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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...

'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...

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

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

Eight-year-old Swedish-American girl pulls pre-Viking era sword from lake
The Local (Sweden)

An eight-year-old Swedish-American girl came across...

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....

Restoration work on Prague’s Astronomical Clock reveals hidden secrets

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

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

A prehistoric thirst for craft beer

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

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”...

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...

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...

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

Four sketches and a written description...

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...

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...

Spectacular house with colourful animal frescoes discovered in Pompeii

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

Early Roman 'horseshoes' dug up from Vindolanda fort ditch

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

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

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

News from the Mesoamerican Empire of Dumbth™:

Detailed article:

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

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

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,...

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

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

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

Interactive globe where you can locate...

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...

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

Translations of Assyrian writings found by archaeologists from...

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

Film at 11

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

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...