A recent study…
Category: Arch/ Anthro
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Study traces origins of Estonia’s oldest dated manuscript covers
Outside view of the wooden covers of the Codex, arrow shows where the wooden plug is. Credit: Ervin Sestverk in Läänelaid et al. 2025
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Buddha statue discovery in North Korea
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) has announced the discovery of a Buddha statue in North Korea.
The statue was found by the Archaeology Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences and the National Authority for the Protection of Cultural…
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“House of Life” among new discoveries at the Ramesseum
A joint French and Egyptian archaeological mission has made several major new discoveries at the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple for Ramesses II (also known as “Ramesses the Great”).
The Ramesseum is located in the Theban Necropolis in Upper…
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Extensive Roman settlement found beyond the borders of the Roman Empire
Archaeologists excavating in Delbrück-Bentfeld, northwestern Germany, have uncovered evidence of an extensive Roman-era settlement beyond the borders of the Roman Empire.
The settlement lies along the Lippe River, near the site of the Roman…
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AI assists archaeologist in mapping Angkorian-period structures
Archaeologists have created deep learning models, specifically with DeepLab V3+, for semantic segmentation to identify previously unknown reservoirs from the Angkor period.
Angkor, situated in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, served as the capital…
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Wine Drinking in Ancient Troy Was Not Restricted to Royal Elite, Archaeologists Say
Since its discovery during Heinrich Schliemann’s excavations at the legendary fortress city of Troy, the depas amphikypellon — a cylindrical goblet with two curved handles which is thought to be the goblet mentioned in Homer’s epics —…
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More caves discovered in Nottingham’s hidden subterranean world
Nottingham, nestled in England’s East Midlands, is famously known as the legendary home of Robin Hood. But beyond its folklore, the city also boasts the UK’s largest network of caves, carved by hand into the soft sandstone bedrock as early as…
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Hallstatt dagger discovered on Baltic Coast
Researchers from the St. Cordula Association for the Protection of Monuments have discovered a rare Hallstatt-era dagger, revealed after a storm caused a section of a Baltic Sea cliff to collapse.
The Hallstatt culture was a Late Bronze Age to…
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Traces of Ecuador’s first colonial-era city unearthed in Riobamba
Archaeologists from Ecuador’s National Institute of Cultural Heritage (INPC) have uncovered remnants of an early colonial-era city that was destroyed by a devastating earthquake in 1797.
Located in the San Miguel plains in modern-day Riobamba,…
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Neandertal-like tools found in China present a mystery
Stone tools traditionally attributed to European and western Asian Neandertals have turned up nearly a continent away in southern China.
Artifacts unearthed at a river valley site called Longtan include distinctive stone cutting and…
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