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  1. Roman emperor’s lavish bath found hidden inside a palace tower in Serbia

    Archaeologists working at Vrelo-Šarkamen in eastern Serbia have uncovered a lavish Roman bath built inside a palace tower. The bath belonged to an imperial residence linked to Maximinus Daza, a Roman emperor who ruled from 310 to 313...

    Photo © Krajina Museum

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/rom

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  2. Kristina's Live Science article here has inspired a lot of "spin-offs" - and while its great of course to see #archaeology news spread, it'll never not puzzle me why some of those sites have to go with absurd #AISlop visuals while perfectly fine photos of the real thing are available. 🤨🙄

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pc4yv4dcwayfcftjqkmxc7fr/post/3mtyxysvm5k2w

  3. New from the Teahouse 🫖

    Mammoth Deathtrap: New Study Pushes South Dakota's Mammoth Trap Back Over 100,000 Years

    New luminescence dating of sinkhole sediments suggests The Mammoth Site's Columbian mammoths died around 232,000–160,000 years ago, far earlier than radiocarbon indicated

    archaeologyteahouse.com/storie

    #Archaeology #History #Americas

  4. It’s Oldest Evidence of Habitual Drug Use—and the Damage

    An ancient toothache may have given researchers their earliest look yet at habitual drug use among humans.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Archaeology #druguse #Homosapiens #Indonesia #Neanderthals #nuts #teeth #World
    newsbeep.com/728241/

  5. Medieval England’s farmers shifted from draught cattle to sheep and wool as demand changed

    Medieval England’s cattle and sheep economy changed in step with rising populations, trade, and demand for food and materials. A study of animal remains from 460 archaeological sites shows when those changes took place between CE 400 and 1400...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/med

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #zooarchaeology #medieval

  6. Call for citations: does your article, chapter, book, etc. cite Pleiades as a data source? If so, we'd like to add a citation to our new "Pleiades in Use" blog section at pleiades.stoa.org/docs/pleiade . Reply here or drop us an email at [email protected]

    Boosts appreciated!

    #ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #classics #DH #gazetteers #HGIS #SpatialHumanities

  7. The #PleiadesGazetteer is among the data sources cited in a new paper that "analyze[s] monetary circulation across the Roman world":

    Haddad, Eduardo A., and Inacio Araujo. “Economic Footprints: Mapping Coin Circulation and Economic Networks in Ancient Rome.” Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, ahead of print, June 9, 2026. doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-078.

    #ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #classics #DH #HGIS #numismatics #spatialHumanities

  8. 'The Fabric is everywhere, it is all around us. … You take the blue schist and the story ends. You wake in your trench and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red schist and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the subsoil goes.' - Morpheus (allegedly) #archaeology #potsherds #Daskalio #Keros #BronzeAge en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daskalio

  9. 4 million Roman coins reveal how money helped unite the expanding Republic

    A study of nearly 4 million Roman coins shows how money moved across the Republic as Rome expanded. The pattern points to roads, cities, ports, and institutions as key forces behind economic ties. Researchers used spatial models and digital archaeology databases to trace coin circulation from 155 BCE to 2 CE...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/rom

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    #archaeology #romanempire #romancoins #numismatics

  10. Two teeth from a Pilbara rock shelter show Tasmanian devils scavenged human campsites in Australia’s driest interior for 45,000 years, until the dingo arrived and the relationship broke down. #Archaeology #TasmanianDevil #Pilbara anthropology.net/p/tasmanian-d

  11. Bethsaida, lost city of Jesus and apostles, found at Sea of Galilee

    NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists believe they’ve identified a lost city tied to Jesus…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Archaeology #christianityreligion #familypersonalfreedoms #historicsites #History #Israel #Travel #World
    newsbeep.com/727743/

  12. Carbon dating dates Tonalámatl de Aubin to 1494, confirming its pre-Hispanic origin

    A new carbon dating study places the Tonalámatl de Aubin, an Aztec divination manuscript, in the late 15th century. Researchers propose 1494 as the most likely year when the manuscript was made. The result comes from a joint study by Mexico’s National Library of Anthropology and History and the University of Colorado Boulder...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/ton

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    #archaeology #prehispanic

  13. An interesting description of a one-person play, recounting the osteological and archaeological investigations of bones found at a scout group in Denmark.

    It's also about the 'Red Market', which I've never heard of. You probably haven't either - but it's explained here.

    youtube.com/watch?v=NdGiz2kQAbc

    #Archaeology #Bones #Denmark #Science #Play #CBA

  14. An interesting description of a one-person play, recounting the osteological and archaeological investigations of bones found at a scout group in Denmark.

    It's also about the 'Red Market', which I've never heard of. You probably haven't either - but it's explained here.

    youtube.com/watch?v=NdGiz2kQAbc

    #Archaeology #Bones #Denmark #Science #Play #CBA

  15. An interesting description of a one-person play, recounting the osteological and archaeological investigations of bones found at a scout group in Denmark.

    It's also about the 'Red Market', which I've never heard of. You probably haven't either - but it's explained here.

    youtube.com/watch?v=NdGiz2kQAbc

    #Archaeology #Bones #Denmark #Science #Play #CBA

  16. An interesting description of a one-person play, recounting the osteological and archaeological investigations of bones found at a scout group in Denmark.

    It's also about the 'Red Market', which I've never heard of. You probably haven't either - but it's explained here.

    youtube.com/watch?v=NdGiz2kQAbc

    #Archaeology #Bones #Denmark #Science #Play #CBA

  17. An interesting description of a one-person play, recounting the osteological and archaeological investigations of bones found at a scout group in Denmark.

    It's also about the 'Red Market', which I've never heard of. You probably haven't either - but it's explained here.

    youtube.com/watch?v=NdGiz2kQAbc

    #Archaeology #Bones #Denmark #Science #Play #CBA