Circular temple dedicated to Maya serpent deity discovered in Mexico (www.livescience.com)
Skeleton with 4 prosthetic metal fingers unearthed from centuries-old grave in Germany (www.livescience.com)
Larger-scale warfare may have occurred in Europe 1,000 years earlier than previously thought (phys.org)
A re-analysis of more than 300 sets of 5,000-year-old skeletal remains excavated from a site in Spain suggests that many of the individuals may have been casualties of the earliest period of warfare in Europe, occurring over 1,000 years before the previous earliest known larger-scale conflict in the region....
3,500-Year-Old Book of Spells to Guide The Dead Uncovered With Egyptian Mummies (www.sciencealert.com)
Statue of Greek Goddess Aphrodite Uncovered in Turkey (greekreporter.com)
A statue of the goddess Aphrodite was uncovered during excavations carried out in the Ancient Greek city of Amastris in today’s Turkey.
Sacrificial pits filled with 120 horse skeletons found in Bronze Age city in China (www.livescience.com)
I spy with my Cold War satellite eye... nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East (arstechnica.com)
Anthropologists suggest forts were built to secure key trade routes through the region.
Workers Unearth 19th-Century Shipwreck Beneath a Road in Florida (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Practical Religion: Ancient Rituals as 'Vaccination' (eleanorkonik.substack.com)
Some Hongshan culture (6700BP-4900BP) artifacts from northeast China (feddit.nl)
https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/fc0e1abd-b6e0-4426-b882-fae8fac96515.jpeg...
Bringing a shark to a knife fight: 7,000-year-old shark-tooth knives discovered in Indonesia (phys.org)
Depiction of Trojan War hero Ajax found in 1,800-year-old submerged building in Greece (www.livescience.com)
Rare 2,100-year-old gold coin bears name of obscure ruler from pre-Roman Britain (www.livescience.com)
Assyrian Women of Letters - Archaeology Magazine (www.archaeology.org)
Caution! Contents were hot: Novel biomarkers to detect the heating of fatty acids in residues from pottery use (www.sciencedirect.com)
Ancient Tablet Shows Babylonians Knew Pythagorean Theorem 1000 Years Before Pythagoras (www.ultra-unlimited.com)
Family Ties: Giant family trees based on ancient DNA from thousands of people are revealing prehistoric politics and social structure (www.science.org)
After Discovering Elaborate Frescos in Pompeii, Archeologists Uncover An 'Electoral Poster' Alongside a Household Shrine (news.artnet.com)
Prehistoric human migration in Southeast Asia driven by sea-level rise, study reveals (phys.org)
Cold war satellite images reveal hundreds of unknown Roman forts (www.theguardian.com)
Rare cross-shaped reliquary unearthed from medieval knight's home in Poland (www.livescience.com)
Neanderthal stone tools discovered in Racibórz (scienceinpoland.pl)
2,000-year-old decorated Roman sandal unearthed in Spain (www.livescience.com)
Ancient Egyptian cemetery holds rare 'Book of the Dead' papyrus and mummies (www.livescience.com)
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 3,500-year-old cemetery that contains a “Book of the Dead” papyrus....
