Archaeology

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West Bank
West Bank Archaeological Digs Must Not Be Made Public, Israel's Top Court Rules
haaretz.com - Nir Hasson
Israel is not obligated to release information about archaeological digs in the West Bank, the Supreme Court ruled last week, rejecting an appeal by …
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Laos
Archaeologists discover bizarre ‘Jars of the Dead’ hidden in Laos
bgr.com - Mike Wehner
Just like today, people who lived hundreds of years ago had rituals and traditions associated with death. Methods of burial or tributes to deceased …
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Lucknow
Gondola discovered at Chhatar Manzil still awaiting excavation
hindustantimes.com - HT Correspondent
Senior officials of the UP’s archaeology department said that none of the stakeholders, who are experts in excavation work, have come forward to take …
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Earthquakes
The Great Earthquake | AMNH
amnh.org
Petra has suffered many earthquakes during its long history. The city sits near the boundary of the Arabian plate, one of about a dozen large, moving …
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Egypt
The General Tjahapimu | Late Period | The Met
metmuseum.org
Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Memphis (Mit Rahina), BSAE excavations, 1907-8 Dimensions: H. 75.3 × W. 25 × D. 16 cm (29 5/8 × 9 13/16 × 6 …
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Israel
Arming dictators, equipping pariahs: Alarming picture of Israel's arms sales - Israel News -
haaretz.com - Amos Harel
West Bank Archaeological Digs Must Not Be Made Public, Israel's Top Court Rules Israel Put Its Best Face Forward in a Eurovision That Succeeded in All …
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Alexander Hamilton
Read the Long-Lost Letter from Alexander Hamilton to the Marquis de Lafayette, Stolen 60 Years Ago
Live Science - Brandon Specktor
History had its eyes on Alexander Hamilton — and now, federal agents have their eyes on one of the Founding Father's long-lost letters, penned in …
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Coin Collecting
'Incredibly rare' Roman coin found during A14 roadworks
BBC News
An "incredibly rare" Roman coin minted for an ill-fated emperor has been found during work to upgrade an A road. It depicts Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus, who reigned for about two months in AD269 before
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History
'A voice to confront': One woman's journey to decolonize archeology
cbc.ca - Hilary Leung
Sitting on the beach at Whey-ah-wichen, the site of an ancestral village of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and now a park in North Vancouver, Karen Rose …
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Listed Building
Bishops secretly carved their faces into Fulham Palace 'to show off', major refurbishment reveals
The Telegraph - By Gabriella Swerling
They dutifully carried out their religious duties while juggling their roles as estate owners, gentlemen and heads of their families while retiring at Fulham Palace. Yet it can now be revealed that London’s
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History
Ogham in 3D - Ardmore / 263. Ardmore I
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The personal name LUGUDECCAS is a compound of LUG and DECAS (*dek- 'best of/through Lug (uel sim.)' (McCone 1996, 119) or possibly with E reflecting …
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Greece
Delos Island to Become an Open Archaeological Museum |
greekreporter.com - Philip Chrysopoulos
Extensive restoration and preservation works are in progress on the archaeological sites of Delos island, with the Greek Ministry of Culture aiming …
Laos
More 'Jars of the Dead' Uncovered in Laos
realclearscience.com - George Dvorsky
An ancient burial practice involving the use of massive stone jars seems to have been more widespread in Southeast Asia than once assumed, owing to a …
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Buddhism
Archaeological Survey of India neglect takes its toll on Udaygiri Buddhist site
newindianexpress.com
CUTTACK: Udayagiri, an integral part of the Diamond Triangle of Buddhism in Odisha, is wallowing in neglect by the Archaeological Survey of India …
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History
Recording Our Built Heritage
mola.org.uk
05.06.2019 South London Gallery, 65-67 Peckham Rd, London SE5 8UH Archaeology isn’t just digging – sometimes archaeologists record buildings which are …
DNA
