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  1. A grape seed from a 10th-century moat in Valencia came from a child of Heben, a vine still grown in Logroño. Ancient DNA puts some Iberian wine grapes 2 or 3 generations from Iron Age vines. #AncientDNA #Archaeology #Wine anthropology.net/p/ancient-dna

  2. Museum teeth gathered by Jesuit priests in Lebanon show the central Levant kept its woodlands and steady seasons for 300,000 years while parts of the south grew more open. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Paleoclimate anthropology.net/p/lebanons-ic

  3. Ice Age carvers at Mizyn, Ukraine, engraved the zigzag grain found inside mammoth tusks onto the backs of 18,000-year-old Venus figurines. The part that looks most abstract was copied. #Archaeology #IceAge #Paleolithic anthropology.net/p/zigzags-on-

  4. More than 2 million Indigenous people likely lived in Australia in 1788, over seven times the figure used for a century, and numbers fell by over 90 percent by 1861. #Archaeology #IndigenousAustralia #PopulationGenetics anthropology.net/p/australia-w

  5. More than 2 million Indigenous people likely lived in Australia in 1788, over seven times the figure used for a century, and numbers fell by over 90 percent by 1861. #Archaeology #IndigenousAustralia #PopulationGenetics anthropology.net/p/australia-w

  6. Romans buried traces of lightning strikes for the god Summanus, a 1,900-year-old inscription reveals

    A marble inscription found at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli records a Roman belief about lightning and the night sky. Archaeologists uncovered the inscription during excavations in an area known as the Amphitheater. The inscription reads “FVLGVR SVBMANIVM,” a phrase referring to a lightning strike linked to Summanus...

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

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  7. Romans buried traces of lightning strikes for the god Summanus, a 1,900-year-old inscription reveals

    A marble inscription found at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli records a Roman belief about lightning and the night sky. Archaeologists uncovered the inscription during excavations in an area known as the Amphitheater. The inscription reads “FVLGVR SVBMANIVM,” a phrase referring to a lightning strike linked to Summanus...

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

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    #archaeology

  8. Book Review: Artifacts Natalie Lemle


    Author: Natalie Lemle
    Title: Artifacts
    Narrator: Amanda Dolan
    Publication Info: Simon & Schuster Audio, 2026
    Summary/Review:

    Attorney Lena Connolly gets involved in a case in which the Italian government is demanding the repatriation of a rare glass cup from Ancient Rome. Twenty years earlier as a student, Lena participated in an archaeological field school in the Italian Alps.  The case brings her into contact with people from that dig for the first time in years including her ex Giamma.  It also stirs up memories of her mentor going missing, her estrangement from her family, and the likelihood of Italian organized crime in trafficking arts and artifacts to museums.  The novel alternates between the mysteries of the present day case and flashbacks to Lena’s summer in Italy.  There are a whole lot of subplots and coincidences that clutter that narrative.  I ultimately found my mind wandering too much as I strained to maintain interest, but your mileage may vary.

    Rating: **

    #Archaeology #BookReviews #Books #Italy #Mystery #Thriller
  9. Book Review: Artifacts Natalie Lemle


    Author: Natalie Lemle
    Title: Artifacts
    Narrator: Amanda Dolan
    Publication Info: Simon & Schuster Audio, 2026
    Summary/Review:

    Attorney Lena Connolly gets involved in a case in which the Italian government is demanding the repatriation of a rare glass cup from Ancient Rome. Twenty years earlier as a student, Lena participated in an archaeological field school in the Italian Alps.  The case brings her into contact with people from that dig for the first time in years including her ex Giamma.  It also stirs up memories of her mentor going missing, her estrangement from her family, and the likelihood of Italian organized crime in trafficking arts and artifacts to museums.  The novel alternates between the mysteries of the present day case and flashbacks to Lena’s summer in Italy.  There are a whole lot of subplots and coincidences that clutter that narrative.  I ultimately found my mind wandering too much as I strained to maintain interest, but your mileage may vary.

