Wednesday, September 29, 2021

A Danish man found buried treasure from the Iron Age using a metal detector, just hours after turning it on for the first time

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Gold medallions, coins, and jewelry comprise an Iron Age hoard that a rookie metal detectorist recently discovered in Denmark. Conservation ...

Tiles ‘Fit for the Emperor’ Found in Roman Ruins Beneath English Cricket Club

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The letters "IMP" stand for imperator, meaning the tile maker was "supplying tiles fit for the emperor" or "on the ...

Viking Hygiene, Clothing, & Jewelry

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Viking clothing was made of wool, linen, and animal hides, and for the wealthy, silk. Combs – which it seemed almost every Viking carried – ...

‘Prickles down the neck’: project reveals unsung female heroes of Sutton Hoo dig

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The trust believes the resulting images are among the earliest surviving colour photographs of any major archaeological dig. Photograph: Dav...
Monday, September 27, 2021

Whence the White Horse of Uffington?

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The White Horse of Uffington, a spectacular chalk figure on an English hillside, challenges the very idea of “heritage” as an unbroken line ...

Viking Map of North America Identified as 20th-Century Forgery

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 It seemed too good to be true. Acquired by Yale University and publicized to great fanfare in 1965, the Vinland Map—supposedly dated to mid...

Amateur divers discover 'enormously valuable' hoard of Roman coins

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Two amateur free divers have found one of the largest collections of Roman coins in Europe off the east coast of Spain. Luis Lens and Césa...

Temple at Uppsala

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. Temple at Uppsala History Channel The Temple at Uppsala was a religious center dedicated to the Norse gods Thor, Odin, and Freyr located i...

Was 536 AD the worst year in history?

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Archaeologists working in Bacho Kiro Cave earlier this year. Image: Tsenka Tsanova, MPI-EVA Leipzig, License: CC-BY-SA 2.0 Europe was consid...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Melting ice and a high altitude dig reveal Viking secrets in Norway

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A proposed digital reconstruction of one of the ancient Viking homes, featuring Secrets of the Ice team member Elling Utvik Wammer. Credit: ...
Thursday, August 05, 2021

DNA Testing Just Revealed That This 1,000 Year Old Finnish Viking Was Likely A Well-Respected Intersex Warrior

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A depiction of the Viking warrior as they would have been laid in the grave. The Viking remains, which date to between 1050 and 1300, were b...

Spanish cave art was made by Neanderthals, study confirms

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. A general view (left), medium close-up (middle) and extreme close up of a partly coloured stalagmite tower in the Spanish cave of Ardales,...

Long-Lost Fragment of Stonehenge Gives Unprecedented Glimpse Inside Ancient Monument

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Sample of the core from Stone 58 (British Geological Survey) "We have CT-scanned the rock, zapped it with X-rays, looked at it under va...

New findings unveil a missing piece of human prehistory

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IMAGE: GEOGRAPHICAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF NEWLY SAMPLED INDIVIDUALS A joint research team led by Prof. FU Qiaomei from the Institute ...

Carpenter’s Rude Carving In Church Is Exposed Hundreds Of Years Later

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@clashboy23/Twitter A carpenter’s rude carving on a church ceiling has been exposed hundreds of years later.  The x-rated carving has been d...

Viking ‘amulet factory’ discovery forces rethink of enigmatic artifacts

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Figurine motifs from Ribe, Denmark reveal a variety of designs were manufactured at the site. MUSEUM OF SOUTHWEST JUTLAND, CC-BY-SA Archaeol...

Anglo-Saxon Sword Pyramid Found in England

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(Norfolk County Council/Portable Antiquities Scheme) NORFOLK, ENGLAND—According to a  BBC News  report, a metal detectorist in the the Breck...
Saturday, July 24, 2021

Ancient Roman road and dock discovered in Venice lagoon

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A digital reconstruction of the Roman road submerged in the Venice lagoon, which seems to have been part of a road system in the Veneto regi...

Why could Stonehenge be stripped of world heritage site status?

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Unesco says Stonehenge will be put on its danger list unless plans for the A303 road tunnel are changed. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images...

Deposed Ninth-Century King May Have Called This Cave Dwelling Home

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Researchers previously thought the cave was an 18th-century folly, or decorative structure constructed to enhance the natural landscape. (Ma...