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#OnThisDay in 1613 the Globe Theatre, built by William #Shakespeare's play company, burned down. It was rebuilt the following year but ultimately pulled down for good between 1644-45 to make room for tenement buildings 1/2 📷 Tohma / CC BY-SA 4.0

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📰 #Neolithic 'god-king' of Newgrange, Ireland, wasn't a god or a king, suggests a new study in Antiquity #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @livescience.com www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

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It's hard to believe the 10th World Archaeological Congress is already over, what a fantastic experience! 🏺 If you've been inspired to learn more about the rich #archaeology of Oceania, our collection of the latest research from the region is still FREE: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Happy #MulticulturismDay! #Archaeology shows us how our societies have long been cosmopolitan and multicultural. In #medieval Ethiopia, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Indigenous religious communities existed side-by-side 🏺 🔗 from 2021 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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Highly-decorated jug from medieval London, depicting a bearded face #FindsFriday Creative innovations such as this were enabled by increasing commercialisation of pottery making in the 13th and 14th centuries 🏺 Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 📷Trustees of the British Museum / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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NEW 3D reconstruction of a Walled Oasis Complex from #IronAge Arabia 🏺 Monumental walls protected settlements, water sources, livestock and crops in the desert. New research indicates these walls impacted socioeconomic development until the 21st century. Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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Congratulations to Dylan Gaffney et al., winners of the 2025 Ben Cullen Prize! They uncovered the earliest evidence for human activity in the Pacific, c.55 000-50 000 years ago. Check out our interview with Dylan Gaffney on the prize-winning research: youtu.be/kQMXnbQygcc

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Hooray, dates for a Carnac region stone row! Fascinating excavation of a tomb, aligned standing stones & cooking pits at Le Plasker shows that the stone alignments were built piecemeal c.4680-4250 cal BC, and the tomb was built on the site of Mesolithic occupation: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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These beads are beautiful, and this trade wasn't just one-way! At Iron Age Hama, western Syria, amber beads have been found that were produced on the Baltic coast. (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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📰 "Ancient Egyptian queen’s statues were not destroyed out of hatred but ‘deactivated’" #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @theartnewspaper.bsky.social‬ www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/a...

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Less famous than Stonehenge, the contemporary wooden monument of Seahenge is often forgotten. By placing at the centre of their 'World of Stonehenge' exhibition, The British Museum subverted Stonehenge's iconic status. 📷 Rose Ferraby 🏺 🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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It was an absolute pleasure to meet Professor Koji Mizoguchi, president of The World Archaeological Congress, at WAC-10 in Darwin, Australia. There's still one more day of the conference, so don't forget to come and meet our Editor Professor Robin Skeates and learn how you can publish with us.

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📰 Archaeologists discover ankle shackles at the 3rd century BC gold mining site of Ghozza, Egypt, hinting at the harsh treatment endured by miners in Ptolemaic Egypt 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via ‪@archaeologymag.bsky.social‬ archaeology.org/issues/july-...

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NEW Excavation of mass graves at the Second World War German prisoner of war camp of Lamsdorf/Łambinowice 🇵🇱 Researchers were able to identify individuals buried at the camp, bringing the memory of these forgotten people back to life. Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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This #NationalCanoeDay, check out this ceramic model of a canoe, made by the Late Classic #Maya salt workers of Ta'ab Nuk Na, Belize 🛶 It was possibly a toy, recreating in miniature the wooden boats used by the coastal community 🏺 Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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#OnThisDay in 1483 Richard III was crowned King of England 👑 In 2012, archaeologists famously discovered the king's remains under a car park in Leicester 🏺 The results of the excavation were published in Antiquity 👇 🔗 from 2013 🆓 doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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Demonstration of Aboriginal weaving with Carol Pamkal, Dorothy and Linda Kotjan outside the World Archaeology Congress venue in Darwin, Australia. Weaving is a complex process that holds deep cultural significance for First Nations people, acting as a way to share knowledge and form connections.

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Congratulations to Cyprian Broodbank et al., winner's of the 2025 Antiquity Prize! 🏺 They discovered a previously unknown Neolithic society in Morocco, revealing the importance of North Africa in the emergence of complex societies in the Mediterranean. #AntiquityThread 1/13 🧵

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#NewPaper #Archaeology! Challenging the boom-and-bust models? The fourth millenium BC copper mine of Curak in south-west #Serbia Link to the articel and abstract ➡️ unterirdis.ch/wordpress/20...

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⚓ Has the Holy Grail of shipwrecks been found? Colombian researchers used coins on the seafloor as chronological markers, offering evidence that an 18th-century shipwreck in the Caribbean may be the long-lost San José Galleon. Read more about the @antiquity.ac.uk article 🔗 cup.org/40bpGPl

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New issue of Antiquity Vol. 99, No. 405 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @antiquity.ac.uk @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org @suegreaney.bsky.social @cjfrieman.bsky.social @prehistorian.bsky.social

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📕 #BookReview Was a desire for beer the true driver of cereal domestication, not food? ‪@tatepaulette.bsky.social‬'s 'In the land of Ninkasi: a history of beer in ancient Mesopotamia' explores the origins and power of beer in the ancient Near East 1/2 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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Archaeologists excavating at a Neolithic pile-dwelling settlement at Lake Maliq, Albania 🏺 Waterlogging preserved wooden structures at the site and dendrochronology of them indicates it was one of the first farming settlements in Europe #Woodensday Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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A forgotten temple on a windswept ridge in Bolivia is rewriting what we know about Tiwanaku's eastern frontier. Ceremonial architecture met llama caravans where ecology and empire collided. #Tiwanaku #Archaeology #Andes #PreColumbian @antiquity.ac.uk

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Belly-handled amphora from Late Bronze Age Eleon, Boeotia 🇬🇷 The Protogeometric pottery style is typically associated with Athens, but research in Antiquity in 2024 suggests it in fact emerged during the 12th-century BC in central Macedonia 🏺 Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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🤴👸 New UCD-led research has cast doubt on the idea that an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland 5,500 years ago. www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

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📰 Was Neolithic Ireland ruled by 'incestuous royalty'? A new study in Antiquity suggests not 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via ‪@york.ac.uk‬ www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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Congratulations to the winners of this year's Antiquity Prize! Their research explored the largest agricultural complex yet found in Africa beyond the Nile, uncovering a previously unknown Neolithic society in Morocco 🏺 #Archaeology www.cnr.it/it/nota-stam...

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