    Rating: **

    #Archaeology #BookReviews #Books #Italy #Mystery #Thriller
  10. Ancient builders hauled 25-ton stones 18 km to build Britain’s tallest prehistoric stone row

    Ancient builders hauled 25-ton stones 18 kilometers across Yorkshire to build Britain’s tallest surviving prehistoric stone row, a new study finds. The stones form the Devil’s Arrows near Boroughbridge in northern England...

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

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  11. Ancient builders hauled 25-ton stones 18 km to build Britain’s tallest prehistoric stone row

    Ancient builders hauled 25-ton stones 18 kilometers across Yorkshire to build Britain’s tallest surviving prehistoric stone row, a new study finds. The stones form the Devil’s Arrows near Boroughbridge in northern England...

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

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #megalithic #devilsarrows

  12. I explored historical and archaeological evidence that supports the existence of Jesus as a real person who lived in first-century Judea.

    #Jesus #History #Archaeology #BiblicalStudies #Religion

  13. I explored historical and archaeological evidence that supports the existence of Jesus as a real person who lived in first-century Judea.

    #Jesus #History #Archaeology #BiblicalStudies #Religion

  14. Kewanee Voice: Acme Design surprises world’s youngest museum curator with T. rex skull replica. “Museum founder and curator, Anderson Taylor, first met members of the Acme Design team at the Association of Midwest Museums conference last year. They remembered Anderson and his remarkable story and recently visited the museum to surprise him with the skull.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/16/kewanee-voice-acme-design-surprises-worlds-youngest-museum-curator-with-t-rex-skull-replica/
  15. Kewanee Voice: Acme Design surprises world’s youngest museum curator with T. rex skull replica. “Museum founder and curator, Anderson Taylor, first met members of the Acme Design team at the Association of Midwest Museums conference last year. They remembered Anderson and his remarkable story and recently visited the museum to surprise him with the skull.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/16/kewanee-voice-acme-design-surprises-worlds-youngest-museum-curator-with-t-rex-skull-replica/
  16. Kewanee Voice: Acme Design surprises world’s youngest museum curator with T. rex skull replica. “Museum founder and curator, Anderson Taylor, first met members of the Acme Design team at the Association of Midwest Museums conference last year. They remembered Anderson and his remarkable story and recently visited the museum to surprise him with the skull.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/16/kewanee-voice-acme-design-surprises-worlds-youngest-museum-curator-with-t-rex-skull-replica/
  17. Kewanee Voice: Acme Design surprises world’s youngest museum curator with T. rex skull replica. “Museum founder and curator, Anderson Taylor, first met members of the Acme Design team at the Association of Midwest Museums conference last year. They remembered Anderson and his remarkable story and recently visited the museum to surprise him with the skull.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/16/kewanee-voice-acme-design-surprises-worlds-youngest-museum-curator-with-t-rex-skull-replica/
  18. Kewanee Voice: Acme Design surprises world’s youngest museum curator with T. rex skull replica. “Museum founder and curator, Anderson Taylor, first met members of the Acme Design team at the Association of Midwest Museums conference last year. They remembered Anderson and his remarkable story and recently visited the museum to surprise him with the skull.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/16/kewanee-voice-acme-design-surprises-worlds-youngest-museum-curator-with-t-rex-skull-replica/

  19. A landslide in Italy has exposed a Picene burial thought to date back to 6th century BCE. The Picenes were related to other pre-Roman Italian groups and imported pottery, bronzes etc from Greece. Further work will be carried out to ascertain whether there are any more burials. archaeology.org/news/2026/09/1

  20. #archaeology #history
    A landslide in Italy has exposed a Picene burial thought to date back to 6th century BCE. The Picenes were related to other pre-Roman Italian groups and imported pottery, bronzes etc from Greece. Further work will be carried out to ascertain whether there are any more burials. archaeology.org/news/2026/09/1