#archeology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #archeology, aggregated by home.social.
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Inscription marking nocturnal lightning strike found at Hadrian’s Villa – The History Blog
https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/76923"A rare inscription marking a spot where lightning hit has been unearthed at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, about 12 miles outside of Rome. The marble slab is inscribed “FVLGVR SVBMANIVM.” “Fulgur” is Latin for lightning bolt and “Submanium” related it to Summanus, the god of nocturnal thunder in the ancient Roman religion."
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World’s oldest evidence of habitual drug use found in 25,000-year-old teeth in Indonesia
Ice age hunter-gatherers on an Indonesian island regularly sucked betel nuts to ease tooth pain, according to a new study. The practice dates back at least 25,000 years and pushes the known history of habitual betel nut drug use far deeper into the past...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/oldest-habitual-drug-use-found-in-indonesia/
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World’s oldest evidence of habitual drug use found in 25,000-year-old teeth in Indonesia
Ice age hunter-gatherers on an Indonesian island regularly sucked betel nuts to ease tooth pain, according to a new study. The practice dates back at least 25,000 years and pushes the known history of habitual betel nut drug use far deeper into the past...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/oldest-habitual-drug-use-found-in-indonesia/
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Roman emperor’s lavish bath found hidden inside a palace tower in Serbia
Archaeologists working at Vrelo-Šarkamen in eastern Serbia have uncovered a lavish Roman bath built inside a palace tower. The bath belonged to an imperial residence linked to Maximinus Daza, a Roman emperor who ruled from 310 to 313...
Photo © Krajina Museum
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/roman-emperors-lavish-bath-found-in-serbia/
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Roman emperor’s lavish bath found hidden inside a palace tower in Serbia
Archaeologists working at Vrelo-Šarkamen in eastern Serbia have uncovered a lavish Roman bath built inside a palace tower. The bath belonged to an imperial residence linked to Maximinus Daza, a Roman emperor who ruled from 310 to 313...
Photo © Krajina Museum
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/roman-emperors-lavish-bath-found-in-serbia/
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Medieval England’s farmers shifted from draught cattle to sheep and wool as demand changed
Medieval England’s cattle and sheep economy changed in step with rising populations, trade, and demand for food and materials. A study of animal remains from 460 archaeological sites shows when those changes took place between CE 400 and 1400...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/medieval-englands-farmers-shifted-from-draught-cattle-to-sheep/
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Luxurious Bath Complex Used by Roman Emperor Found in Serbia
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While clearing debris to protect ancient Egyptian tombs from flash floods, researchers near Luxor stumbled upon an unknown 3,000-year-old tomb. Its remarkably preserved paintings depict an official named Paser, his wife, religious scenes, and offerings of food and flowers. The discovery comes as climate-driven flooding poses a growing threat to these fragile remains
#news #Egypt #climate #climateChange #archeologyhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260909231746.htm
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📰 Fragments of a Gāndhārī Manuscript of the *Pratyutpanna-buddha-saṃmukhāvasthita-samādhi-sūtra* (A free, 27-page article from 2018)
Tags: #Archeology #Mahayana #Manuscripts
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4th c. mosaic floor, 2nd c. Eros head found in Pompeiopolis basilica – The History Blog
https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/76911"An intricately patterned mosaic floor in beautiful condition has been unearthed in ancient Pompeiopolis, on northern Turkey’s Black Sea coast. The mosaic is about 105 square meters (1,130 square feet) and is decorated with intricate geometric patterns, .... It dates to the 4th century A.D."
