Thursday, April 11, 2019

Archeologists believe Norway find is rare Viking ship burial

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This handout picture released on March 25, 2019 by Vestfold Fylkeskommune shows Funnplass,  where a ship's grave probably originate...

Stone Circles Ringed House That May Have Belonged to the Neolithic 'One Percent'

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The Avebury henge consists of at least two stone circles enclosed within a larger stone circle. Credit: Kevin Standage/Shutterstock T...

Woolly mammoth mystery solved? Study reveals shocking details about prehistoric creature

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A new study suggests that woolly mammoths and mankind's ancestors, the Neanderthals, may have shared genetic traits. Extinct for th...

Stonehenge tunnel: Row over building clause in deeds

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Campaigners say the deeds prevent work close to the stones Plans for a controversial road tunnel near Stonehenge could be blocked becau...

Von den Kelten bis zum Mittelalter: Eisenverhüttung im Siegerland

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Vor über 2.000 Jahren war das Siegerland eine blühende Region für Eisenproduktion. In den bislang größten bekannten Verhüttungsöfen ihrer...

World-renowned Ring of Brodgar stone circle vandalised in Orkney

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The Ring of Brodgar originally comprised 60 stones, of which 36 survive.  Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian Graffiti engraved o...

'New species of human' found in cave throws doubt over evolution theories

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Key site: Callao Cave on Luzon island in the Philippines, where fossils of Homo luzonensis were found. Photo: AFP/Getty Images A pre...

New species of ancient human discovered in Philippines cave

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Callao cave, where the fossils of Homo luzonensis were discovered.  Photograph: Quincy/Alamy Homo luzonensis fossils found in Luzon i...
Thursday, April 04, 2019

A 5,000-year-old barley grain discovered in Finland

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Researchers determined the age of millennia-old barley grains using radiocarbon dating  [Credit: Santeri Vanhanen] On the basis of pr...

Climate change drove some Neanderthals to cannibalism

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File photo - Hyperrealistic face of a neanderthal male is displayed in a cave in the new Neanderthal Museum in the northern Croatian town...
Wednesday, April 03, 2019

Neolithic Britons travelled across country for regular mass national feasts 4,500 years ago, new research claims

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Feasts were held at ritual sites, including Avebury ( English Heritage ) Findings suggest prehistoric tribes may have established cultu...

Norway finds another Viking ship

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The fields and forests of Borre in Vestfold run along the west side of the Oslo Fjord, in a county that has produced Norway’s other fame...

Pompeii ‘fast food’ bar unearthed in ancient city after 2,000 years

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Dozens of thermopolia, or snack bars, have been found across Pompeii. Photograph: Massimo Ossana/Instagram Thermopolia used by poorer r...

LES ARCHÉOLOGUES DE L’INRAP DÉCOUVRENT UNE TOMBE ÉTRUSQUE EN HYPOGÉE À ALERIA–LAMAJONE

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Une équipe d’archéologues de l’Inrap fouille actuellement une exceptionnelle sépulture étrusque à Aleria-Lamajone (Haute-Corse). Menée su...

Ancient teeth hint at mysterious human relative

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The gorges of Guizhou Province glimmer in the sunlight in China. Fossil teeth found in this province suggest that millions of years ago, ...

Concerns mount over plans for two-mile road tunnel past Stonehenge

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Stonehenge lies within 165 metres of the A303, a key transport link for people travelling to and from England’s south-west. Photograph: S...
Monday, March 18, 2019

Mary Rose crew 'was from Mediterranean and North Africa'

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The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard houses a cross section of the ship's hull as well as thousands of artefact...

Archaeologists discovered a flintstone workshop of Neanderthals in the southern Poland; it is approx. 60,000 years old

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Researchers discovered a flint workshop of Neanderthals in Pietraszyno (Silesia). According to scientists, it is the first such large wor...

Ancient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’s

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An ancient woman from Romania shows an edgeto-edge bite (left). A Bronze Age man from Austria had a slight overbite (right). D. E. BLASI ...

Artificial intelligence for the study of sites

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Three examples of the different types of notches  [Credit: A. Moclán] An experimental study led by researcher Abel Moclán, from the ...