Monday, May 11, 2020

1,700-year-old board game found in Norwegian burial mound

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The burial cairn site [Credit: UiB] This April, the University Museum of Bergen, excavated the remains of a small Early Iron Age grave ...

Archaeologists in Denmark discover huge defensive structure from the Roman Iron Age

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Credit: Museum Lolland-Falster Archaeologists have unearthed a massive structure in Lolland that is believed to have been used to ward ...

Section of Theodosian Walls of Constantinople collapses

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Credit: Greek City Times A section of the famous Theodosian Walls (Tower 69) of Constantinople (modern Istanbul), located on Sulukule S...

2,200-year-old Celtic village discovered in Hungary

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Aerial view of the site showing excavated houses  [Credit: Andriko Lajos, Deri Museum, Pelta Bt] Archaeologists from the museum made ...

A Wedding Photographer Took an Online Archaeology Class During Lockdown—and May Have Discovered a Lost Stonehenge-Like Structure

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Wedding photographer Chris Sedden spotted what could possibly be traces of a newly discovered henge in the village of Swarkestone in sout...

Climate change could unlock Ice Age bugs that spark the world’s next pandemic

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Humans could be exposed to ‘eradicated’ or completely new microbes because of climate change thawing (Picture: Getty) Dr Dennis Carroll...

Study Examines Possible Medieval Longbow Wounds

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(University of Exeter) According to a statement released by the University of Exeter, an examination of bones and bone fragments led by...

Rewilding: lessons from the medieval Baltic crusades

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Bison in the forest of Białowieża. © Magnus Elander The Forest of Białowieża, which straddles the border of Poland and Belarus, is uniq...

Stone Tools Show How Humans Survived a Supervolcano Eruption 74,000 Years Ago

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(Chris Clor/Getty Images) Of all the volcanic eruptions to shake our planet in the last 2 million years, the Toba super-eruption in Sum...
Saturday, May 09, 2020

Dunwich – The medieval town lost at sea

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Chapel of St James’ Leper Hospital, Dunwich St James’ Hospital was a C12 leper hospital located just to the west of the medieval coastal ...

Previously unknown cliff ring fort discovered by drone operator in Clare

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image: Matthew Kelly A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN cliff ring fort has been discovered in Co Clare by a drone operator during the Covid-19 lockd...

Neanderthal Flute – Divje Babe Flute

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The world’s oldest Musical Instrument – Divje Babe Flute The Divje Babe Flute is made from the bone of a cave bear femur, and it is pie...

Neandertals were choosy about making bone tools

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Evidence continues to mount that the Neandertals, who lived in Europe and Asia until about 40,000 years ago, were more sophisticated peop...
Thursday, May 07, 2020

Cleethorpes teacher's Anglo-Saxon treasures sell for £30k

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Hundreds of objects sold as part of the collection include spear heads, brooches and beads HANSONS Anglo-Saxon treasure unearthed by ...

Medieval arrows caused similar injuries to gunshots, say archeologists

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A skull with a piercing arrow Medieval arrows caused injuries similar to modern gunshot wounds, according to archaeologists analysing n...
Wednesday, May 06, 2020

Archaeologists have discovered unknown forts in Greater Poland

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Taczanow Stonghold – Image Credit : Maksym Mackiewicz Ten newly discovered forts have been revealed by archaeologists applying aerial p...

Rome Sinkhole Makes Extraordinary Archaeological Find

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Another Rome sinkhole has appeared, this time, in front of the Pantheon in Piazza della Rotonda and in it, archaeologists have made the u...

Archaeology offers clues to pandemic rebounds from the past

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As the COVID-19 pandemic redefines what we think of as "normal," archaeology and ancient history can provide some consolation a...

Where and When Did Humans Domesticate Horses?

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In the increasingly urbanized world, few people still ride horses for reasons beyond sport or leisure. However, on horseback, people, goo...

Everything you wanted to know about Roman Britain – but were afraid to ask

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In a recent podcast interview with Dr Miles Russell, we tackled the top questions about the four centuries of Roman rule in Britain… Ho...