Archaeologists excavating Sheffield Castle have uncovered the first surviving examples of 17th-century wooden stake defences from the English Civil War.
Sheffield Castle was first constructed as a motte and bailey following the Norman Conquest of…
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Hermes statue among sculptures discovered in Aspendos excavation
Excavations in ancient Aspendos, part of the “Heritage to the Future” project, have discovered a statue depicting the image of Hermes and fragments of sculptures from the Ancient Greek pantheon of dieties.
Aspendos was an ancient Greco-Roman…
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Rare monolithic menhir discovery near Halberstadt
Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt have discovered a menhir during excavations near Halberstadt in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Menhirs, meaning “long stones” from Brittonic…
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Submerged Roman villa emerges in Lake Fusaro
The remains of a Roman village complex have started to emerge from the waters of Lake Fusaro due to a process of geological uplift known as bradysism.
Lake Fusaro is located in the comune of Bacoli in the Italian province of Naples. The lake and…
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New insights into Inca pilgrimages to volcanic peaks
Archaeologists have examined the ritual landscape the Inca used during their pilgrimages to perform capacocha rituals on volcanic peaks.
The capacocha was a sacrificial rite among the Inca that typically involved the sacrifice of children at…
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Neolithic monument resembling Woodhenge uncovered in Denmark
Archaeologists in Denmark have uncovered a 4,000-year-old monument that closely resembles England’s Woodhenge timber circle.
The monument was discovered during construction works for a new housing estate in the Danish town of Aars, located in…
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Homo sapiens Were Living in African Wet Tropical Forests as Early as 150,000 Years Ago
New research led by Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology scientists challenges conventional ideas about the habitability of ancient tropical forests and suggests that West Africa may have been an important center for the evolution of our…
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Humans moved into African rainforests at least 150,000 years ago
Humans lived under the leafy canopy of a West African rainforest by at least 150,000 years ago.
Previously, the oldest secure evidence for humans living in African rainforests dated to about 18,000 years ago. The earliest human…
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Medieval church discovered beneath Eschwege car park
Construction works to transform a former car park into a public space has revealed the remains of a medieval church.
Situated near the Nikolaiturm in Eschwege, Germany, the structure’s massive hewn limestone foundations suggest it once covered…
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