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Random stuff that got dug up

by Pyrrho » Sun Feb 03, 2019 1:26 pm

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....

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Sun Feb 03, 2019 1:26 pm
Matthew Flinders

by Witness » Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:12 am

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

Matthew Flinders died at the age...

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Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:12 am
Archaeologist debunks the myth of “the nearly naked Bushmen”

by Zombie Abdul » Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:36 pm

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Tue Jan 15, 2019 1:08 am
Nazi survivals

by ed » Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:52 pm

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...

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Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:18 am
Survivals

by ed » Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:15 am

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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...

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Interesting thread, hope you'll keep it up with other examples.

I'll contribute Kraków:

They were smart enough to keep the trace of the ramparts...

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Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:51 am
Boots (with skeleton) found in the Thames

by Witness » Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:55 pm

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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...

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I wouldn't be caught dead in those boots!

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Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:16 am
Friday, July 23, 2004

by ed » Sun Dec 02, 2018 3:38 pm

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

You have to ask?

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schtick uber alles

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Sun Dec 02, 2018 4:13 pm
Medieval Manuscripts

by Witness » Sat Nov 24, 2018 1:14 am

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So not really archaeology.

England and France put medieval manuscripts online

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

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Oops! :oops:

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Mon Nov 26, 2018 1:56 am
Tenea, Greece

by Witness » Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:59 pm

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

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

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Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:59 pm
Westminster Abbey lavatory

by Witness » Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:05 am

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...

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Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:05 am
Low Waters in Budapest

by Witness » Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:33 am

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...

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Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:20 am
Greek ship

by Anaxagoras » Wed Oct 24, 2018 10:17 am

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'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...

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But no rum, though.

--J.D.

Shame that.

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Mon Oct 29, 2018 4:15 am
Viking ship

by Witness » Tue Oct 23, 2018 1:38 am

Halden Arbeiderblad – Sensational find of Viking ships and Viking village in Halden!

In Viksletta, near the monumental Jellhaugen in Østfold,...

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Tue Oct 23, 2018 1:38 am
Eight-year-old Swedish-American girl pulls pre-Viking era sword from lake

by Zombie Abdul » Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:54 pm

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Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:53 am
Old Hand

by Witness » Sat Sep 29, 2018 2:56 am

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3,500-Year-Old Hand is Europe’s Earliest Metal Body Part

Found in a Bronze-Age grave, the rare artifact may have been used for ritual purposes....

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Or the contact lense... :o

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Sun Sep 30, 2018 3:26 am
Prague astronomical clock

by Witness » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:28 am

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Restoration work on Prague’s Astronomical Clock reveals hidden secrets

Restoration work on Prague’s famous medieval Astronomical Clock at the...

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Good place for a defenestration.

Nah--the spike is too high compared to the window. You need them to build up some momentum before being impaled.

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Thu Sep 27, 2018 1:42 pm
Ancient hairdressing

by Witness » Thu Sep 20, 2018 3:24 am

Janet Stephens, intrepid hairdressing archaeologist, was on my mind often as I traipsed through the rooms full of Roman busts in the Capitoline...

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Thu Sep 20, 2018 3:24 am
Drinking in the Stone Age

by Witness » Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:11 am

A prehistoric thirst for craft beer

Evidence suggests that stone mortars from Raqefet Cave, Israel, were used in brewing cereal-based beer...

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Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:21 am
Cigarettes ca. 1951

by ed » Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:35 pm

Sorta archeology ...

Like the guy in the vid.

“Nice red head to these old matches”
“You know these things are gonna strike like a champ”...

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Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:35 pm
XVIIth c. London (CGI)

by Witness » Fri Sep 14, 2018 2:50 am

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You can skip the first 50 seconds.

We are six students from De Montfort University taking part in the Crytek Off the Map project, building a 3D...

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Video games, I presume. Analogous rendering engines = analogous look and feel .

And aesthetic tastes of the young creators having been formatted by...

