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A Roman tomb where magical nails were used to fend off the ‘restless dead’ has been discovered in Türkiye
In the ancient city of Sagalassos in southwestern Türkiye, archaeologists have identified an unusual burial practice from the early Roman imperial period, consisting of deliberately…
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER MOSAICS ON THE SHORE OF THE SEA OF GALILEE
ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY MAINZ (JGU) HAVE DISCOVERED MOSAICS IN A SETTLEMENT NEAR TO THE EARLY ISLAMIC CALIPH’S PALACE OF KHIRBAT AL-MINYA ON…
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AMERICA’S ARCHAEOLOGY DATA KEEPS DISAPPEARING – EVEN THOUGH THE LAW SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO PRESERVE IT
ARCHAEOLOGY – THE NAME CONJURES UP IMAGES OF SOMEONE CAREFULLY SIFTING THE SANDS FOR TRACES OF THE PAST AND THEN METICULOUSLY PUTTING THOSE RELICS IN…
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THE INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH RESTITUTES TWO EGYPTIAN MUMMY PORTRAITS
THE INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH RESTITUTED TWO EGYPTIAN MUMMY PORTRAITS FROM THE 1ST TO 2ND CENTURY A.D. TO THE HEIRS OF…
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DISCOVERIES BY ARCHAEOLOGY TEAM GIVE NEW CLUES ON LIFE IN ANCIENT JEWISH VILLAGE
RECENT DISCOVERIES BY A TEAM OF SPECIALISTS AND STUDENTS AT HUQOQ IN ISRAEL’S GALILEE, LED BY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL PROFESSOR JODI…
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ARCHAEOLOGY: CERAMIC COOKING POTS RECORD HISTORY OF ANCIENT FOOD PRACTICES
ANALYSING THREE COMPONENTS OF CERAMIC COOKING POTS — CHARRED REMAINS, INNER SURFACE RESIDUES AND LIPIDS ABSORBED WITHIN THE CERAMIC WALLS — MAY HELP ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER…
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Footprints in New Mexico are oldest evidence of humans in the Americas
Humans reached the Americas at least 7000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new findings. The footprints belonged to teenagers and children who lived…
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Egypt: Gold-covered mummy among latest discoveries
Egyptian antiquities workers at the Saqqara archaeological site on 26 January, where a gold-laced mummy and four tombs including of an ancient king’s “secret keeper”…
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THE MYSTERY OF TUTANKHAMUN’S METEORIC IRON DAGGER
IN 1922, EGYPTIAN EXCAVATORS LED BY HOWARD CARTER DISCOVERED THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN, AN EGYPTIAN PHARAOH WHO WAS THE LAST OF HIS ROYAL FAMILY TO…
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ORNATE COLLECTION OF MOSAICS UNCOVERED NEAR JERICHO
ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE ARCHAEOLOGY UNIT OF THE COORDINATION OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE TERRITORIES, COGAT, HAVE UNCOVERED SEVERAL LARGE MOSAICS NEAR JERICHO IN THE WEST…