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In mastodon news today:
10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon tooth discovered in Midpen preserve
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DNA traces on medieval parchment reveal 3,700-year history of deadly sheeppox virus
Medieval manuscripts preserve genetic traces of a sheep disease that has threatened herds across Eurasia for more than 3,700 years, according to a new study. Researchers recovered ancient DNA from sheeppox virus, or SPPV, in animal skins used to make parchment...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/medieval-parchment-reveal-history-of-sheeppox-virus/
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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: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/roman-town-in-germany-was-abandoned-after-two-generations/
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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: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/roman-military-system-behind-ancient-animal-hunts/
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Roman women used public banquets to gain status and honor in Hispania
Roman women played a larger role in public banquets than ancient accounts often suggest. A new study of Latin inscriptions from Hispania shows how wealthy women paid for communal meals and used them to build public status. The study examines 36 inscriptions dating from the late first century BCE to the third century CE...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/roman-women-used-public-banquets-in-hispania/
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12,900-year-old Epipaleolithic site found at Koskarlı Cave in Turkey
Koskarlı Cave in Turkey has revealed an intact hunter-gatherer occupation dating to about 12,900 to 12,000 years ago. The find provides the first systematic evidence of Epipaleolithic occupation in the eastern Black Sea region...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/koskarli-cave-hunter-gatherers/
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A Staggering Excavation Has Rewritten The Fall of The Roman Empire
Interamna Lirenas has turned out to be far more than a “backwater town” of the Roman Empire. According to a published study in Roman Urbanism in Italy, this central Italian town thrived well beyond previous belief, using its impressive urban features and forward-thinking design to stave off the effects of the empire’s collapse well into the 3rd century AD. “We started with a site so unpromising that no one had ever tried to excavate it,” Alessandro Launaro, the study’s author […] -
7,000-year-old fish traps show hunter-gatherers brought fish to Norway’s mountains centuries before farming
Seven thousand-year-old wooden fish traps found in southern Norway are changing views of life before farming. The finds show Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers moved brown trout into mountain lakes around 5000 BCE....
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/hunter-gatherers-brought-fish-to-norways-mountains/
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Scientists Use Charcoal Analysis to Accurately Date Ancient French Cave Paintings
📰 Original title: Hidden charcoal reveals the true age of ancient cave paintings
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Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, released in 1992
Released for: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga
Point-and-click; Puzzle; Adventure
Action, Fantasy, Thriller, Historical, Comedy
world war ii - ww2, death, robots, maze, hand-to-hand combat, graphic adventure, steam, treasure hunt, based on - movie, multiple endings, shareware, dialogue trees, snake, darkness, single-player only, licensed game, voice acting, protagonist's name in the title, based on - comics, damsel in distress, non-player character, steam play, villain, item combination, tie-in, submarine, dynamic soundtrack, nazis, nazi occultism, archeology, camel, infinite pockets, scumm, gog preservation program, scummvm compatible
From the Internet Games Database
https://www.igdb.com/games/indiana-jones-and-the-f…
#games #adventures #pointnclick #adventuregames #old #history #retrocomputing #retrogaming #retro #image #screenshots #1990s #90s #worldwariiww2 #death #robots #maze #handtohandcombat #graphicadventure #steam #treasurehunt #basedonmovie #multipleendings #shareware #dialoguetrees #snake #darkness #singleplayeronly #licensedgame #voiceacting #protagonistsnameinthetitle #basedoncomics #damselindistress #nonplayercharacter #steamplay #villain #itemcombination #tiein #submarine #dynamicsoundtrack #nazis #nazioccultism #archeology #camel #infinitepockets #scumm #gogpreservationprogram #scummvmcompatible #linux #win #mac #dos #amiga #action #fantasy #thriller #historical #comedy -
Bronze Age boat carvings reveal vast sea networks linking Iberia and Scandinavia
Bronze Age boat carvings found on rocks in Spain and Portugal suggest people living along Europe’s Atlantic coast shared ideas, technology, and beliefs across long sea routes more than 3,000 years ago...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/boat-carvings-sea-networks-iberia-scandinavia/
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The First Pandemic? Scientists Find 214 Ancient Pathogens In Prehistoric DNA
Shutterstock Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague. The findings show zoonotic diseases began spreading around 6,500 years ago, likely triggered by farming and animal domestication. These ancient infections may still influence us today, and help guide the vaccines of tomorrow…….Continue reading…. By: University of Copenhagen – The Faculty of Health and Medical […] -
5,500-year-old plague outbreak killed Siberian hunter-gatherers, ancient DNA reveals
When most people think of plague, they picture medieval Europe, crowded streets, and rats carrying infected fleas. New research suggests the disease was already killing people thousands of years before any of those conditions existed...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/5500-year-old-plague-in-siberia/
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Dancing Girl Of Mohenjo-Daro Controversy Explained: Why NCERT Restored Original Image After Uproar?
