Monday, July 29, 2019

Slovakia/Thousands of years old traces of human presence found in Tatra cave

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Source: Prof. Paweł Valde-Nowak Researchers including Polish archaeologists discovered 14-15 thousand years old traces of human presenc...

10,000-year-old engraved 'pebble' found near Rome said to be earliest known lunar calendar

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The 10,000-year-old pebble which is believed to be the oldest lunar calendar in the world [Credit: Sapienza Universita di Roma] The old...
Sunday, July 28, 2019

Finds from Celtic grave found in Zurich analyzed

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Reconstruction of the grave with tree coffin [Credit: Amt für Städtebau, City of Zurich] The tree coffin burial of a Celtic woman, whic...

Seltene Brandgräber aus der Steinzeit bei Wedringen

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Im Zuge des Neubaus der Ortsumfahrung bei Wedringen, Ortsteil von Haldensleben, Ldkr. Börde, führt das Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Ar...

Rare relics of an Iron Age warrior who fought the Romans

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The helmet and crest of the Iron Age warrior. Photo Allan HutchingsPhotography As the Novium in Chichester prepares to display the late...

Iron Age warrior's remains to go on show in Chichester

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The grave contained "significant" artefacts Chichester District Council The remains of an Iron Age warrior and his possess...

Grave of 'real-life Asterix' who fought Caesar found amid trove of weapons and possessions in West Sussex

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'Unique find': the artefacts have been carefully studied for the last decade CREDIT: PA The grave of a real-life Asterix contai...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Isle of Man Round Mounds: 'Spectacular' 4,000-year-old jet necklace found

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Sand on the beads from the burial site will be removed as part of the conservation process MNH A 4,000-year-old necklace has been uncove...

'Important' Iron Age settlement found at Warboys dig

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Roman finds include this jug and human remains, including six skeletons Oxford Archaeology East Iron Age roundhouses, Roman burials and...
Friday, July 19, 2019

Stone tool changes may show how Mesolithic hunter-gatherers responded to changing climate

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Reconstruction of a Mesolithic camp-site with a hunter in the front ready to fire an arrow  mounted with stone microliths [Credit: Ulco...
Thursday, July 18, 2019

Archaeology Anthropology Palaeontology Evolution Exhibitions Natural Heritage Astronomy Out of Africa and into an archaic human melting pot

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A map showing where the ancestors of modern humans appear to have met and mixed with archaic hominins [Credit: University of Adelaide] Gen...

Maternal secrets of our earliest ancestors unlocked

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Australopithecus africanus impression by Jose Garcia and Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Southern Cross University [Credit: Jose Garcia and Renaud ...

Stonehenge may have been built using pig fat

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Fat residues on shards of pottery found at Durrington Walls, near Stonehenge, have long been assumed to be connected with feeding the m...

'Stunning' decorated Neolithic stone discovered in Orkney

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The decorated stone was discovered on Monday Ness of Brodgar Archaeologists have uncovered what they describe as a "stunning exampl...
Thursday, July 11, 2019

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A reconstruction of Apidima 2, which was shown to be a Neanderthal skull. A far older skull fragment, Apidima 1, was also assumed to be...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Cannonballs, skulls and jewellery: Archaeologists discover 'Bronze Age relics' in Edinburgh city centre, delaying Richard Branson’s new hotel

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Building of first Virgin Hotel in Britain has been delayed for a year after archaeologists at the Edinburgh site unearthed artefacts da...

The first Europeans weren’t who you might think

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Genetic tests of ancient settlers' remains show that Europe is a melting pot of bloodlines from Africa, the Middle East, and today...
Thursday, July 4, 2019

Late Iron Age chariot pieces found in Pembrokeshire

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Archaeologists discovered bronze artefacts, the iron tyres of the chariot wheels and an iron sword MUSEUM WALES Archaeologists have d...

Ancient Humans Dietary Habits Reflected In Bonobo Aquatic Greens Diet

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Bonobos have been spotted doing something interesting in the Congo basin. They are scouring the swamp in search of aquatic herbs that are...
Monday, June 17, 2019

Britain’s Atlantis: Evidence of Stone Age human activity found beneath North Sea

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Archaeologists have found evidence of ancient human activity on Britain’s very own “Atlantis”.  Scientists investigating a drowned Stone ...