Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Neolithic skull found by Thames 'mudlarkers'

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The frontal bone was radiocarbon dated to 3,600 BC MUSEUM OF LONDON Here's a piece of history pulled from the muddy banks of the Ri...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Stonehenge: Archaeologists discover long-lost tools used to build ancient monument

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Scientists know the Stonehenge early phase standing stones (the so-called bluestones rather than the later more famous and much larger sa...

Suspected Neanderthal footprints have been found in Gibraltar

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A footprint which could belong to one of the last Neanderthals to walk the Earth has been found in Gibraltar. Although most Neandertha...

Britain’s largest Neolithic house ‘built in Scotland’

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The remains of the largest Neolithic hall found in Britain, which was were discovered in Carnoustie, Angus.  PIC: GUARD Archaeology. ...

Ancient burial site and monument found in England's New Forest

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he urns contained cremated human bone and had been placed into small pits  [Credit: New Forest National Park Authority via BBC] Archa...

Pembrokeshire chariot burial finds ruled as treasure

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his terret ring would have guided the chariot reins Parts of an Iron Age chariot found by a metal detectorist have been declared treasu...

Mittelalterliche Siedlungsspuren gesucht – 3.000 Jahre altes Grab gefunden

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Dynamische Interaktionszone am Nordrand des Kaukasus Ein internationales Forschungsteam koordiniert von der Eurasien-Abteilung des Deu...
Thursday, December 6, 2018

Stonehenge tunnel: The background to the row

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Will tunnel destroy secrets of Stonehenge? Stonehenge is one of the UK's most popular tourist attractions, drawing 1.5m visitors vi...

First ancient DNA from mainland Finland reveals origins of Siberian ancestry in region

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New study shows that the genetic makeup of northern Europe traces back to migrations from Siberia that began at least 3,500 years ago and...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Archaeologists uncover rare Celtic remains

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A bronze clothes pin and ceramic object typically found in the 1st century BC. (Kanton Luzern) Archaeologists from canton Lucerne hav...

World's oldest intact shipwreck discovered in Black Sea

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Archaeologists say the 23-metre vessel has lain undisturbed for more than 2,400 years Archaeologists have found what they believe to be...

A14 road workers find woolly mammoth bones

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The remains are thought to date back to the last Ice Age Road workers building a new bypass have unearthed the Ice Age remains of a woo...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Ancient cemetery unearthed in Albania

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URAN, Albania (AP) — In a rich agricultural basin near the town of Korca in southeastern Albania, gas pipeline construction work is offer...
Monday, August 6, 2018

Experts ask if there was a tsunami in ancient Orkney

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Maesehowe is Orkney's most famous burial cairn, and a popular tourist attraction A new academic paper has suggested it is possible ...

Stonehenge: Origins of those who built world-famous monument revealed by groundbreaking scientific research

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Experts have discovered act of cremation actually crystallises a bone’s structure and allows its origins to be detected – something previous...

Small height evolved twice on 'Hobbit' island of Flores

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Liang Bua cave, where the Hobbit remains were found ROSINO / CREATIVE COMMONS A new study has shown that small height evolved twice i...

Stonehenge: First residents from west Wales

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Researchers have shown that cremated humans at Stonehenge were from the same region of Wales as the stones used in construction. The ke...
Friday, July 27, 2018

Roadworks reveal remains of Iron Age village in York

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An enclosure measuring 16 metres across is believed to date from the Iron Age  [Credit: City of York Council] The earliest find – a ...

Treasure found across Northern Ireland

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More than 40 objects found across Northern Ireland between 2009 and 2016 have been officially categorised as "treasure" by a c...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

Lessons From A Real Atlantis

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Before it was lost to the bottom of sea, Doggerland was made up of woodland, meadows, marshes and rivers,  as shown by simulations [Credi...