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430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Found in Greece Reveal Advanced Early Human Skills
📰 Original title: Scientists discover the oldest wooden tools ever used by humans
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Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, released in 1992
Released for: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga
Point-and-click; Puzzle; Adventure
Action, Fantasy, Thriller, Historical, Comedy
world war ii - ww2, death, robots, maze, hand-to-hand combat, graphic adventure, steam, treasure hunt, based on - movie, multiple endings, shareware, dialogue trees, snake, darkness, single-player only, licensed game, voice acting, protagonist's name in the title, based on - comics, damsel in distress, non-player character, steam play, villain, item combination, tie-in, submarine, dynamic soundtrack, nazis, nazi occultism, archeology, camel, infinite pockets, scumm, gog preservation program, scummvm compatible
From the Internet Games Database
https://www.igdb.com/games/indiana-jones-and-the-f…
#games #adventures #pointnclick #adventuregames #old #history #retrocomputing #retrogaming #retro #image #screenshots #1990s #90s #worldwariiww2 #death #robots #maze #handtohandcombat #graphicadventure #steam #treasurehunt #basedonmovie #multipleendings #shareware #dialoguetrees #snake #darkness #singleplayeronly #licensedgame #voiceacting #protagonistsnameinthetitle #basedoncomics #damselindistress #nonplayercharacter #steamplay #villain #itemcombination #tiein #submarine #dynamicsoundtrack #nazis #nazioccultism #archeology #camel #infinitepockets #scumm #gogpreservationprogram #scummvmcompatible #linux #win #mac #dos #amiga #action #fantasy #thriller #historical #comedy -
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, released in 1992
Released for: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga
Point-and-click; Puzzle; Adventure
Action, Fantasy, Thriller, Historical, Comedy
world war ii - ww2, death, robots, maze, hand-to-hand combat, graphic adventure, steam, treasure hunt, based on - movie, multiple endings, shareware, dialogue trees, snake, darkness, single-player only, licensed game, voice acting, protagonist's name in the title, based on - comics, damsel in distress, non-player character, steam play, villain, item combination, tie-in, submarine, dynamic soundtrack, nazis, nazi occultism, archeology, camel, infinite pockets, scumm, gog preservation program, scummvm compatible
From the Internet Games Database
https://www.igdb.com/games/indiana-jones-and-the-f…
#games #adventures #pointnclick #adventuregames #old #history #retrocomputing #retrogaming #retro #image #screenshots #1990s #90s #worldwariiww2 #death #robots #maze #handtohandcombat #graphicadventure #steam #treasurehunt #basedonmovie #multipleendings #shareware #dialoguetrees #snake #darkness #singleplayeronly #licensedgame #voiceacting #protagonistsnameinthetitle #basedoncomics #damselindistress #nonplayercharacter #steamplay #villain #itemcombination #tiein #submarine #dynamicsoundtrack #nazis #nazioccultism #archeology #camel #infinitepockets #scumm #gogpreservationprogram #scummvmcompatible #linux #win #mac #dos #amiga #action #fantasy #thriller #historical #comedy -
... archiving can be funny like that
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1872335/archiving-can-be-funny-like-that
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Ancient Finnish graves reveal how ochre signaled identity and social networks
About 5,500 to 6,000 years ago, hunter-fisher-gatherers lived across what is now Finland. These communities, known to archaeologists as the Typical Comb Ware culture, built semi-subterranean houses, traveled along waterways, and relied on fishing, hunting, and small-scale plant use. They...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/finnish-graves-ochre-signaled-identity/
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #huntergatherer #anthropology #ochre
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New study searches for hidden chambers inside El Castillo pyramid in Chichén Itzá
A team of international archaeologists, physicists, and engineers will soon explore inside one of the greatest monuments of the ancient Maya world using a non-invasive imaging technique...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/hidden-chambers-inside-el-castillo-pyramid/
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How ancient hunter-gatherer DNA could unlock the secrets of living to 100
A recent genetic study reveals part of the secret of exceptional longevity in Italy and finds that this may lie deep in the prehistoric past of the European continent...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/hunter-gatherer-dna-and-secrets-to-living-100/
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New study shows ear piercing was a key childhood rite in ancient Maya society
A recent study offers a fresh perspective on what appears to have been an early rite of passage in ancient Maya childhood: the piercing and gradual stretching of the ears. Drawing on centuries of Maya artistic representations, the research suggests that ear ornaments were far more than decorative items...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/ear-piercing-was-a-key-childhood-rite-in-maya-society/
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Dans la famille des tablettes antiques, je demande... (le fils ! Ah non zut c'est pas ce jeu là).
