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Norway’s oldest rune-stone fragments rewrite early writing history
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (232+ words) Radiocarbon evidence places the inscribed pieces between 50 BC and AD 275, pushing the documented use of runes on stone further back than previously confirmed. The fragments (labelled Hole 1, 2 and 3) contain multiple sequences of runes and rune-like markings. The most prominent inscription…...
Hidden vault uncovered in Canterbury
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (354+ words) The chamber was discovered during improvement works at St Mary Bredman Square, close to the site of the former Nason's department store. Paving stones were lifted as part of the city council's regeneration programme when contractors identified what experts later…...
Field survey unearths scores of archaeological finds
5+ hour, 42+ min ago (156+ words) The discoveries will soon enrich the collections of the Muzeum Zamojskie w Zamo'ciu, where specialists will conduct further analysis and conservation. Operating under a permit issued by the Lublin Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments" Zamo" Delegation, valid through 2025, the three-member team'Micha…...
Siberian petroglyph discovery reshapes understanding of ancient rock art
18+ hour, 16+ min ago (321+ words) According to the press service of the Institute of the History of Material Culture (IHMC) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the discoveries were made at the Ust-Kamyshta-1 and Kamyshta-3 burial grounds in the Askizsky. The excavations were conducted between…...
Traces of Iron Age settlement discovered in Minden-Lübbecke district
19+ hour, 14+ min ago (245+ words) The excavation, supervised by the LWL Archaeology for Westphalia, has revealed rare structural evidence from the pre-Roman Iron Age. The new discovery was made on Lohagenweg, where the city plans to build a new fire station. The site is situated…...
Painted coffins of the "Amun Singers" discovered in Luxor
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (307+ words) The discovery took place in the southwest corner of the Asasif necropolis in the Qurna area on Luxor's West Bank, which had long been a centre for high-ranking officials and temple staff. The excavation is being carried out by a…...
Submerged cave remains point to an 8,000-year-old burial site
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (204+ words) It was recovered at a depth of eight metres within a submerged cave system that is part of a sprawling network of cenotes and underground rivers between the tourist hubs of Tulum and Playa del Carmen. The cave passages, which…...
Study reveals the truth behind the "Princess of Bagicz"
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (403+ words) The discovery was made accidentally at the end of the 19th century in Bagicz, in what is present-day West Pomeranian Voivodeship. A wooden log containing human remains had slipped from a seaside cliff, drawing researchers" attention. What they found was remarkable:…...
Tomb plate belonging to a centurion of the First Italic Legion discovered at Nove
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (178+ words) The discovery was made after a local resident alerted authorities that a tree uprooted on his property in the villa zone of Svishtov had exposed what appeared to be ancient graves. Archaeologists from the Municipal Institute in Svishtov and the…...
Elite tomb laden with gold funerary objects found at El Caño
1+ week, 2+ day ago (255+ words) According to experts, the discovery is one of the region's most important archaeological finds in decades, dating back over one thousand years. The clustering of richly furnished graves reinforces the interpretation of the site as a dynastic burial ground and…...