Ancient Egyptian teenager died while giving birth to twins, mummy reveals (www.livescience.com)
Neanderthals lived in groups big enough to eat giant elephants (www.science.org)
Medieval grave of 'very, very powerful' man and his 4-foot-long sword unearthed in Sweden (www.livescience.com)
Giant naked hill figure revealed as Hercules—and he aided medieval armies (www.newsweek.com)
Non-masticatory striations on human teeth from the British Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic (www.nature.com)
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Ancient but perfectly preserved Roman village hidden in the English countryside (www.express.co.uk)
The strange story of the grave of Copernicus (theconversation.com)
Nicholas Copernicus was the astronomer who, five centuries ago, explained that Earth revolves around the Sun, rather than vice versa. A true Renaissance man, he also practised as a mathematician, engineer, author, economic theorist and medical doctor....
Early medieval Welsh cemetery found containing crouching bodies (www.theguardian.com)
Archaeologists' pagan temple find challenges history of Roman Christianity (www.newsweek.com)
Two thousands year-old mosaic made of shells and coral found buried under Rome (www.independent.co.uk)
A visit to the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City (johnhawks.net)
What Lies Beneath the Vatican of the Zapotecs? | NYT (www.nytimes.com)
First ever scientific study on First World War crater reveals new details on its history (phys.org)
The spectacular explosion of the mine at Hawthorn Ridge—a fortified German front-line position in the First World War—marked the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, and remains one of the best-known pieces of film from the whole conflict....
Medieval belt buckle of 'dragon' eating frog discovered in Czech Republic may be from unknown pagan cult (www.livescience.com)
The puzzling depiction of a vicious predator — either a dragon or a snake — devouring a frog on an early medieval belt buckle from the Czech Republic may be a symbol from an unknown pagan cult, archaeologists say....
The giant ancient underground city now a ghost town where 20,000 people lived (www.express.co.uk)
Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old monumental tomb of Roman elite in Turkey (www.newsweek.com)
Archaeologists unearth 4,000-year-old palace in ancient Chinese walled city (www.newsweek.com)
How archaeologists reconstructed the burning of Jerusalem in 586 BCE (arstechnica.com)
Study of Mongolian Arc adds to mystery surrounding its purpose (phys.org)
How technology helped archaeologists dig deeper (www.technologyreview.com)
Cave Drawings in France Prompt a Reevaluation of Paleolithic Art (news.artnet.com)
1,500-year-old gold buckles depicting ruler 'majestically sitting on a throne' discovered in Kazakhstan (www.livescience.com)
Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered two gold ornaments in a 1,500-year-old tomb that feature the earliest known depictions of the great khan, or “khagan,” of the Göktürks — a nomadic confederation of Turkic-speaking peoples who occupied the region for around three centuries, according to an archaeologist who...
2,000-year-old 'celestial calendar' discovered in ancient Chinese tomb (www.livescience.com)
Archaeologists in China have unearthed a mysterious set of rectangular wooden pieces linked to an ancient astronomical calendar. The artifacts were discovered inside an exceptionally well-preserved 2,000-year-old tomb in the southwest of the country....
10 extraordinary treasures that archaeologists unearthed this year (www.livescience.com)
As long as humans have been minting coins and crafting beautiful jewelry and other stunning collectibles, an equal number of people have been right behind them searching for these precious finds. Here are 10 extraordinary discoveries made in 2023 that prove that the hunt for buried treasure never gets old.
New England stone walls deserve a science of their own (phys.org)
The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are every bit as iconic to the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets and fall foliage. They seem to be everywhere—a latticework of dry, lichen-crusted stone ridges separating a patchwork of otherwise moist soils....
