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Archaeology @kbin.social roastedDeflator @kbin.social Woman the hunter: Ancient Andean remains challenge old ideas of who speared big game
Early hunting was “gender neutral,” archaeologists suggest
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Archaeology @kbin.social stopthatgirl7 @kbin.social phys.org Chance find fulfills 110-year mission to give ancient Nubians a voiceA biomedical Egyptologist from The University of Manchester has fulfilled the mission of an illustrious Manchester anatomist from 1910, having by chance found his unique anatomical record of how ancient Nubians lived—and died—in Southern Egypt.
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Archaeology @kbin.social Pons_Aelius @kbin.social arstechnica.com I spy with my Cold War satellite eye... nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle EastAnthropologists suggest forts were built to secure key trade routes through the region.
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Archaeology @kbin.social Pons_Aelius @kbin.social news.artnet.com Archaeologists in Turkey Have Unearthed Human and Animal Sculptures That Are the Earliest Examples of Prehistoric Art | Artnet NewsHuman and animal sculptures that could date to 9,600 B.C.E were found in Turkey at sites some believe have ties to biblical accounts.
Human and animal sculptures that could date to 9,600 B.C.E were found in Turkey at sites some believe have ties to biblical accounts.
The more we look, the further back human civilisation goes.
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Archaeology @kbin.social Pons_Aelius @kbin.social news.artnet.com A Norwegian Family Went Searching for a Lost Earring in Their Backyard. They Found Viking Artifacts Instead | Artnet NewsThe two brooches are the first definitive evidence of Viking presence on the island of Jomfruland in southern Norway.
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Archaeology @kbin.social Pons_Aelius @kbin.social news.artnet.com Archaeologists in France Have Discovered a 2nd-Century Roman Sarcophagus, Still Fastened Close With Lead Staples | Artnet NewsArcheologists in Reims, northeastern France, have found an unopened Roman sarcophagus with the remains of a woman and her funerary goods.
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Archaeology @kbin.social frankPodmore @slrpnk.net scrollprize.org First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 21yo computer science studentVesuvius Challenge $700,000 Grand Prize “now definitely achievable”
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/3200775
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/3194334
Scrolls count as books, right?
They've managed to find actual words in a two-thousand year-old, burned scrolls from Herculaneum.
The exciting bit? The words they've read so far appear to be from a previously unknown ancient text. And there are over six hundred other scrolls. If we can read more of them, we'll find lost texts. Maybe some we've heard of, maybe some we haven't. Either would be amazing!
From the article:
The Herculaneum papyri, ancient scrolls housed in the library of a private villa near Pompeii, were buried and carbonized by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. For almost 2,000 years, this lone surviving library from antiquity was buried underground under 20 meters of volcanic mud. In the 1700s, they were excavated, and while they were in some ways preserved by the eruption, they were so fragile that they would turn to dus
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Archaeology @kbin.social readbeanicecream @kbin.social Remarkable Neolithic Life-Sized Camel Engravings Discovered In The Nefud Desert
www.ancientpages.com Remarkable Neolithic Life-Sized Camel Engravings Discovered In The Nefud Desert - Ancient PagesWhile investigating a site at the southern edge of the Nefud desert in Saudia Arabia, archaeologists discovered remarkable ancient life-sized engravings of extinct camel species.
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Archaeology @kbin.social readbeanicecream @kbin.social www.livescience.com 2nd-century Alexander the Great statue with lion's-mane hairstyle unearthed in TurkeyThe discovery shows the popularity of the ancient ruler hundreds of years after his death.
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Archaeology @kbin.social readbeanicecream @kbin.social www.livescience.com 1,400-year-old gold figures depicting Norse gods unearthed at former pagan templeArchaeologists in Norway unearthed dozens of tiny gold-foil figures at a former pagan temple.
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Archaeology @kbin.social readbeanicecream @kbin.social www.livescience.com 8 pre-Inca mummies and artifacts unearthed just beneath the streets of Lima, PeruWhile installing new gas lines in Peru, workers unearthed nearly a dozen pre-Inca mummies buried alongside a variety of artifacts.
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Archaeology @kbin.social readbeanicecream @kbin.social Evidence Of 10,000 Years Of Violent Conflict Among The Hunter-Gatherer Societies In The Atacama Desert
www.ancientpages.com Evidence Of 10,000 Years Of Violent Conflict Among The Hunter-Gatherer Societies In The Atacama Desert - Ancient PagesInterpersonal violence was a consistent part of life in ancient hunter-gatherer communities on the Atacama Desert coast of northern Chile, according to a new study.
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Archaeology @kbin.social stopthatgirl7 @kbin.social Archaeologists Find Hidden Rooms in Pyramid of Egyptian Pharaoh Sahure
www.sci.news Archaeologists Find Hidden Rooms in Pyramid of Egyptian Pharaoh Sahure | Sci.NewsSahure, also known as Sahura, was the second ruler of ancient Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty (c. 2465 - c. 2325 BCE).
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Archaeology @kbin.social readbeanicecream @kbin.social Unique Scythian bone scepter found in Bulgaria
A Scythian scepter carved from animal bone has been discovered in a 5th century B.C. warrior burial in Provadia-Solnitsata, northeastern Bulgaria. Bone scepters have been found before, but they are usually cross-shaped and the design of this one is unique.
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Archaeology @kbin.social readbeanicecream @kbin.social Family Looking For Lost Gold Ring Finds Viking Age Artifacts In Their Garden On The Island Of Jomfruland
www.ancientpages.com Family Looking For Lost Gold Ring Finds Viking Age Artifacts In Their Garden On The Island Of Jomfruland - Ancient PagesWhile searching for a missing gold ring with a metal detector, the family in Norway found, to their big surprise, something entirely different in their garden on the island of Jomfruland.
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Archaeology @kbin.social readbeanicecream @kbin.social 9,500-Year-Old Baskets And 6,200-Year-Old Sandals Found In Spanish Cave
www.ancientpages.com 9,500-Year-Old Baskets And 6,200-Year-Old Sandals Found In Spanish Cave - Ancient PagesScientists have discovered and analyzed the first direct evidence of basketry among hunter-gatherer societies and early farmers in southern Europe.
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Archaeology @kbin.social readbeanicecream @kbin.social phys.org Unearthing ancient faith: Byzantine Greek inscription of Psalms 86 found in HyrcaniaArchaeologists from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Archaeology recently carried out preliminary excavation at the ancient site of Hyrcania in the northern Judean Desert, coming at the heels of increased activity by antiquities looters.
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Archaeology @kbin.social readbeanicecream @kbin.social Sunken temples of Aphrodite, Amun found off Egyptian coast
The remains of two temples, one dedicated to the Egyptian god Amun and the other to the Greek goddess Aphrodite, have been discovered in the sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion in the Bay of Aboukir, about 20 miles northeast of Alexandria.
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Archaeology @kbin.social stopthatgirl7 @kbin.social phys.org New Indo-European language discovered during excavation in TurkeyAn excavation in Turkey has brought to light an unknown Indo-European language. Professor Daniel Schwemer, an expert for the ancient Near East, is involved in investigating the discovery.
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Archaeology @kbin.social readbeanicecream @kbin.social Mysterious Tiny 1,400-Year-Old Gold Foil Figures Found In Pagan Temple | (https://www.ancientpages.com/2023/09/23/tiny-1400-year-old-gold-figures-pagan-temple/)
Mysterious Tiny 1,400-Year-Old Gold Foil Figures Found In Pagan Temple | AncientPages.com
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