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  1. The Chimú were one of Peru’s major pre-Hispanic cultures.

    Peruvian archaeologists have found a nearly intact, 600-year-old funerary platform at Chan Chan, the capital of the Chimú Kingdom, which ruled Peru’s northern coast before the Inca.

    #Peru #Archaeology
    theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/18

  2. Burials inside Italian Paleolithic cave date to medieval period, 1302-1489 CE, radiocarbon dating shows

    Three people buried inside Grotta Romanelli in southern Italy lived during the medieval period, new radiocarbon dates show. The finding adds a later phase of human use to one of the Mediterranean’s key Paleolithic sites. Researchers dated skeletal remains from one adult and two children...

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

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    #archaeology #paleolithic #medieval

  3. Burials inside Italian Paleolithic cave date to medieval period, 1302-1489 CE, radiocarbon dating shows

    Three people buried inside Grotta Romanelli in southern Italy lived during the medieval period, new radiocarbon dates show. The finding adds a later phase of human use to one of the Mediterranean’s key Paleolithic sites. Researchers dated skeletal remains from one adult and two children...

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

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #paleolithic #medieval

  4. Burials inside Italian Paleolithic cave date to medieval period, 1302-1489 CE, radiocarbon dating shows

    Three people buried inside Grotta Romanelli in southern Italy lived during the medieval period, new radiocarbon dates show. The finding adds a later phase of human use to one of the Mediterranean’s key Paleolithic sites. Researchers dated skeletal remains from one adult and two children...

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

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    #archaeology #paleolithic #medieval

  5. Burials inside Italian Paleolithic cave date to medieval period, 1302-1489 CE, radiocarbon dating shows

    Three people buried inside Grotta Romanelli in southern Italy lived during the medieval period, new radiocarbon dates show. The finding adds a later phase of human use to one of the Mediterranean’s key Paleolithic sites. Researchers dated skeletal remains from one adult and two children...

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

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #paleolithic #medieval

  6. Burials inside Italian Paleolithic cave date to medieval period, 1302-1489 CE, radiocarbon dating shows

    Three people buried inside Grotta Romanelli in southern Italy lived during the medieval period, new radiocarbon dates show. The finding adds a later phase of human use to one of the Mediterranean’s key Paleolithic sites. Researchers dated skeletal remains from one adult and two children...

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

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  7. Massive limestone blocks hint at a monumental Etruscan building at ancient port in Italy

    Archaeologists working at Gravisca, the ancient port of Tarquinia, have uncovered massive limestone blocks buried beneath later Roman structures. The find points to a large Etruscan building whose purpose is still unknown...

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

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  8. Bear baiting became widespread in England soon after the Norman Conquest, study finds

    Bear baiting became an established form of public entertainment in England soon after the Norman Conquest in 1066, a new study finds. The practice involved setting dogs on tethered bears and was once linked mainly with early modern England...

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

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