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Imaging reveals 2k-year-old ice mummy's 'incredibly impressive' tattoos
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/ice-mummy-tattooos-1.7601132cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/542888
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/542888
Archaeologists Thought This Ancient Site in Spain Was a Church. Was It Actually a Synagogue? ... read full post
New evidence suggests people returned to live among the ruins of Pompeii after the ancient Roman city was devastated by a volcanic eruption. ... read full post
Lastourville (Gabon) (AFP) – In Gabon's sprawling forest, archaeologists dig for ancient clues that could unlock the secrets of how prehistoric humans lived and interacted in the changing landscape of central Africa. ... read full post
Archaeologists have uncovered striking evidence of an ancient ceremonial complex in Murayghat, Jordan, that could rewrite what we know about Early Bronze Age ritual life in the southern Levant. ... read full post
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a medieval knight, buried under a shuttered ice cream parlor in the Polish city of Gdańsk. ... read full post
Fantastical animal imagery on the forearms of a 2,300-year-old mummified woman is revealing new information about the art of tattooing in ancient Siberia. ... read full post
Lima (AFP) – A crew of workers accidentally discovered a mummy more than 1,000 years old while installing gas pipes in Peru's capital Lima, their employer and archaeologists said Thursday. ... read full post
I know that this got linked to yesterday, but these are only a few minutes from my house, so I went during lunch today and took pictures: ... read full post
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5673072 ... read full post
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5623548 ... read full post
A monumental discovery has emerged from the windswept plains of Ceyranchol in western Azerbaijan: a 3,800-year-old Middle Bronze Age kurgan, believed to be the burial site of a towering warrior, has been unearthed during the “Scientific-Archaeological Excavations and Summer School-5 at Keshikchidagh” project. ... read full post