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Sat Sep 15, 2018 4:22 am
Roman gold coins find

by Witness » Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:52 pm

Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of old theater

Archaeologists are studying a valuable trove of old Roman coins found on the site of...

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Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:52 pm
XIIIth c. cockatoo

by Witness » Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:03 am

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Images of Australasian Cockatoo on 13th-Century Sicilian Manuscript Spark Rethink on Medieval Trade Routes

Four sketches and a written description...

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The original:

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Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:17 am
Aerial Archeology

by ed » Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:02 am

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The field that slopes down to the river behind the shipping depot might look like an untouched strip of land, but it was something else once — a...

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In Ireland too:

And a vid about drone archaeology in Jordan (permanent drought there :mrgreen: ) – don't miss the end where it all comes...

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Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:19 pm
Ancient Mummy

by Witness » Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:06 pm

This Ancient Mummy Is Older Than the Pharaohs

A mummy that was long thought to have been naturally preserved showed traces of compounds that were...

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Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:06 pm
Bog jewelry

by Pyrrho » Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:18 pm

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Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:18 pm
Still digging in Pompeii

by Witness » Mon May 28, 2018 3:51 am

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Spectacular house with colourful animal frescoes discovered in Pompeii

The residence, which probably belonged to a member of Pompeii's upper class,...

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Those really are speed bumps on that road. Damn kids racing chariots at all hours. :oldman:

Don't know for Pompeii, but in Rome horses and...

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Tue Aug 07, 2018 4:21 am
Hipposandals

by Witness » Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:14 am

Early Roman 'horseshoes' dug up from Vindolanda fort ditch

Barbara Birley, curator at Vindolanda, near Hexham, in Northumberland, said it was...

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Mon Aug 06, 2018 4:26 pm
Cologne's Roman Library

by Witness » Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:12 am

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Archeologists Just Discovered The Remnants Of Germany’s Oldest Public Library

The building could have housed up to 20,000 scrolls and might even...

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Damn, I've got one of their scrolls. The fine's gonna be enormous!

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Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:09 am
Sarcophagus in Black

by Pyrrho » Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:18 pm

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Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:19 am
Tzompantli

by Witness » Wed Jul 11, 2018 3:27 am

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News from the Mesoamerican Empire of Dumbth™:

Detailed article:

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Looking at stuff like that, it occurs that it's a bloody wonder the human species has made it this far. Quicker the Planet takes a good, healthy dump...

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Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:25 pm
Devil coins

by Witness » Sun Jul 08, 2018 3:36 am

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Not really archaeology, but fun (and strange):
Hoax 'devil coins' found in Bath Abbey

Two “devil coins” that were hidden in Scandinavian...

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Ever read Anglo Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson? :coolspecs: No, but I will. :)

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Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:39 am
Ötzi

by Witness » Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:06 am

The Final Hours of the Iceman’s Tools

What the implements found with the body of Ötzi revealed about the Copper Age.

The latest findings,...

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Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:06 am
Stonehenge

by Anaxagoras » Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:06 am

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I'm seeing all sorts of headlines similar to this one:

Stonehenge secret: Did builders use Pythagoras' theorem 2,000 years before the philosopher...

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A bit repetitive, but gives a good general view:

(The music is terrible.)

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Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:46 pm
Old Earth

by Witness » Sun Jun 24, 2018 3:44 am

Pyrrho, can you please rename this subforum to Archaeology and Paleontology ? ed is OK with that. Thanks.

Interactive globe where you can locate...

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Sun Jun 24, 2018 3:44 am
$17 billion shipwreck found

by Pyrrho » Wed May 23, 2018 6:23 pm

With cannon.

A 310-year-old Spanish shipwreck carrying treasure that might be worth up to $17 billion was discovered with the help of an...

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Wed May 23, 2018 6:23 pm
Mardaman

by Witness » Wed May 23, 2018 1:33 am

Cuneiform tablets from Bassetki reveal location of ancient royal city of Mardaman

Translations of Assyrian writings found by archaeologists from...

