Monday, September 28, 2020

Oldest Roman body armour found in Germany

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Archaeologists have discovered the oldest and most complete Roman body armour at the site of the  Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in Kalkries...

Six African heritage sites under threat from climate change

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From rock art in southern Africa to pyramids along the River Nile, humans have been leaving their mark across the continent for millennia....

The only Viking helmet ever found in the UK

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Collections Officer Christine Hutchinson of Preston Park Museum in Stockton on Tees on a locally-found Viking helmet that is the only one of...

How Neanderthals lost their Y chromosome

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Neanderthals have long been seen as uber-masculine hunks, at least compared with their lightweight human cousins, with whom they competed fo...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Sweeping DNA Survey Highlights Vikings’ Surprising Genetic Diversity

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Vikings' maritime expeditions brought them out of Scandinavia and into Northern Europe, where they intermingled with local populations. ...

Oulton burial site: Sutton Hoo-era Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered

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The Anglo-Saxon cemetery is believed to date back to the same period as the famous Sutton Hoo burial site near Woodbridge SUFFOLK COUNTY COU...
Friday, September 11, 2020

Rare Roman gaming piece found on Chester building site

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The piece was used for a game played by Roman soldiers CHESHIRE WEST WITH CHESTER COUNCIL A rare Roman gaming piece has been discovered by a...

Bamburgh Castle excavation unearths Romano-British roundhouse

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Excavations began at the castle in the 1960s OWEN HUMPHREYS/PA A roundhouse thought to date back to the Romano-British period has been unear...

Metal detectorist unearths 1,150-year-old Viking board game

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The 37 original pieces on a board commissioned by auctioneers Dix Noonan Webb (Dix Noonan Webb) A metal detectorist has unearthed a viking...

Bronze Age hoard unearthed near River Thames goes on display

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A gallery assistant looks at a socketed axe on display during a preview of the Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery exhibition at the Museum...

Fingerprints help identify age and sex of prehistoric painters in southern Spain

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A Neolithic schematic art painting in the Los Machos rockshelter Photo: Francisco Martínez-Sevilla Fingerprints are not just useful for catc...

Discovering a lost Viking waterway

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The discovery of a series of lost waterways across West Mainland Orkney offers new insight into trade and transport across the area in the m...

When did we become fully human? What fossils and DNA tell us about the evolution of modern intelligence

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Key physical and cultural milestones in modern human evolution, including genetic divergence of ethnic groups. Nick Longrich, Author provi...

The Oldest Neanderthal DNA of Central-Eastern Europe

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Image Credit : Jerzy Opioła Around 100,000 years ago, the climate worsened abruptly and the environment of Central-Eastern Europe shifted ...

THIS NORWEGIAN ISLAND CLAIMS TO BE THE FABLED LAND OF THULE

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Greek explorer Pytheas traveled to what is now the British Isles and farther north in a trireme, exploring and mapping much of the coastli...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

About 30 previously unknown stones discovered at Carahunge (the Armenian Stonehenge)

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About 30 previously unknown stones with holes have been discovered at Carahunge or Zorats Karer (the Armenian Stonehenge). Other stones...

DES TOMBES GAULOISES AUX PORTES DE NÎMES (GARD)

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À l'ouest du centre-ville de Nîmes, l'Inrap vient de mettre à jours des vestiges de l’âge du Fer à l’Antiquité ; sépultures, cham...

Europe's earliest bone tools found in Britain

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One of the oldest organic tools in the world. A bone hammer used to make the fine flint bifaces from Boxgrove. The bone shows scraping ma...
Monday, August 10, 2020

"Woodhenge” discovered in prehistoric complex of Perdigões

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Archaeological excavations in the Perdigões complex, in the Évora district, have identified "a unique structure in the Prehistory of...

Yarm Viking helmet 'first' to be unearthed in Britain

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The Viking helmet was essential personal protective equipment for a warrior DURHAM UNIVERSITY A Viking helmet unearthed in Yarm in th...