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  1. 📍🏛️🌐 Open-access spatial data project: The Archaeological Cadastre of Greece.
    ​Maps out thousands of heritage monuments and protected zones with detailed filters.

    ​🔗 www.arxaiologikoktimatologio.gov.gr/map

    ​ #CulturalHeritage #OpenData #DigitalHumanities #GIS #Archaeology #Greece #Ηistory

  2. Scientists burn their own scrolls to help read 2,000-year-old Herculaneum papyri

    X-ray scans and artificial intelligence could help researchers read more Herculaneum scrolls without opening them. Tiny amounts of lead in ancient ink create a strong X-ray signal. The Herculaneum papyri were buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE...

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

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  3. Insect remains show Indigenous burial practices in a Gran Canaria cave used as a granary before burials

    Insect remains from a funerary cave in Gran Canaria show how Indigenous people reused the site over time. The cave first served as a place for storing grain before becoming a burial space in the seventh to ninth centuries CE. The finding comes from Cruz de la Esquina in Acusa Seca...

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

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  4. 3,000-year-old horse burial and Ramesses II stela found at ancient Egyptian fortress

    Archaeologists working at Tell el-Abqain in Egypt’s Beheira Governorate have uncovered new evidence about life inside a New Kingdom military fortress. Recent work has revealed homes, grain stores, ovens, wells, religious objects, and evidence linked to horses and chariots...

    Photo © Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

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

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  5. An ancient wall discovered in Paris possibly confirms the city’s original settlement.

    The stone-and-wood wall, about 20 meters long, was unearthed in the heart of Paris, the Ministry of Culture said.

    It may be a fragment of the rampart of Lutetia, built by the Gallic Parisii tribe.

    mediafaro.org/article/19500509

    #Archaeology #Paris #History #Lutetia #Gauls #Parisii #France

  6. An ancient wall discovered in Paris possibly confirms the city’s original settlement.

    The stone-and-wood wall, about 20 meters long, was unearthed in the heart of Paris, the Ministry of Culture said.

    It may be a fragment of the rampart of Lutetia, built by the Gallic Parisii tribe.

    mediafaro.org/article/19500509

    #Archaeology #Paris #History #Lutetia #Gauls #Parisii #France

  7. An ancient wall discovered in Paris possibly confirms the city’s original settlement.

    The stone-and-wood wall, about 20 meters long, was unearthed in the heart of Paris, the Ministry of Culture said.

    It may be a fragment of the rampart of Lutetia, built by the Gallic Parisii tribe.

    mediafaro.org/article/19500509

    #Archaeology #Paris #History #Lutetia #Gauls #Parisii #France

  8. An ancient wall discovered in Paris possibly confirms the city’s original settlement.

    The stone-and-wood wall, about 20 meters long, was unearthed in the heart of Paris, the Ministry of Culture said.

    It may be a fragment of the rampart of Lutetia, built by the Gallic Parisii tribe.

    mediafaro.org/article/19500509

    #Archaeology #Paris #History #Lutetia #Gauls #Parisii #France

  9. Archaeologists have uncovered a rare runestone at an ancient site in the Faroe Islands. Its mysterious inscription could offer new clues about the people who lived there centuries ago and their connections across the North Atlantic.

    Read more: thedebrief.org/archaeologists-

    @goodnews

    #GoodNews #Archaeology #Runes #FaroeIslands

  10. Archaeologists have uncovered a rare runestone at an ancient site in the Faroe Islands. Its mysterious inscription could offer new clues about the people who lived there centuries ago and their connections across the North Atlantic.

    Read more: thedebrief.org/archaeologists-

    @goodnews

    #GoodNews #Archaeology #Runes #FaroeIslands

  11. Archaeologists have uncovered a rare runestone at an ancient site in the Faroe Islands. Its mysterious inscription could offer new clues about the people who lived there centuries ago and their connections across the North Atlantic.

