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Don’t Panic! How to Fight Fascism as a Student of the Past
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🗿 Archaeologists of Mastodon 🔬
https://stark1tty.github.io/Mastodon-Archaeology/8
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💎 Diamond Archaeology: Open venues for publishing, reviewing and curating archaeological research
https://diamond.open-archaeo.info/17
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Resource collection for the sidebar!
Please post any relevant links you would like to add to the resource collection on the sidebar! :) Eventually I will go through my bookmarks too!
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Huge undersea wall dating from 5000 BC found in France
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk7lg1j146o16
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The Shocking Lost Ancient (Deep-Underground) CITY of Derinkuyu
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bdKV93pK8qo8
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Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts ‘long-lost’ Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/rutland-mosaic-long-lost-troy-story180
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1,800-year-old 'piggy banks' full of Roman-era coins unearthed in French village
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1-800-year-old-piggy-banks-full-of-roman-era-coins-unearthed-in-french-village18
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Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/08/ancient-egyptian-pleasure-boat-found-archaeologists-alexandria-coastAn ancient Egyptian pleasure boat that matches a description by the first-century Greek historian Strabo has been discovered off the coast of Alexandria, to the excitement of archaeologists. ... read full post
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6,000 Years of History Unearthed Beneath the Houses of Parliament
https://www.restorationandrenewal.uk/news/6000-years-history-unearthed-beneath-houses-parliamentArchaeologists working at the Palace of Westminster have uncovered evidence of human activity dating back nearly 6,000 years - over a millennium older than the earliest earthworks at Stonehenge. The discovery includes more than 60 struck flint flakes, including one worked tool, likely dating to the late Mesolithic or early Neolithic period (around 4300 BC).
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New discovery of gold-decorated iron lances sacrificed at a sacred spring 2800 years ago
https://vestmuseum.dk/en/nyt-fund-af-gulddekorerede-jernlanser-ofret-ved-hellig-kilde-for-2800-aar-siden/27
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Elaborate 2,700-year-old tomb in Greece contains burial of a woman with an upside-down crown
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/elaborate-2-700-year-old-tomb-in-greece-contains-burial-of-a-woman-with-an-upside-down-crownArchaeologists in Greece have uncovered the grave of an ousted noblewoman whom they are calling "The Lady with the Inverted Diadem." The seventh-century-B.C. burial is notable for the elaborate bronze crown placed upside down on the woman's head, which may have signified a final end to her power.
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Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/02/neolithic-conch-like-shell-spain-catalonia-discovery-musical-instrumentsIn an article co-authored with his colleague Margarita Díaz-Andreu, the University of Barcelona researcher argues that 12 large shell trumpets found in Neolithic settlements and mines in Catalonia – and dated to between the late fifth and early fourth millennia BC – may have been used as long-distance communication devices and as rudimentary musical instruments. ... read full post
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Roman-era ink reveals surprising chemical complexity
Roman-era ink reveals surprising chemical complexity ... read full post
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Viking Age woman found buried with scallop shells on her mouth, and archaeologists are mystified
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/viking-age-woman-found-buried-with-scallop-shells-on-her-mouth-and-archaeologists-are-mystified31
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'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7836wvx4q4oArchaeologists are to resume digging at the Ness of Brodgar on Orkney after 3D radar technology led to an "extraordinary discovery".
The dig team at the Ness, one of the most important Neolithic sites in the British Isles, are not revealing what they believe the find to be until more work is done.
But they say it is like nothing else ever found at the site – and may not even be Neolithic.
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New finds in Turkey's southeast add to picture of Neolithic age
https://www.reuters.com/science/new-finds-turkeys-southeast-add-picture-neolithic-age-2025-11-26/SANLIURFA, Turkey, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Turkey unveiled dozens of new finds at a major archaeological site in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, giving fresh insight into an area seen as showing humanity's transition from hunter-gatherers to settled societies more than 11,000 years ago. ... read full post
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Archaeologists Found the Remains of an Ancient Religious Sanctuary
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a69499195/ancient-religious-sanctuary/Archaeologists uncovered a 2,000-year-old building in what is modern-day United Arab Emirates that likely served as a sanctuary at which merchants and travelers could worship before and after trips across the Persian Gulf. ... read full post
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These Ancient Log Boats Unearthed in England Were Each Carved From a Single Tree Trunk 3,000 Years Ago
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-ancient-log-boats-unearthed-in-england-were-each-carved-from-a-single-tree-trunk-3000-years-ago-180987730/75
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'Hot knives and brute force': King Tut's mummy was decapitated and dismembered after its historic discovery. Then, the researchers covered it up.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/hot-knives-and-brute-force-king-tuts-mummy-was-decapitated-and-dismembered-after-its-historic-discovery-then-the-researchers-covered-it-up26
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Ancient Maya game board with unique mosaic design discovered in Guatemala
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-ancient-maya-game-board-unique.html10
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Archaeologists identify Pharaoh Sheshonq III’s sarcophagus alongside 225 ushabti figurines in ancient Tanis
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/ushabti-and-pharaoh-sheshonq-iii-sarcophagus-in-tanis/37
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Archaeologists lift the lid on a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus hidden beneath Budapest
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2623422/offbeatBUDAPEST: A remarkably well-preserved Roman sarcophagus has been unearthed in Hungary’s capital, offering a rare window into the life of the young woman inside and the world she inhabited around 1,700 years ago. ... read full post
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Perfectly preserved rock art site reveals 1,700 years of Aboriginal string craft
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-art-site-reveals-years-aboriginal.htmlImagine you're in southeast Cape York Peninsula, heading north from the tiny town of Laura—population 133. You're in a dusty four-wheel drive, bumping over a rough gravel road to a remote location known only to traditional Kuku Warra custodians.
All too soon, the road becomes a station track winding through the woodland, leaving signs of civilization behind.