Discovery of immense fortifications dating back 4,000 years in northwestern Arabia (phys.org)
The North Arabian Desert oases were inhabited by sedentary populations in the 4th and 3rd millennia BCE. A fortification enclosing the Khaybar Oasis—one of the longest known going back to this period—has just been revealed by a team of scientists from the CNRS and the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU)....
Medieval grave of 'very, very powerful' man and his 4-foot-long sword unearthed in Sweden (www.livescience.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....
Ancient but perfectly preserved Roman village hidden in the English countryside (www.express.co.uk)
Archaeologists' pagan temple find challenges history of Roman Christianity (www.newsweek.com)
Non-masticatory striations on human teeth from the British Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic (www.nature.com)
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A visit to the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City (johnhawks.net)
Early medieval Welsh cemetery found containing crouching bodies (www.theguardian.com)
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....
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....
Ancient Egyptian teenager died while giving birth to twins, mummy reveals (www.livescience.com)
Giant naked hill figure revealed as Hercules—and he aided medieval armies (www.newsweek.com)
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....
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...
How technology helped archaeologists dig deeper (www.technologyreview.com)
How archaeologists reconstructed the burning of Jerusalem in 586 BCE (arstechnica.com)
Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old monumental tomb of Roman elite in Turkey (www.newsweek.com)
Neanderthals lived in groups big enough to eat giant elephants (www.science.org)
Two thousands year-old mosaic made of shells and coral found buried under Rome (www.independent.co.uk)
Archaeologists unearth 4,000-year-old palace in ancient Chinese walled city (www.newsweek.com)
The giant ancient underground city now a ghost town where 20,000 people lived (www.express.co.uk)
Study of Mongolian Arc adds to mystery surrounding its purpose (phys.org)
Cave Drawings in France Prompt a Reevaluation of Paleolithic Art (news.artnet.com)
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....