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Wed May 23, 2018 1:33 am
The Coelacanth of trees

by ed » Sun May 06, 2018 4:22 pm

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Wollemia is a genus of coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae. Wollemia was only known through fossil records until the Australian species...

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Arch and paleo is good for me OK, so we'll ask ( ) our Master of Ceremonies: Pyrrho, can the subforum/metathread be renamed from Archaeology to...

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Mon May 07, 2018 3:27 am
Parthenon

by Witness » Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:05 pm

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Tue May 01, 2018 11:42 pm
Electrical Worker Acquires Personal Effects of ed's Ancestor

by Nyarlathotep » Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:50 pm

Film at 11

Crusader-Era Hand Grenade Found Among Archaeological Artifacts Collected By Electric Company Worker

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Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:17 pm
Way high tech wreck of nazi sub found

by Fid » Sat Apr 21, 2018 3:29 am

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Yeah, yeah thems nazis but do war graves only apply in ones territorial waters?

The Hunley a semi-submarine was recovered and the bones of the...

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Way high tech by Nazi sub standards means a snorkel so they can run their engine and charge their batteries submerged.

It didn't get built in large...

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Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:41 pm
New "Nasca" Lines

by Witness » Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:54 am

Massive Ancient Drawings Found in Peruvian Desert

Peruvian archaeologists armed with drones have discovered more than 50 new examples of these...

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Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:54 am
"Freedom Coins"

by Witness » Thu Apr 05, 2018 2:43 am

Trove of ancient 'freedom coins' unearthed in Jerusalem

A trove of bronze coins, the last remnants of an ancient Jewish revolt against the Roman...

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Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:23 am
Civil War gold!

by Pyrrho » Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:52 pm

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Wed Mar 28, 2018 4:18 am
Tattoo

by Witness » Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:36 am

World's oldest tattoo art found on Egyptian mummy that has been in British Museum for 100 years

Previously, all that academics and museum visitors...

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Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:36 am
War

by ed » Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:26 pm

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Interesting. I would argue that the death rate is constant. Also note that the greatest bloodletting occurred after women got the right to vote.

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What accounts for the streaks on the right--are those extended conflicts winding down?

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Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:57 pm
USS Lexington found

by Anaxagoras » Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:05 am

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Expedition led by Microsoft co-founder locates lost WWII carrier

The aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) was struck by multiple Japanese...

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SEE!!!

It is not even named after the proper Corral Sea!!11!

#FalseFlag!

:freedom:

--J.D.

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Tue Mar 06, 2018 5:56 am
Bayeux "tapestry"

by Witness » Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:27 am

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[quote= The Crown Chronicles ] Bayeux Tapestry will be loaned to UK for exhibition

The famous Bayeux Tapestry is to be loaned to the UK for an...

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--J.D.

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Thu Mar 01, 2018 5:26 am
Gods in color

by Witness » Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:52 am

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Rediscovering the Blazingly Bright Colors of Ancient Sculptures

In 1811, a group of English and German scholars happened upon the Aphaia Temple, on...

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So really the ancients had lousy taste after all.

What a relief. :mrgreen: :figamagee:

Sadly, we'll have to add the cathedrals too:

The Amiens...

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Wed Feb 21, 2018 3:47 am
Shakespeare busted

by Anaxagoras » Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:12 pm

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Maybe this belongs in History rather than Archeology but it's almost as if they dug up a new find here. An old, long ignored manuscript was found in...

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I think the more important question pertains to his harassment of women and young boys in his theater troupe. #METOO

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Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:40 pm
Mayan structures

by Witness » Sat Feb 03, 2018 2:59 am

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Fortresses, farmlands of the Maya emerge from massive LiDAR survey

A recent aerial survey revealed thousands of ancient Maya structures previously...

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Oh shit.

Space aliens.

And jet fuel.

(I'm reporting myself for thread drift.)

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Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:52 pm

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