Voici un pendentif inspiré des tablettes en argile sumériennes, écriture cunéiforme (Mésopotamie)
https://fumiferus.etsy.com/listing/4421516385
#pyrography #woodburning #woodart #ancientart #ancienttablets #cuneiform #mesopotamia #ancienthistory #archeology #claytablets #ancientwriting #earlywriting #ancientcivilizations #historyinspired
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Hwat did we learn this week?!?! Decapitation, bad. Junk in the sky, bad. Cats? Dicks.
Also, F1 saves lives!
Episode 54: Where are the Skulls?
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hwatweekly.com
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#hwatweekly #wherearetheskulls #leshy #cathistory #archeology #sciencenews #feelgoodpodcast -
Scientists redate Ukraine’s mammoth-bone structures, uncovering Ice Age survival tactics
Across the plains of what is now Ukraine, long before agriculture had revolutionized human life, groups of hunter-gatherers encountered winters so extreme that the only ways to survive required uncommon ingenuity...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/mammoth-bone-shelters-in-ukraine/
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Genetic study shows dogs traveled with humans across Eurasia for 11,000 years
For tens of thousands of years, dogs have been in symbiosis with people across the vast range of Eurasia, but new genetic findings indicate that their history was tied to human migrations more closely than previously known...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/dogs-traveled-with-humans-across-eurasia/
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📽️ 🍿 Prochainement, une projection de 3 films de recherche, réalisés par des membres du réseau RUSHS, avec pour sujet commun la mission de filmer un terrain.
🗓️ Mercredi 26 novembre à 18h
📍 Institut des systèmes complexes de Paris Île-de-France (ISC-PIF), 113, rue Nationale, Paris 13eVenez ainsi découvrir :
- « Alaska, le sol se dérobe » (9 minutes, 2024), réalisé par Sonia Collavizza (CNRS Images) ;
- « Devenir sédentaire » (14 minutes, 2024), réalisé par Paul Rambaud (MSH Mondes) ;
- « LEALula, L'écologie linguistique d'une oasis en mutation » (27 minutes, 2025), réalisé par Céline Ferlita (UAR ARDIS).Participation gratuite sur inscription : https://iscpif.fr/projection-rushs-25/
Projection en partenariat avec la MSH Monde, ARDIS (CNRS) et l’ISC-PIF.
