Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Early medieval sword fished out of Polish river is in 'near perfect' condition

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Images of the early medieval sword as well as an X-ray image. (Image credit: O. Ochotny) Workers made a surprising discovery in Poland when ...

Archaeology Classes on the Oxford Experience summer school 2024

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Tom Quad, Christ Church, Oxford University – image David Beard The Oxford Experience summer school is held at Christ Church, Oxford.  Partic...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Viking “Ulfberht” 9th Century Sword Recovered from Vistula River in Poland

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The sword at the discovery site | photo Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji Włocławek A Viking sword from the 9th to 10th centuries was accidentally ...

Up Helly Aa: What happens at Shetland's Viking fire festival?

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The festival reaches its climax with the burning of a Viking galley Shetland's Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival is taking place in Lerwi...

Ice Age Hunters in Europe Weren't One People but Multiple Cultures, Study Discovers

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The Venus of Brassempouy: One of the earliest known realistic representations of a human face. From the Gravettian, probably made 26,000 to ...

Excavated dolmen in Sweden one of the oldest in Scandinavia

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The chamber under excavation. East side mold removed. The plastic tubes are samples for environmental DNA. Credit: Karl-Göran Sjögren Last s...

Enormous Storegga Tsunami Wiped Out Communities In Stone Age Britain

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A research team from the University of York has discovered there was a large population decline in northern Britain at the same time when th...

3000-Year-Old Shipwreck Emerges From Bottom of Mediterranean Sea

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Ancient shipwreck from the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: Philippe Groscaux / Mission Adriboats / CNRS / CCJ The Zambratija, the oldest boat in ...
Monday, January 29, 2024

Medieval and Viking-Age artifacts discovered in Norway

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A very rare Byzantine coin is among dozens of medieval and Viking-era objects discovered in eastern Norway last year. Officials with Innland...

‘Their heads were nailed to the trees’: what was life – and death – like for Roman legionaries?

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‘It was killing fields as far as the eye can see’ … the Latin-inscribed slabs crossing the site of the battle, which features in the British...

Link found between cold snaps during Roman Empire era and pandemics

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Schematic drawing of the relationship between climatic change and sociological, physical, and biological factors influencing infectious dise...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Hoard of Bronze Age jewelry discovered in Poland was part of ancient water burial ritual, study finds

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A selection of Bronze Age jewelry found at a dry lake bed in Poland. (Image credit: A. Piasecka; Antiquity Publications Ltd.) Archaeologists...

Mystery of 'unusual and largest ever' Roman hoard discovered in UK town finally solved

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While the Knaresborough Hoard, as it came to be known, was found way back in 1864, never has there been a detailed analysis of the items inc...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Spicy wine: New study reveals ancient Romans may have had peculiar tastes

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Buried Roman fermentation jars (dolia) from Villa Regina, Boscoreale.  Credit: E. Dodd, courtesy of the Ministero della Cultura – Parco Arch...

Skeletons found in 1,000-year-old grave with rings around neck and buckets on feet

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Skeletons in the 1000-year-old grave were found with rings around their necks (Vyacheslav Baranov) In one image, a female skeleton can be se...

Roman Villa Associated with Pliny the Elder Discovered in Naples

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Researchers in Naples have discovered an ancient Roman villa on the seafront thought to be the place from where Pliny the Elder watched Moun...

Oldest runes in Denmark discovered on 2000-year-old knife

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Denmark’s oldest runes found on knife blade

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Archaeologists at the Museum Odense have identified Denmark’s oldest runes inscribed on a 1,850-year-old knife blade. The inscription consis...
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Why Is The Oseberg Ship Burial A Great Viking Mystery?

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The Oseberg Ship burial is one of the greatest Viking mysteries. The individuals buried together with the ship are a riddle, and the fact so...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

See the Face of Roman Britain’s Only Known Crucifixion Victim

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Only one victim of crucifixion has ever been identified in Roman Britain: The man’s skeleton—with a two-inch nail driven through its heel bo...