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A £1m project is investigating a Roman burial ritual in Yorkshire which created casts of the dead. The University of York's Prof Maureen Carroll is leading a team examining the 22 3rd and 4th Century casings found in York, Doncaster and Castleford. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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A distant view of Little Hetha - a defended settlement, near Kirknewton in Northumberland. Iron Age in date, there is also evidence of occupation in the medieval period. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #Prehistory #Northumberland

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The head and face of a woman who lived in Dorset about 2,000 years ago has been reconstructed using evidence from her remains. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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A British archaeologist believes his team may have found a second tomb belonging to King Thutmose II. To uncover the location of one long-lost pharaoh’s tomb is a career-defining moment for an archaeologist. But to find a second is the stuff of dreams. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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Ancient human remains discovered in peatland in County Londonderry in 2023 are now thought to be those of a young woman who died more than two millennia ago. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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A suitcase believed to have been owned by the explorer who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun has been found under a bed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Every week, Rajesh PN Rao gets emails from people claiming they've cracked an ancient script that has stumped scholars for generations. All of them are convinced they've deciphered the script of the Indus Valley Civilisation, a blend of signs and symbols. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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A discovery underneath the basement of an office block has been described as one of the most important pieces of Roman history unearthed in the city of London. 🏺 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2,000 years. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Secret Passageways Recorded in Leonardo da Vinci's Sketches Discovered Beneath a Medieval Castle in Milan Using ground-penetrating radar and laser scanners, researchers identified structures just a few feet below the ground. 🏰 apple.news/A2vvkbTyXTxK...

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A medieval seal tool with a possible romantic past is among archaeological items declared as treasure by Cornwall's coroner. Seal tool treasure could have romantic past www.bbc.com/news/article...

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NEW VIDEO! A conversation with author @maialeechin.bsky.social about her new book Et Cetera. In this fun chat, we cover the topics of mythology, Latin, history, and Classics in today's world youtu.be/aMf4PGarDOw

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A team of archaeologists working in Egypt on a joint mission between French and Swiss scientists unearthed a 4,000-year-old cave which once belonged to a doctor and so-called magician. www.mensjournal.com/news/archaeo...

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After lying hidden beneath metres of volcanic rock and ash for 2,000 years, a "once-in-a-century" find has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in Italy. #Archaeology ⚱️ www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Don't let ancient languages die - UnHerd unherd.com/2025/01/dont...

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It's #HillfortsWednesday and time to shamelessly throw another Chilterns hillfort video at you! (The last five seconds...we've rebranded since this was made and are a National Landscape rather than an AONB now, and have a new website, Chilterns.org.uk ) youtu.be/HiCjOIzh590?...

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Women in Britain 2,000 years ago appear to have passed on land and wealth to daughters not sons as communities were built around women's blood lines, according to new research. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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My life: how I imagined it, how it’s going.

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Ancient Humans: 10 Discoveries from 2024. youtu.be/8CRv0sA0NgQ?...

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“There are traditions of priests singing blocks into place, huge blocks of stone being raised into the sky by priests chanting” - Graham Hancock 😆 youtu.be/g1DaixOyPIU?...

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A retired GP has developed a theory as to where a mass grave containing the bodies of hundreds killed in a 1643 Civil War battle could be located. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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@ArchPodNet co-founder Tristan Boyle interviews archaeologist @flintdibble.bsky.social about his recent experience on the @joerogantop.bsky.social show & how he prepared for what is fast being considered a cultural moment. #RealArchaeology #AncientHistory 🏺 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Archaeologists have discovered an early medieval cemetery in southeastern England. Inside one of its treasure-filled burials—which date to the fifth and sixth centuries C.E.—they have also unearthed a well-preserved sword.🗡️ apple.news/AV4xgp0h8RVK...

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El Dorado. It's one of those places that almost everyone has heard about, not just archeology and history buffs. It's been part of pop culture for centuries, Ed Barnhart gets into the detail on his excellent #podcast! #RealArchaeology #History podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

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🎥 This is a documentary that follows the 6 year journey of Los Angeles County Museum of Art curators, Diana Magaloni and Julia Burtenshaw, in researching, developing, and installing “The Portable Universe” about the prehistoric art of the Tairona people of #Colombia. heritagetac.org/programs/fea...

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A cobbled lane, flanked by boulder-strewn woodland, leading uphill from Croesor in north Wales yesterday. A glimpse of the pre-industrial transport network of Wales 📷 My own

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Atlantis, Aliens & Archaeology: John Hoopes Takes on Pseudoscience and Misinformation. Episode 39 of the Elevated Thoughts podcast. youtu.be/30Mh1JZZfw4

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🎧 Listen to Mark Evans, MBE FRGS talk about his incredible 30-day journey across most of Oman’s coast, from Ras Al Hadd to Salalah, retracing the steps of British explorer Bertram Thomas’ 1928 expedition. @RGS_IBG #exploration #adventure #podcast 🏜️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

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The UK's biggest ever dinosaur trackway site has been discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire. About 200 huge footprints, which were made 166 million years ago, criss-cross the limestone floor. 🦕 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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From the end of the Roman occupation through the Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions - a new way of testing DNA in ancient bones could force a rethink of key moments in Britain's early history, say researchers. #RealArchaeology www.bbc.com/news/article...

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From detecting lost cities of the Amazon to tracing our history with Neanderthals, these were among 2024's most fascinating discoveries. #history #discovery #RealArchaeology @historychannel.bsky.social www.history.com/news/archaeo...

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Archaeologist Helen Geake often thinks of the Twelve Days of Christmas carol in her work. Dr Geake has chosen five rings that have crossed her desk in 2024, each one revealing more about the people who lived in the county in centuries past. @helengeake.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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A family hiking trip led a 12-year-old girl to an incredible discovery of an ancient artifact dating back around 3,500 years. caliber.az/en/post/youn...

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