@cnrs @cnrsshs @CNRS_INSU @reseaurushs @iscpif @canal_u @lpg_lab @fannybocquentin @darcheogaussein @msh_mondes @umr8068 @shs @mate_shs_cnrs @linguistique
#climatechange #geology #pergelisol #archeology #prehistory #huntergatherer #Jordan #linguistics #arabic
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Archaeologists uncover oldest and largest Maya monument built to represent the cosmos
Until recently, Aguada Fénix had lain hidden beneath the fields and forests of southeastern Mexico for millennia. The vast earthen platform, built more than 3,000 years ago, represents the oldest and largest monumental structure known in the Maya region...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/largest-maya-monument-built-to-represent-the-cosmos/
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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: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/maya-astronomers-predicted-solar-eclipses/
#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #mayacivilization #archaeoastronomy #mayaculture #eclipse
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Ancient Maya monument reveals Ix Ch’ak Ch’een, the 6th-century queen who ruled the city of Cobá
Archaeologists have identified Ix Ch’ak Ch’een as one of the rulers of the ancient Maya city of Cobá, and uncovered the city’s dynastic history during the 6th century CE. The discovery comes from the “Foundation Rock,” a limestone monument found near a natural water reservoir...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/ix-chak-cheen-queen-who-ruled-the-city-of-coba/
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Submerged Maya salt-making compound in Belize reveals the lives of ancient salt producers
Archaeologists have uncovered a well-preserved Late Classic Maya household complex buried on the Punta Ycacos Lagoon seafloor in southern Belize, offering an entirely new look at how ordinary Maya families lived and worked more than 1,200 years ago...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/submerged-maya-salt-making-compound-in-belize/
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Maya hand signs on 1,300-year-old altar may reveal hidden calendar dates and deeper meaning
For over 1,300 years, Altar Q in Copán, the Maya capital of Honduras, has fascinated scholars. Carved in the late eighth century, it shows 16 rulers of Copán on its four sides, together with hieroglyphic inscriptions. Long accepted as a dynastic history, it is now the focus of a new theory...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/09/maya-hand-signs-on-altar-hidden-dates/
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🤖 Roboterstudent Xueba 01 beginnt sein Studium in Shanghai
https://taibang.substack.com/p/taibang-aus-china-und-singapore-6f3#scamprotection #eu #kallas #archäologie #archeology #semiconductor #datacenter #robot #student
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9,000-year-old workshop discovery in Senegal reveals life of West Africa’s last hunter-gatherers
Archaeologists have found rare remains of West Africa’s last hunter-gatherer communities, offering a new glimpse into the lives and sustenance of these people and their circumstances from 9,000 years ago...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/09/9000-year-old-workshop-discovery-in-senegal/
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Maya children’s teeth with jade inlays reveal rare ancient practice, study finds
Archaeologists have made a surprising discovery in Maya cultural traditions: decorative jade dental inlays, a practice previously thought to be exclusive to adults, have now been found in the teeth of children...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/maya-childrens-teeth-with-jade-inlays/
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Ancient Maya population may have topped 16 million at peak, new lidar study reveals
A sweeping new research study has shifted our image of the Maya civilization of the ancient past, and it appears that its population during the Late Classic period (CE 600–900) might have reached as high as 16 million people, roughly 45% higher than previous estimates...More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/maya-population-may-have-topped-16-million/
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Decapitation of a child 850,000 years ago reveals new evidence of cannibalism at Atapuerca
A newly discovered human cervical vertebra from the Gran Dolina site in the Sierra de Atapuerca in Spain, which dates to 850,000 years ago, has provided new evidence of cannibalism among early humans. The child’s bone, aged between two and four years...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/decapitation-of-a-child-850000-years-ago-atapuerca/
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1,600-year-old tomb of Caracol’s founding king Te K’ab Chaak unearthed in Belize jungle
Archaeologists from the University of Houston have discovered the royal tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler and founder of the powerful Maya city of Caracol, in Belize’s dense jungles. This tomb, dated to around 350 CE...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/1600-year-old-tomb-of-caracols-king-te-kab-chaak/
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Ancient DNA reveals Maya collapse was a transformation, not extinction
A new genetic study is rewriting the history of the collapse of the Classic Maya civilization, revealing that even though city-states such as Copán and others experienced severe population depletion around 1,200 years ago, the Maya themselves never disappeared...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/maya-collapse-was-a-transformation-not-extinction/
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Oldest whale bone tools discovered in Europe reveal Stone Age humans used marine resources 20,000 years ago
A recent study has revealed that humans living on the Atlantic coast of modern-day France and Spain were crafting tools from whale bones as far back as 20,000 years ago—much earlier than previously thought...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/oldest-whale-bone-tools-discovered-in-europe/
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