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  1. @dare and other diver friends, you will like this. Apparently it's part 1 of something bigger.

    youtube.com/watch?v=Mih-ni_FS20

    #diving #archeology

  2. Ancient harbors were far larger than their surviving walls suggest

    Ancient Mediterranean harbors are often judged by the structures still visible today. Quays, jetties and moles form the clearest traces, so they often shape estimates of how many ships a port once handled. A new study argues for a wider view. Ancient harbors worked as larger systems, with ships also using nearby bays...

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

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews

  3. Roman town in Germany was abandoned after only two generations, archaeologists find

    Archaeologists studying a Roman planned town near Neuenstadt am Kocher in Germany think the settlement lasted only about two generations. The Roman settlement dates to the 2nd or 3rd century CE. Romans laid out the town as a planned settlement near the Kocher River...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/08/rom

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #romanarchitecture

  4. “This treasure belongs to a pivotal moment in Danish history. It was buried during the period when the Danish kingdom was taking shape and Christianity was spreading across Scandinavia. As well as illuminating Viking Age trade and wealth, the hoard provides evidence of a society undergoing profound political and religious change."

    #Denmark #Archeology #Vikings #Treasure
    theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/03

  5. Exceptional private bath found in imperial palace tower – The History Blog
    thehistoryblog.com/archives/76

    "What makes this bath so unusual is its design: it is circular, like the tower itself, and was divided into two areas: an equipment room that contained all the heating mechanisms and a suite of rooms with three pools and a sudatorium (sauna or steam room)."

    #History #Archeology

  6. Roman laws expose the hidden system behind Rome’s amphitheater animal hunts

    Roman amphitheaters hosted far more than gladiator fights. Animal hunts, known as venationes, drew large crowds across the empire. A new study from Carlos III University of Madrid examines the laws and state systems behind these shows. The research focuses on two imperial constitutions from Late Antiquity...

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

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire

  7. Roman laws expose the hidden system behind Rome’s amphitheater animal hunts

    Roman amphitheaters hosted far more than gladiator fights. Animal hunts, known as venationes, drew large crowds across the empire. A new study from Carlos III University of Madrid examines the laws and state systems behind these shows. The research focuses on two imperial constitutions from Late Antiquity...

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

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  8. Roman laws expose the hidden system behind Rome’s amphitheater animal hunts

    Roman amphitheaters hosted far more than gladiator fights. Animal hunts, known as venationes, drew large crowds across the empire. A new study from Carlos III University of Madrid examines the laws and state systems behind these shows. The research focuses on two imperial constitutions from Late Antiquity...

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

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire

  9. Roman laws expose the hidden system behind Rome’s amphitheater animal hunts

    Roman amphitheaters hosted far more than gladiator fights. Animal hunts, known as venationes, drew large crowds across the empire. A new study from Carlos III University of Madrid examines the laws and state systems behind these shows. The research focuses on two imperial constitutions from Late Antiquity...

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

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire

  10. Roman laws expose the hidden system behind Rome’s amphitheater animal hunts

    Roman amphitheaters hosted far more than gladiator fights. Animal hunts, known as venationes, drew large crowds across the empire. A new study from Carlos III University of Madrid examines the laws and state systems behind these shows. The research focuses on two imperial constitutions from Late Antiquity...

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

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire

  11. Unique 2,400-year-old timber structure found on banks of Main River – The History Blog
    thehistoryblog.com/archives/76

    "The complex testifies to astonishing craftsmanship and construction knowledge. In its construction it must have been adapted to the difficult requirements of the damp subsoil, which could only be realized with considerable effort."

    #History #Archeology

  12. 6,500-year-old Czech sanctuary linked to the Sun and Moon predates Stonehenge by 1,000 years

    A 6,500-year-old ritual center near Chleby in the Czech Republic was built more than 1,000 years before Stonehenge, new research shows. The large enclosure appears to have been planned around key movements of the Sun and Moon...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/08/cze

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #archaeoastronomy #neolithic

  13. Engineers Find Evidence of Hydraulics In An Ancient Pyramid

    Anton Petrus//Getty Images Hydraulic mechanics may have indeed been the driving force behind the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids.  In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt believed to be the oldest of the seven monumental pyramids and potentially constructed about 4,500 years ago offers a remarkable blueprint for hydraulic engineering………Continue reading… By: Tim Newcomb Source: Popilar […]

    onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026

  14. “When Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s funerary army was excavated outside Xi’an from 1974 onwards, the terracotta figures emerged from their burial pits in vivid polychrome and then, almost immediately, began to lose their colour.

