has been uncovered during new excavations...

Suspected Neanderthal footprints have been found in Gibraltar

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A footprint which could belong to one of the last Neanderthals to walk the Earth has been found in Gibraltar. Although most Neandertha...

Britain’s largest Neolithic house ‘built in Scotland’

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The remains of the largest Neolithic hall found in Britain, which was were discovered in Carnoustie, Angus.  PIC: GUARD Archaeology. ...

Ancient DNA from Viking Graves Proves the Fierce Fighters Rode Male Horses

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Modern Icelandic horses are likely descended from the horses that Vikings were buried with,  more than 1,000 years ago. Credit: Albí...

Decapitated bodies found in Roman cemetery in Great Whelnetham

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The team found a number of decapitated Roman burials ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS Archaeologists excavating a Roman burial ground said th...

Ancient burial site and monument found in England's New Forest

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he urns contained cremated human bone and had been placed into small pits  [Credit: New Forest National Park Authority via BBC] Archa...

'Witches' marks' found in British cave network

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The "witches' marks" are scribed into walls and ceilings of the caves,  over dark holes and large crevices  [Credit: ©...

Pembrokeshire chariot burial finds ruled as treasure

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his terret ring would have guided the chariot reins Parts of an Iron Age chariot found by a metal detectorist have been declared treasu...

Sheela-na-gigs: The naked women adorning Britain's churches

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This sheela-na-gig at Oaksey in Wiltshire boasts "pendulous breasts" and a vulva "extended almost to her ankles" Fo...

DES FORTIFICATIONS ET UN HABITAT DU MOYEN ÂGE À HARFLEUR

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À Harfleur (Normandie), les équipes de l’Inrap ont mis au jour des éléments de fortification remarquables, dont une tour creuse et un ouv...