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www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2025-05... A new study by archaeologists at Bournemouth University (BU) has revealed that bodies recovered from a ‘war-cemetery’ previously attributed to the Roman Conquest of Britain at Maiden Castle Iron Age hillfort in Dorset, did not die in a single dramatic event.

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www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t... Archaeologists first excavated Küsterberg, located in a field southeast of Haldensleben, between 2010 and 2013. Based on their findings, they were able to create a detailed plan of the site’s original layout.

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arkeonews.net/archaeologis... A team of Iranian archaeologists uncovered compelling evidence of ancient marine exploitation at the Kopal site in Dashtiari County, Sistan-Baluchestan province, shedding light on continuous human reliance on the sea stretching as far back as the Paleolithic.

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www.sciencenorway.no/stone-age-ar... Around 5,400 years ago, the southwest coast of Norway experienced a dramatic rise in sea level. But what actually happened? Few have thought of a tsunami.

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www.theguardian.com/science/2025... The stone relief was found by a Merseyside couple at Vindolanda, the site of the important Roman fort near Hexham, Northumberland.

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www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/05/3... The discovered urns, which belong to the so-called Urnfield Culture, were protected by a covering of stones and in some cases sealed with a large slab or even with a second inverted vessel.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Fragments of the bucket were first discovered at Sutton Hoo in 1986 with more found in 2012 and last year. Cremated human and animal bones were found within the base of the bucket, with the human remains believed to belong to an "important person" in the community.

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www.nature.com/articles/d41... 15 years after the first report on this hominin, a handful of fossils have been identified as Denisovan, with varying degrees of certainty. Some are from the Tibetan plateau; one was hidden in a well for decades; another was dredged from the bottom of the sea.

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www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025... This study obtained 104 carbon and nitrogen isotope values from millet crops—the largest such dataset for ancient crops from the Late Neolithic to the Han Dynasty in China’s core regions.

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www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025... During dredging operations in the Madura Strait, archaeologists found fossilised remains of 36 vertebrate species. This is the first discovery of fossils from the seabed between the Indonesian islands. This area, called Sundaland, was once a vast lowland.

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www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a... Though found in broken fragments, the 12-ton relief once measured 18 feet long and nearly 10 feet tall. Researchers have concluded it was carved in the seventh century B.C.E. and originally placed in a niche across from the throne room’s entrance.

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www.medievalists.net/2025/05/medi... Analysis of the skeleton revealed clear signs of prolonged medical intervention and care. Researchers believe he received pain relief typical of the time, possibly including ointments containing lavender oil, opium, or alcohol.

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www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a... During recent excavations at the site, researchers found dozens of hollow bones packed with sediment. They think the artifacts could be ancient drug paraphernalia.

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scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news... Store Frigård is one of the few places on Bornholm and in the entire Baltic Sea region that so clearly illustrates transregional connections and population mobility.

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www.sciencenorway.no/stone-age-ar... Almost everywhere rock carvings are found in Norway, there are depictions of both large and small vessels. These are strikingly similar to the Danish Hjortspring boat that researchers used as a model in their study.

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www.sciencenorway.no/.../the-serp... Grave robbers dug a shaft into the burial mound that went straight through the serpent head.

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www.sciencenews.org/article/nean... At Germany’s Schöningen site, wooden spears, double-pointed sticks, stone artifacts and butchered remains of more than 50 horses of various ages are some 100,000 years younger than previously thought.

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arkeonews.net/iron-age-ing... The extraordinary find occurred in the summer of 2022 when a local villager stumbled upon the collection at the base of a tree. The tools, appeared to have been recently dug up and abandoned, possibly by looters.

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www.medievalists.net/2025/05/medi... By analysing the red lines on the fifteenth-century Gough Map, a richly detailed depiction of Great Britain, the researchers have traced the persistence of Roman roads well into the medieval period, while also identifying key routes that fell out of use.

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www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a... The fortress is located within the archaeological site of Tell Abu Saifi in Egypt’s northern Sinai Desert. The site holds the remains of ancient military structures, including dried-up dockyards where Ptolemaic ships may have been built and repaired.

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arkeonews.net/archaeologis... Based on its stratigraphic position beneath a layer of Roman-era soil, experts believe the wooden pipe dates from the 1st to the 3rd century AD. To pinpoint its exact age, dendrochronology, or tree-ring analysis, will be employed.

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arkeonews.net/a-baptismal-... The subsequent conversion of such a prominent site into a Christian place of worship highlights the profound societal and religious shifts that characterized the transition from classical antiquity to the early Christian period.

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www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sothebys-cal... When Peppé excavated at Piprahwa, he found the remains of an ancient Buddhist stupa, under which lay a sarcophagus-like chamber with five vessels containing the gem relics and ashes with bone fragments.

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www.theguardian.com/science/2025... By scientifically analysing ore and artefacts from across Europe, scientists have established that tin from the abundant deposits in Cornwall and Devon was being widely traded in the Mediterranean more than 3,000 years ago.

