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Generations of Bearded Vultures Stashed Humans’ Treasures, Including a 650-Year-Old Sandal, in These Bird Nests

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/generations-bearded-vultures-stashed-humans-treasures-including-650-year-old-sandal-in-these-bird-nests-180987443/

These anthropogenic remains include 72 pieces of leather (including a 650-year-old bit of sheep leather with red lines drawn on it in ochre), 129 bits of cloth and a crossbow bolt with a wooden lance. The team also found 25 items made from esparto grass, including the complete sandal, a slingshot, ropes, fragments of baskets and horse equipment. The team used radiocarbon dating techniques to estimate the ages of the human-made objects, which ranged from between 150 to 675 years old. ... read full post

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throws_lemy in archaeology

Archaeologists have found a rare 9,000-year-old Stone Age hammer in Norway

https://www.sciencenorway.no/stone-age-archaeology-culture/archaeologists-have-found-a-rare-9000-year-old-stone-age-hammer-in-norway/2556360

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throws_lemy in archaeology

Evidence for medieval hair styling at the iconic Eilean Donan castle is revealed as rich archaeological assemblage is acquired for the nation

https://media.nms.ac.uk/news/evidence-for-medieval-hair-styling-at-the-iconic-eilean-donan-castle-is-revealed-as-rich-archaeological-assemblage-is-acquired-for-the-nation

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Life-size statue embedded in Gobeklitepe wall offers clues to 12,000-year-old rituals

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/life-size-statue-embedded-in-gobeklitepe-wall-offers-clues-to-12000-year-old-rituals-3207162

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PhilipTheBucket in archaeology

Three Decades of Research Reveal a Forgotten Medieval Castle on a Scottish Island

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-decades-of-research-reveal-a-forgotten-medieval-castle-on-a-scottish-island-180987426/

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KentNavalesi in archaeology

Monumental Animal Art Reveals People in 'Uninhabitable' Arabia 12,000 Years Ago

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Monumental Animal Art Reveals People in 'Uninhabitable' Arabia 12,000 Years Ago ... read full post

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throws_lemy in archaeology

12,000-year-old monumental camel rock art acted as ancient 'road signs' to desert water sources, study suggests

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-year-monumental-camel-art-ancient.html

New findings highlight the pioneering role of human groups who lived in the interior of northern Arabia shortly after the hyper-arid conditions of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), guided by the return of seasonal water sources—and leaving behind a monumental legacy in rock art. ... read full post

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throws_lemy in archaeology

3,300 year-old Egyptian bone whistle discovered at 18th Dynasty city of Akhenaten

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-year-egyptian-bone-18th-dynasty.html

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throws_lemy in archaeology

Archaeologists Found A Rare 30,000-Year-Old Toolkit That Once Belonged To A Stone Age Hunter

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-found-a-rare-30000-year-old-toolkit-that-once-belonged-to-a-stone-age-hunter/

Most of the time, the past survives as debris scattered across millennia—animal bones here, a broken spear tip there, the fading embers of an ancient hearth. But in the rolling hills of southern Moravia, Czech Republic, archaeologists stumbled upon something more intimate: the toolkit of a prehistoric hunter who lived around 30,000 years ago. ... read full post

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bubblybubbles in archaeology

Ancient port from Cleopatra’s time found underwater in Egypt

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/cleopatra-tomb-port-taposiris-magna

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ZeroCool in archaeology

First family statue of its kind discovered in ancient Egypt

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-family-statue-kind-ancient-egypt.html

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KentNavalesi in archaeology

12,000-Year-Old Monument May Be Humanity’s Oldest Calendar

12,000-Year-Old Monument May Be Humanity’s Oldest Calendar ... read full post

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throws_lemy in archaeology

Hittite site in Türkiye yields 56 cuneiform tablets, 22 seal impressions

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/hittite-site-in-turkiye-yields-56-cuneiform-tablets-22-seal-impressions-3207013

Archaeologists working at Kayalipinar, an ancient Hittite settlement in central Türkiye once known as Samuha, have unearthed 56 cuneiform tablets and 22 seal impressions in the latest excavation season. The discoveries shed light on state rituals, political structures, and religious practices in the late Bronze Age.

