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Beadnet dress
Egyptian
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
2551–2528 B.C.

Depictions of women in Egyptian art...

Digitally Reconstructed Medieval Castles
Amusing Planet

Fascinating animations + explanation at link.

Enjoy! :mrgreen:

Discoveries are regularly made, so we'll have a neat thread. (And one day, I'm sure, Pyrrho will rename the sub-forum to Archaeology & Paleontology…...

A computer simulation of an ancient Roman instrument recreates sounds that historians could only imagine before.

This floor mosaic—found in a...

Good article/book review on Megiddo:

The archaeology of Armageddon

Digging up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon Eric H. Cline...

British Museum acquires 3,000-year-old Shropshire sun pendant

Gold bulla is described as one of the most important bronze age finds of the last...

Florida man finds trove of valuable treasures from 1715 shipwreck

Indian River Shores, Florida — A trove of Spanish coins dating back to a 1715...

4,500 year old quartz crystal dagger with ivory hilt. Found in a Copper Age-era tomb in Valencina de la Concepción, Spain.

The hilt is ivory...

Strangely appropriate for 2020

Long article, with lots of links, so I'll copy only the first paragraphs and you'll click the link if interested:

Archaeological discoveries are...

Archaeologists unearth gold-lined Mycenaean royal tombs in Greece

The tombs offer insights into Mycenaean culture and trade connections....

Rare is a funny word. I have read that a book is only considered rare if there are less than 10 or so copies extant. That would mean that the First...

Just came across this. Curious.

Interesting youtube video.
French architect shows how the Great Pyramid could have been built, from the inside out, using an internal ramp.

The Luger is probably the most iconic firearm in the world. Maybe the AK is catching up but I'd wager that if you did a properly constructed test...

Elgin's casts of Parthenon marbles reveal details since lost from statues

Findings could shine fresh light on some of the most celebrated...

An interesting article on the Venus of Hohle Fels:

Ivory sculpture in Germany could be world's oldest

The figurine originates from a...

A recent study reveals huge genetic diversity among ancient Romans, it was like today’s New York city

A new study found that Romans were a much...

Animation in Palaeolithic art: a pre-echo of cinema

Marc Azéma a Palaeolithic researcher and film maker has been exploring the representation of...

I bought one like this in Maine many years ago. It isn't really a fake sine there was never a real knife like this in service in Nazi Germany. Rather...

Dogs show a nose for archaeology by sniffing out 3,000 year old tombs

Trained canines help locate burial sites dating back to the iron age in...

Oxford Professor Is Accused of Selling Ancient Texts to Hobby Lobby

An investigation found that Bible fragments in a museum started by the owners...

Found this in the rather unsettling town of Arcadia yesterday.

What it is is a Gunner's Quadrant and is used to lay or aim a piece of artillery....

I used to collect swords, had quite a few now sold off mostly. I have 12 or so that I particularly liked. This one used to belong to Ewart Oakschott...

So Saturday I went to a very large antique arms show in Lakeland FL. Bought a few things, an odd luger for one. But I also bought this

WTF is it?...

1. the introduction of a process similar to that in Scotland, whereby all Archaeological objects become the property of the Crown

2. the...

Franklin Expedition: New footage of wreck of HMS Terror

Also, there was a TV series on Netflix about this ill-fated expedition, but I haven't seen...

2300 years old Scythian woman's boot preserved in the frozen ground of the Altai Mountains

These bootees are entirely covered with ornament....

Yeah, it's paleontology – Pyrrho, can the sub-forum be renamed Archaeology & Paleontology?

If you have read Gould's book on the Burgess Shale,...

A 500-Year-Old Shipwreck Has Turned Up Perfectly Intact on Bottom of The Baltic Sea

Laying on the muddy floor of the frigid inland Baltic Sea,...

Permafrost thaw sparks fear of 'gold rush' for mammoth ivory

Prospectors in Russia dig up remains of extinct animals for trade worth an estimated...

Medievalists excited at parchment fragment of 'vagina monologue'

Find in Austrian abbey dates poem to 200 years earlier than previously thought...

Seriously.

The Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library MS 24) is considered to be one of the best examples of its type due to its lavish and costly...

'Phenomenal' 2,300-year-old bark shield found in Leicestershire

Archaeologists hail iron age object a ‘marvellous, internationally important find’...

An issue of long standing, bubbling up as lesser races are encouraged to whine by their white liberal masters. Then, ownce they blow their precious...

Shipwreck recovered off South Korea reveals hidden secrets about Chinese porcelain, trade and culture

In 1323, the large trade ship left Ningbo,...

An Anglo-Saxon burial chamber found on a grassy verge next to a busy road and not far from an Aldi is being hailed as Britain’s equivalent of...

He brags a bit, modern diamond-covered blades are certainly sharper (you can't test them on your thumb), but it's fun to watch.

Archeological treasures found during metro construction in Greece

Hellenistic era building foundations, found at Agia Sophia Station,...

Well, back in the day I took a trip to Paris with my soon to be wife. We went up on the crosswalk thingie on Notre Dame.
I noticed crap on the...

Stonehenge: DNA reveals origin of builders

By Paul Rincon Science editor, Bugger'd By Colonists News website

Researchers in London compared DNA...

(Wish I could write like that!)

'Extraordinary' 500-year-old library catalogue reveals books lost to time

The Libro de los Epítomes was a...

do you live anywhere near Cuffley?

I had a thought. Might be an interesting little project. But only if it is sorta near.

Historical research, no...

Ancient Bones And Teeth Found In A Philippine Cave May Rewrite Human History

An unusual species of human apparently lived on the island of...

Underwater ritual offerings in the Island of the Sun and the formation of the Tiwanaku state

Significance

Ritual and religion are significant...