    Read more: thedebrief.org/archaeologists-

    @goodnews

    #GoodNews #Archaeology #Runes #FaroeIslands

  12. Archaeologists have uncovered a rare runestone at an ancient site in the Faroe Islands. Its mysterious inscription could offer new clues about the people who lived there centuries ago and their connections across the North Atlantic.

    Read more: thedebrief.org/archaeologists-

    @goodnews

    #GoodNews #Archaeology #Runes #FaroeIslands

  13. Archaeologists have uncovered a rare runestone at an ancient site in the Faroe Islands. Its mysterious inscription could offer new clues about the people who lived there centuries ago and their connections across the North Atlantic.

    Read more: thedebrief.org/archaeologists-

    @goodnews

    #GoodNews #Archaeology #Runes #FaroeIslands

  14. Cro-Magnons entered an Ice Age Europe already inhabited by Neanderthals. They made sophisticated tools, created remarkable art—and eventually became the dominant human population. But what really separated them?
    #CroMagnon #Neanderthal #HumanEvolution #Prehistory #Paleolithic #Archaeology
    Read more: ancient-origins.net/videos/cro

  15. Cro-Magnons entered an Ice Age Europe already inhabited by Neanderthals. They made sophisticated tools, created remarkable art—and eventually became the dominant human population. But what really separated them?
    #CroMagnon #Neanderthal #HumanEvolution #Prehistory #Paleolithic #Archaeology
    Read more: ancient-origins.net/videos/cro

  16. Cro-Magnons entered an Ice Age Europe already inhabited by Neanderthals. They made sophisticated tools, created remarkable art—and eventually became the dominant human population. But what really separated them?
    #CroMagnon #Neanderthal #HumanEvolution #Prehistory #Paleolithic #Archaeology
    Read more: ancient-origins.net/videos/cro

  17. Cro-Magnons entered an Ice Age Europe already inhabited by Neanderthals. They made sophisticated tools, created remarkable art—and eventually became the dominant human population. But what really separated them?
    #CroMagnon #Neanderthal #HumanEvolution #Prehistory #Paleolithic #Archaeology
    Read more: ancient-origins.net/videos/cro

  18. Cro-Magnons entered an Ice Age Europe already inhabited by Neanderthals. They made sophisticated tools, created remarkable art—and eventually became the dominant human population. But what really separated them?
    #CroMagnon #Neanderthal #HumanEvolution #Prehistory #Paleolithic #Archaeology
    Read more: ancient-origins.net/videos/cro

  19. ICYMI 📚 #280CharAbstracts

    From the volume Size Matters: Pascal Butterlin examines the Massif Rouge at Mari, Syria – a high terrace built and rebuilt over several phases. His argument: the site's building traditions are rooted in its own religious topography, which makes this a distinctly local form of monumentality.

    🔓 Open access: doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389

    #Archaeology #AncientWestAsia #Mesopotamia #Monumentality #OpenAccess

  20. ICYMI 📚 #280CharAbstracts

    From the volume Size Matters: Pascal Butterlin examines the Massif Rouge at Mari, Syria – a high terrace built and rebuilt over several phases. His argument: the site's building traditions are rooted in its own religious topography, which makes this a distinctly local form of monumentality.

    🔓 Open access: doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389

    #Archaeology #AncientWestAsia #Mesopotamia #Monumentality #OpenAccess

  21. ICYMI 📚 #280CharAbstracts

    From the volume Size Matters: Pascal Butterlin examines the Massif Rouge at Mari, Syria – a high terrace built and rebuilt over several phases. His argument: the site's building traditions are rooted in its own religious topography, which makes this a distinctly local form of monumentality.

    🔓 Open access: doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389

    #Archaeology #AncientWestAsia #Mesopotamia #Monumentality #OpenAccess

  22. ICYMI 📚 #280CharAbstracts

    From the volume Size Matters: Pascal Butterlin examines the Massif Rouge at Mari, Syria – a high terrace built and rebuilt over several phases. His argument: the site's building traditions are rooted in its own religious topography, which makes this a distinctly local form of monumentality.

    🔓 Open access: doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389

    #Archaeology #AncientWestAsia #Mesopotamia #Monumentality #OpenAccess