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  1. Low-cost LED technology helps archaeologists see hidden layers before excavation

    A low-cost imaging system using 16 wavelengths of light could help archaeologists spot hidden layers and materials before excavation removes them. Researchers from Aarhus University and Moesgaard Museum in Denmark developed the LED multispectral imaging system, or LEDMSI, to reveal differences missed by normal color images...

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

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  2. Low-cost LED technology helps archaeologists see hidden layers before excavation

    A low-cost imaging system using 16 wavelengths of light could help archaeologists spot hidden layers and materials before excavation removes them. Researchers from Aarhus University and Moesgaard Museum in Denmark developed the LED multispectral imaging system, or LEDMSI, to reveal differences missed by normal color images...

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

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    #archaeology #archeology

  3. 1/3 New recommendation: Kai Chun Lennox Yeung (2026). Laying the Groundwork for Moveable Heritage Disaster Risk Management: A Database-Driven Evacuation Tool at the Musée d'Archéologie Nationale. V2 peer-reviewed & recommended by PCI #Archaeology doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22120873 #OpenScience #openaccess

  4. In our interview series featuring graduates of the ROOTS Academy, we now introduce Stefania Fiori. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the distribution of burial mounds (kurgans) in the South Caucasus between the 4th and 1st millennia BCE: uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-roots/d

    #archaeology #archäologie #kaukasus #caucasus #kurgane #kurgans #RemoteSensing # Fernerkundung #FrischPromoviert

  5. 🌳The #Oracle of #Dodona: a space of shared human experience across millennia.

    Universal value lies in the inquiries inscribed on tiny lead tablets (ελάσματα).
    Diviners interpreted Zeus' answers through the rustle of the sacred oak (φηγός) & the flight of doves.

    The unique acoustic rituals included the "Scourge of the Corcyraeans" (Κερκυραίων μάστιξ), a votive bronze boy statue holding a whip. Blown by mountain winds, its chains struck a cauldron (λέβητας).
    #Archaeology #Antiquity #Heritage

  6. 🌳The #Oracle of #Dodona: a space of shared human experience across millennia.

    Universal value lies in the inquiries inscribed on tiny lead tablets (ελάσματα).
    Diviners interpreted Zeus' answers through the rustle of the sacred oak (φηγός) & the flight of doves.

    The unique acoustic rituals included the "Scourge of the Corcyraeans" (Κερκυραίων μάστιξ), a votive bronze boy statue holding a whip. Blown by mountain winds, its chains struck a cauldron (λέβητας).
    #Archaeology #Antiquity #Heritage

  7. Imagine a Rod of Seven Parts type scenario informed by real #archaeology. You can sort of predict in which province or large lake each part of the rod has most likely been deposited. But it's completely impossible to locate them after all this time. You end up finding only two rod parts, from different rods, none of them the one you're looking for. 😄

    #dnd #pnpde #ttrpg

  8. A new geomorphology study proposes that wildfires 9,500 years ago may have shown Neolithic communities in the Jordan Valley how fire transforms clay, before anyone built a kiln on purpose. #Archaeology #Neolithic #Pottery anthropology.net/p/a-wave-of-w

  9. Human bite marks, butchered remains, possible mass violence and skulls turned into cups—three caves in Spain reveal disturbing evidence of Neolithic cannibalism.
    #Cannibalism #Neolithic #PrehistoricSpain #DarkHistory #Archaeology
    Read more:ancient-origins.net/news-histo

  10. Human bite marks, butchered remains, possible mass violence and skulls turned into cups—three caves in Spain reveal disturbing evidence of Neolithic cannibalism.
    #Cannibalism #Neolithic #PrehistoricSpain #DarkHistory #Archaeology
    Read more:ancient-origins.net/news-histo

  11. Human bite marks, butchered remains, possible mass violence and skulls turned into cups—three caves in Spain reveal disturbing evidence of Neolithic cannibalism.
    #Cannibalism #Neolithic #PrehistoricSpain #DarkHistory #Archaeology
    Read more:ancient-origins.net/news-histo

  12. Human bite marks, butchered remains, possible mass violence and skulls turned into cups—three caves in Spain reveal disturbing evidence of Neolithic cannibalism.
    #Cannibalism #Neolithic #PrehistoricSpain #DarkHistory #Archaeology
    Read more:ancient-origins.net/news-histo

  13. Human bite marks, butchered remains, possible mass violence and skulls turned into cups—three caves in Spain reveal disturbing evidence of Neolithic cannibalism.
    #Cannibalism #Neolithic #PrehistoricSpain #DarkHistory #Archaeology
    Read more:ancient-origins.net/news-histo

  14. Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, born OTD in 1814, was a specialist in Mesoamerican studies toilet-guru.com/blog/22.html?s #archaeology #history

  15. 📜 NEW: Researchers gathered at the University of #Michigan’s #Papyrus #Conservation #Summer Seminar to save ancient fragments nicknamed "cornflakes."

    Nine conservators largely new to the work preserved more than 150 pieces in two weeks, working alongside papyrologists so text specialists and conservators could guide each other’s efforts.

    👉 popsci.com/science/cornflakes-

    #history #archaeology #museums #science #preservation #research #breakfast #writing

  16. Submerged Roman port in Italy possibly linked to Octavian’s 44 BCE landing, under excavation

    Archaeologists have begun a new season of research at San Giovanni, inside the Le Cesine State Nature Reserve near Vernole in southern Italy. A major focus this year is a large Roman port complex lying beneath the sea in front of the former pumping station...

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

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    #archaeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #romanarchitecture #underwaterarchaeology

  17. Submerged Roman port in Italy possibly linked to Octavian’s 44 BCE landing under excavation

    Archaeologists have begun a new season of research at San Giovanni, inside the Le Cesine State Nature Reserve near Vernole in southern Italy. A major focus this year is a large Roman port complex lying beneath the sea in front of the former pumping station...

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

    Follow @archaeology

  18. Wondering (not really asking—I'll find it) where the page is to send corrections to the OED. Its entries for Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic all say the Stone Age is divided into those three. The Stone Age entry, on the other hand, says it's divided into Palaeolithic and Neolithic. (Maybe it's less up to date than the other three?)

    #words #archaeology #archæology #archeology

  19. Wondering (not really asking—I'll find it) where the page is to send corrections to the OED. Its entries for Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic all say the Stone Age is divided into those three. The Stone Age entry, on the other hand, says it's divided into Palaeolithic and Neolithic. (Maybe it's less up to date than the other three?)

    #words #archaeology #archæology #archeology

  20. Wondering (not really asking—I'll find it) where the page is to send corrections to the OED. Its entries for Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic all say the Stone Age is divided into those three. The Stone Age entry, on the other hand, says it's divided into Palaeolithic and Neolithic. (Maybe it's less up to date than the other three?)

    #words #archaeology #archæology #archeology

  21. Wondering (not really asking—I'll find it) where the page is to send corrections to the OED. Its entries for Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic all say the Stone Age is divided into those three. The Stone Age entry, on the other hand, says it's divided into Palaeolithic and Neolithic. (Maybe it's less up to date than the other three?)

    #words #archaeology #archæology #archeology

  22. Wondering (not really asking—I'll find it) where the page is to send corrections to the OED. Its entries for Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic all say the Stone Age is divided into those three. The Stone Age entry, on the other hand, says it's divided into Palaeolithic and Neolithic. (Maybe it's less up to date than the other three?)

    #words #archaeology #archæology #archeology