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throws_lemy in archaeology

Submerged Land Bridge Beneath the Aegean May Have Carried Early Humans From Türkiye to Europe

https://arkeonews.net/new-archaeological-discovery-suggests-early-humans-may-have-walked-from-turkiye-to-europe/

The team of archaeologists, led by Dr. Göknur Karahan from Hacettepe University, unearthed 138 lithic artifacts across ten sites within a 200 km² region of Ayvalık. These tools, ranging from handaxes and cleavers to sophisticated Levallois-style flakes, date back to the Paleolithic era and suggest human presence in the region hundreds of thousands of years ago.

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Tracing the 'Green Sahara' in Chad's northern desert

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250919-tracing-the-green-sahara-in-chad-s-northern-desert

The scientific mission, conducted over five days in late July some 30 kilometres (nearly 19 miles) from Fada, the main town in Ennedi West, brought together Chadian archaeologists and geologists from universities in N'Djamena and Abeche. ... read full post

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nemeski in archaeology

Ancient ‘Waiting Bench’ Uncovered at Pompeii

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-waiting-bench-uncovered-at-pompeii-villa-of-the-mysteries-2689029

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throws_lemy in archaeology

‘I can’t survive in a house’: Petra’s Bedouin resist moves to evict them from ancient cave homes

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/20/petra-bedouin-evict-ancient-cave-homes

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throws_lemy in archaeology

'Forgotten' royal castle uncovered at Finlaggan on Islay

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz693e0zdqeo

A "forgotten" castle discovered on a Hebridean isle could have been home to kings who once ruled large parts of western Scotland, say archaeologists.

They believe the fortress, which was built across two small islands in a loch at Finlaggan on Islay, belonged to royalty more than 700 years ago.

Their descendants included MacDonald clan chiefs who became known as the Lords of the Isles.

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throws_lemy in archaeology

Pharaoh's 3,000-year-old gold bracelet vanishes from museum in Egypt, authorities say

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gold-bracelet-pharaoh-missing-museum-cairo-egypt/

A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet has gone missing from a restoration laboratory of Cairo's Egyptian Museum, the country's antiquities ministry said. ... read full post

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nemeski in archaeology

Ancient Olmec rubber balls to be preserved with anoxia technology

https://archaeologymag.com/2025/09/ancient-olmec-rubber-balls-to-be-preserved/

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throws_lemy in archaeology

15th Century Medals Belonging to Pope Paul II Discovered in Rome

https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/12/fifteenth-century-medals-pope-paul-rome/

A terracotta vase containing three bronze medals linked to Pope Paul II has been unearthed beneath the foundations of Palazzetto Venezia during excavations for Rome’s Metro Line C. ... read full post

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UniversalMonk in archaeology

6,500-Year-Old Mysterious Earthwork Circles Unearthed in Austria

https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/11/mysterious-earthwork-circles-austria/

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throws_lemy in archaeology

Scientists say they've found the world's oldest mummies, and they're far from Egypt

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/scientists-say-found-worlds-oldest-mummies-far-egypt-rcna231558

Mummies are most often associated with Egypt, where the oldest ones are about 4,500 years old. But researchers say they have found mummies that are much older, on the other side of the world. ... read full post

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throws_lemy in archaeology

Discovery of a Complete New Copy of the Canopus Decree

https://egyptdailynews.com/discovery-of-a-complete-new-copy-of-the-canopus-decree-in-egypts-sharqia-governorate/

In a landmark archaeological discovery, an Egyptian mission affiliated with the Supreme Council of Antiquities has unearthed a complete and previously unknown copy of the Canopus Decree, dating back to 238 BCE. The discovery was made at the Tell El-Fara’in archaeological site in the city of El-Husseiniya, located in Egypt’s Sharqia Governorate. This decree, originally issued by King Ptolemy III Euergetes, is one of the most significant royal edicts of the Ptolemaic period and was intended to honor the king, his wife Berenice II, and their daughter. ... read full post

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fossilesque in archaeology

Archaeologists scramble to evacuate Gaza artefacts threatened by Israeli strike

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/antiquities-evacuated-from-gaza-city-storehouse-ahead-of-israeli-strike