DNA Extracted From Sweden’s Prehistoric “Chewing Gum” - Archaeology Magazine
archaeology.org - Jessica E. Saraceni
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN—According to a Cosmos Magazine report, scientists have recovered DNA from pieces of birch bark chewed into sticky pitch by …
Rabbits
Rabbit Bone Dated to First Century A.D. Found in England - Archaeology Magazine
archaeology.org - Jessica E. Saraceni
WEST SUSSEX, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that zooarchaeologist Fay Worley of Historic England spotted a small fragment of a rabbit’s tibia bone in a …
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Neanderthals
Humans and Neanderthals Evolved from a Mystery Common Ancestor, Huge Analysis Suggests
Live Science - Laura Geggel
Modern humans and Neanderthals may have diverged at least 800,000 years ago, according to an analysis of nearly 1,000 teeth from humans and our close …
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Humanity
More Mysterious 'Jars of The Dead' Have Been Discovered in Laos
ScienceAlert - CARLY CASSELLA
Unknown to many travellers in southeast Asia, the 'jars of the dead' in Laos are a 2,000-year-old mystery that has never been solved. Speckled across …
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Laos
Archaeological Mystery Deepens as More ‘Jars of the Dead’ Uncovered in Laos
Gizmodo - George Dvorsky
An ancient burial practice involving the use of massive stone jars seems to have been more widespread in Southeast Asia than once assumed, owing to a …
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Russia
Sarmatian Kurgan Discovered in Russia - Archaeology Magazine
archaeology.org - Jessica E. Saraceni
NIKOLSKOYE, RUSSIA—A farmer who discovered a kurgan on his property in southwestern Russia alerted archaeologist Georgiy Stukalov of the Astrakhan …
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History
Has the Mysterious Code of the Voynich Manuscript Been Cracked?
Live Science - Yasemin Saplakoglu
A researcher in England claims he has cracked the code of the mysterious medieval Voynich manuscript — a work full of mystical drawings and …
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DNA
Archaeologists find DNA in a 10,000-year-old piece of chewing gum
Ars Technica - Kiona N. Smith
The DNA sheds light on how people moved into Scandinavia after the Ice Age. The people who lived at Huseby-Kiev in western Sweden 10,000 years ago …
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History
Large Mound in Russia Reveals 2,500-Year-Old Skeletons of Elite Nomadic Tribesmen...And a Horse Head
Live Science - Owen Jarus
A farmer in Russia has uncovered the remains of three elite members of a nomadic tribe from 2,500 years ago. A horse's skull and harness were found …
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Greece
Humanity's First Computer Was Found in Greek Shipwreck |
greekreporter.com - Philip Chrysopoulos
It was exactly 117 years ago — 17 May 1902 — when Spirydon Stais visited a museum that housed treasures from an ancient shipwreck. Among them was a …
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Humor
Excited Archaeologists Hit Mass Grave Jackpot
theonion.com - The Onion
NIMRUD, IRAQ—Popping open a bottle of champagne and dancing with a mummified corpse in celebration, Smithsonian Institution archeologist Dr. Kathleen …
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Scandinavia
Ancient Wads of 'Chewing Gum' Hold the Oldest Human DNA in Scandinavia
Live Science - Mindy Weisberger
More than 10,000 years ago, humans who settled in what is now Sweden chewed gobs of sticky pitch, a tar-like material extracted from birch bark. This …
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Australia
Rock Art in Australia May Depict 19th-Century British Ship
archaeology.org
PERTH, AUSTRALIA—Mirage News reports that an image of an early nineteenth-century British naval ship has been found scratched into a boulder on an …
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History
'Queen's bones' found in Winchester Cathedral royal chests
BBC News
Bones held in mortuary chests in Winchester Cathedral could include those of an early English queen, researchers have found. The contents of six chests have been analysed and radiocarbon-dated. University
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Game of Thrones
Archaeologists Are Excavating Site of Scottish Massacre That Inspired the ‘Game of Thrones’ Red Wedding
smithsonianmag.com - Meilan Solly
Scottish archaeologists are conducting large-scale excavations of settlements associated with the Glencoe Massacre for the first time in the site’s …