Archaeologists from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) have unearthed the tomb of a high-ranking military commander from the reign of Ramses III.
The tomb was discovered at Tell Roud Iskander in the Maskhouta area of the Ismailia…
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Rare Viking-era bracelet uncovered on Öland
An extremely rare Viking-era bracelet has been uncovered near Löt on the Swedish island of Öland.
Öland is the second-largest island in Sweden, which during the Viking-era was a major craft and trading centre with links to the southern and…
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Large mammoth bone discovery in Lower Austria
Archaeologists from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) have uncovered the remains of at least five mammoths during excavations in Langmannersdorf an der Perschling, located in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
The Langmannersdorf site was…
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“Structurally sound” historic vessels discovered beneath fishpond
Two preserved wooden vessels have been discovered in Thuận Thành, a town in the Vietnamese province of Bắc Ninh.
According to a press statement issued by the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of Bac Ninh Province, local residents…
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Bulgar-Golden Horde period complex discovered in Alekseevsky
Archaeological research in the Alekseevsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan have discovered a Bulgar-Golden Horde period complex.
Following the collapse of Old Great Bulgaria during the 7th century, the Bulgarians of Kotrag settled in the…
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Archaeologists unearth burials from the Schmalkaldic War
Archaeologists from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation have unearthed burials from the Schmalkaldic War that correspond to details in a 1551 historical painting.
The Schmalkaldic War (1546 to 1547) was a conflict between the…
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1.1-Million-Year-Old Facial Bones of Archaic Homo Found in Spain
Who the first inhabitants of Western Europe were, what their physical characteristics were, and when and where they lived are some of the pending questions in the study of the settlement of Eurasia during the Early Pleistocene epoch. The…
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Royal tomb of unknown pharaoh discovered in Mount Anubis necropolis
A joint Egyptian-American archaeological mission has discovered a royal tomb from the Second Intermediate Period (1700 to 1550 BC) in the Mount Anubis necropolis.
The “Mountain-of-Anubis” is a sacred mountain with a pyramidal peak in the…
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Cult centre revealed at ancient Amphipolis
Archaeologists excavating ancient Amphipolis have uncovered a cult centre from the 4th century BC.
Amphipolis was an ancient Greek polis, and later a Roman city, located in the modern municipality of Amphipoli, northern Greece.
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Mikveh ritual bath discovered at Ostia Antica
Archaeologists excavating at Ostia Antica have discovered a Jewish ritual bath known as a mikveh.
Ostia Antica was an ancient harbour town situated at the mouth of the Tiber River. The harbour served as the main port for Rome, transporting goods…
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