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shafaq.com/en/Report/Hi... The home’s future remains uncertain. The current owner, said he purchased the property three years ago and has recently agreed with the British Embassy in Baghdad to collaborate on its restoration.

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theconversation.com/homo-sapiens... To find out how and where groups moved in the Pyrenees, it is possible to study the tools and ornaments that they carried with them from their place of origin.

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phys.org/news/2025-04... The Thetford treasure was first found by a metal detectorist trespassing on a construction site at Fison's Way on Gallows Hill, Thetford in 1979. It consisted of 81 objects, including 22 gold finger-rings, other gold jewelry, and 36 silver spoons or strainers.

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scienceblog.com/ancient-hoar... Using a combination of advanced technologies including metal-detector surveys, airborne laser scanning, and magnetic surveys, researchers have documented over 300 ancient metal artifacts scattered across the hilltop’s 431-meter peak.

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www.livescience.com/archaeology/... The ship was part of a Spanish colonizing expedition led by Tristán de Luna y Arellano. In September 1559, a hurricane wrecked several of the ships. Researchers found Emanuel Point II, in 2006 which holds the remains of an adult and a juvenile domestic cat.

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www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/e... In its original location, the obelisk towered over the banks of the Nile. Judging by the location and angle of its coded messages, they were probably meant to be read by passengers aboard an approaching boat.

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www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/04/o... The site’s dating, supported by genetic analysis of Neanderthal fossils found in the same layer, confirms that the artifact predates the arrival of modern humans in Europe (around 45,000 years ago).

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www.sciencenews.org/article/pueb... Patterns of inherited gene variants among ancient Picuris indicate that their population remained stable, at roughly 3,000 individuals, after the abandonment of Chaco Great House settlements.

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cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/roman-limeki... A large Roman limekiln was located in the north-eastern part of the site. It was exceptionally well preserved, and is likely the first to be excavated in Gloucestershire.

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timesofoman.com/article/1574... Geochemical analysis of cymbals from the Dahwa site confirmed that they were made of local copper, possibly brought from an area near Muscat.

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www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t... A team of archaeologists led by Ruth Shady discovered the grave in an ancient Caral public building called the Huaca de los Ídolos, less than half a mile from the Pacific Ocean.

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forestryandland.gov.scot/blog/dig-dee... Archaeologist Marcus Abbott first took hundreds of photographs of the remains of a chambered cairn from the air using a drone. Using these photographs, he then created a 3D model to explain the construction of the site.

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maritime-executive.com/article/two-... Once thought to have been pirate ships, it has now been confirmed that the wrecks are those of Danish slave ships Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, which were shipwrecked off the coast of Central America in 1710.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The stone tool heads are believed to be between 11,000 and 11,500 years old and date from a period known as the Late Upper Palaeolithic (LUP).

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arkeonews.net/1100-year-ol... The analysis of the sealed amphora’s contents is eagerly awaited, promising further revelations about the cargo and trade practices of the era.

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www.medievalists.net/2025/04/swad... The widespread adoption of swaddling practices in medieval Europe had significant implications for infant care.

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news.sky.com/story/bite-m... The man is estimated to have been aged between 26 and 36 years old when he died and appears to have lived during the 3rd century AD, when York was known as Eboracum and was a town and military base in the Roman province of Britannia.

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the-past.com/feature/can-... Archaeology is the only subject that studies humans and their relationships with the world from the perspective of deep-time. When our world’s future is at stake, this perspective feels important, if not essential.

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www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c... The villa, known as Barberes Sud, is located in Villajoyosa on Spain’s Mediterranean coast, near Alicante.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The textile, believed to be the oldest of its kind, was originally discovered in 1979 when an Iron Age dwelling house, known as The Oakbank Crannog, was excavated on Loch Tay.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The remains were found in a cremation burial pit inside a palisade circle, an area enclosed by a fence made of wooden posts.

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www.mpg.de/24574685/042... The new study aimed to use ancient DNA to characterize Punic people's ancestry and look for genetic links between them and Levantine Phoenicians, with whom they share a common culture and language.

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arkeonews.net/pharaonic-hi... The inscription, located southeast of the Wadi Rum Reserve near the Jordanian-Saudi border, includes two cartouches that bear the birth name and throne name of Ramses III, a significant ruler of Egypt’s Twentieth Dynasty.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... In the early 1900s, Rakhaldas Banerjee unearthed Mohenjo-daro in present-day Pakistan. It was the largest city of the thriving Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation, which stretched from north-east Afghanistan to north-west India during the Bronze Age.

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arkeonews.net/first-human-... The stone figurine measures just 51 mm in length and 15 mm in width. It features intricate engravings that depict a human figure with a neat hairstyle and a belt with engraved lines, but notably lacks facial features.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Suffolk County Council announced the discovery of a cremation cemetery with 18 burials, "substantial" pottery items and two roundhouses. Thanks to carbon dating, experts know the settlement lasted at least 400 years.

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