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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…...

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...

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....

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...

Found this site

Turns out a bunch of relatives were in the CW. I assume that since my last name is unusual and all of us come from a small area in...

The Day the Dinosaurs Died (In the New Yorker )

Long story about recent developments in the field. You can read it or listen to it.

The following...

New Pompeii Graffiti May Rewrite History In A Major Way

Excavations ongoing at the archaeological site of Pompeii outside Naples, Italy, have...

A Historical Treasure Bordering Ancient Mesopotamia

In Iraqi Kurdistan, excavations carried out by a French archaeological mission have revealed...

Mexican archaeologists discover cave filled with near perfect Mayan ceramics

Mexican archaeologists say they've found a cave at the Mayan ruins of...

The wreck of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Hornet has been discovered in the South Pacific, 77 years after Japanese forces sunk the ship in a...

Around 20,000 coins, often several centuries old, are stored in the State Office's archives and vaults. The collection is constantly growing. Until...

Interesting video, decent naration, plausable explanation.

Ahead Of 2020 Summer Olympics, A Building Boom In Kyoto Is Yielding Ancient Artifacts

Deep in the urban center of Kyoto, Japan, behind a department...

A World War One-era German hand grenade has been found among a delivery of potatoes shipped from France to a crisp factory in Hong Kong, police say....

Remains of explorer Matthew Flinders found under London train station during HS2 dig, ending 200-year mystery

Matthew Flinders died at the age...

Archaeologist debunks the myth of “the nearly naked Bushmen”
Heritage Daily

The point being that there are other ways of assuaging nakedness than...

Found an interesting site

Thinking about it, how do you erase the architecture of a regime that was in place for a decade? I am a sucker for then...

I like things that sorta made it , particularly when they are anonymous.

Here are two.

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Note the shape of the open space. The...

As there are constantly new discoveries let's have a generic thread.

Untouched, 4,400-Year-Old Tomb Discovered in Egypt

The discovery of the...

500-year-old skeleton found in River Thames wearing remarkably well-preserved boots

A 500-year-old skeleton has been found in the River Thames...

The first recorded use of the word Modulo on this forum. The perp?

You have to ask?

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So not really archaeology.

England and France put medieval manuscripts online

About 800 “spectacular manuscripts” from medieval England and...

Lost city of Tenea, reputed home of Trojan war captives, is discovered in Greece

The citizens of the city, previously known mostly from ancient...

Westminster Abbey lavatory block gives way to medieval burial find

Remains of at least 50 people, all believed to date from 11th and early 12th...

Bridge and gold coins uncovered as Danube sinks to record low in Budapest

Record low water levels in the Danube have uncovered parts of an old...

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

'Oldest Intact Shipwreck Known To Mankind' Found In Depths Of Black Sea

More than a mile beneath the surface of the Black Sea, shrouded in...