    The pigments on the armour, trousers and faces were laid over a thin lacquer ground that had survived two millennia underground at constant humidity but began to flake within hours of exposure to dry #Shaanxi air.”
    #china #cdrama #archeology

    storiedcolors.com/color/han-pu

  15. On the irony of Ashkenazi Jews using "looking European" as a rhetorical weapon against Palestinians [apropos of #Wix's "unlike the Gazans, we look and live like Europeans or Americans,"] meet Esther Schreiber, non-archaeologist with inflated CV and an elaborate cloth headscarf resembling a tea towel (a "tichel")... This one was appointed by Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu to lead the Israel Antiquities Authority. Eliyahu also advanced a bill to create a "Judea and Samaria Heritage Authority" for occupied West Bank, replacing military archaeology officer, with land expropriation powers in Areas A+B+C. Eliyahu said it's "an interim stage until full sovereignty."

    kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/1165

    #Palestine #Nakba #archeology #Israel #Apartheid #Orientalism

  16. Repérages et tests son pour le tournage de Cantre'r Gwaelod, ma série radiophonique de fiction, avec Julien Lafosse, notre chef opérateur !

    Cantre'r Gwaelod est soutenue par la Ville de Tours, le département d'Indre-et-Loire et est lauréate de la bourse "fiction sonore" 2025 de l'association Beaumarchais-SACD.

    #fiction
    #radio
    #podcast
    #radiobeton
    #tournage
    #creativewriting
    #sound
    #ocean
    #fantastique
    #history
    #archeology
    #poso_asso

  17. Archaeologists uncover the Americas’ earliest known observatory in Peru

    Researchers at the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex in Peru have discovered an ancient structure that existed before what was considered to be the oldest known observatory in the Americas: the Chankillo Solar Observatory...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/11/the

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #archaeoastronomy #Chankillo

  18. Ancient Maya astronomers accurately predicted solar eclipses centuries in advance

    A recent study has decoded how Maya astronomers forecasted solar eclipses with astonishing accuracy more than a thousand years ago, revealing a sophisticated system of mathematics and observation that kept their predictions accurate for centuries...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/10/may

    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #mayacivilization #archaeoastronomy #mayaculture #eclipse

  19. 2,500-year-old Iberian solstice sanctuary uncovered in Jódar, Spain

    Archaeologists have unearthed an impressive Iberian sanctuary near the Spanish town of Jódar in the province of Jaén, where stone, sunlight, and myth converged 2,500 years ago. The site, El Fontanar, reveals how ancient cultures merged astronomy and ritual to dramatize themes of fertility, rebirth, and cosmic order...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/09/ibe

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeoastronomy #solstice

  20. AI reveals Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than previously thought

    A recent study using artificial intelligence is reshaping our understanding of the Dead Sea Scrolls, suggesting many of the scrolls are older than previously believed...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/06/ai-

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #ArchaeologyLovers #aramaic #AI #deadseascrolls

  21. New study uncovers vast obsidian trade networks of the Aztec Empire

    A recent study by Tulane University and Mexico’s Proyecto Templo Mayor has revealed new information regarding the complex obsidian trade networks of the Mexica, popularly referred to as the Aztecs. By analyzing 788 obsidian artifacts recovered from the Templo Mayor—the main temple of Tenochtitlan...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/05/vas

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    #archaeology #archeology #obsidian #aztecs #aztecempire

  22. Hundreds of previously unrecorded monuments discovered in Baltinglass, Ireland

    A recent archaeological survey in the Baltinglass landscape of County Wicklow, Ireland, has revealed hundreds of previously unrecorded monuments...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2024/04/pre

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeological #archaeologynews #remotesensing #aberdeenuniversity #baltinglass #LiDAR #neolithic #bronzeage

  23. One Solution to the Four Channels of the Great Pyramid - YouTube
    youtube.com/watch?v=-Wz1ARwxVG

    Totally demolishes the popular theory of the channels being aligned to stars: they're not straight. But there is MUCH more to this vid. Very detailed analysis.

    #AncientEgypt #Egyptology #History #AncientHistory #Pyramids #GreatPyramid #Archeology

  24. Henrik Brahe and his wife Sanne came all the way from Portugal to my studio. This portrait from the current exhibition in Persenbeug is also part of my inspired series. My video ( youtu.be/b20zL0KiQrw ) shows the connection of my creative creation process with the exhibitions. Enjoy! #analog #tintype #portraiture #handmade #petzval #analogphotograpy #exhibition #collodion #wetplate #passion #nassplatte #ferrotypie #kollodium #portraitphotography #archeology #photographer

  25. It may be older than Borobudur (8th century) in Indonesia and Angkor Wat (12th century) in Cambodia.

    "A retired researcher who discovered the oldest dated evidence in Bujang Valley is calling for young archaeologists to continue his mission and uncover the true extent of this ancient civilisation."

    channelnewsasia.com/asia/malay

    #Malaysia #Archeology #Civilisations #Artifacts

  26. New Robots to Explore the Great Pyramid - YouTube
    youtube.com/watch?v=eFs0honkDz

    "The Great Pyramid of Giza continues to surprise us with hidden secrets and intriguing anomalies that have yet to be properly investigated. The visual inspection of the North Face Corridor announced on March 2, 2023 is hopefully the beginning of many more revelations to come."

    #Archeology #Egypt #Egyptology #Pyramids #GreatPyramid