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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN—Archaeologists and historians have long believed that there was a direct correlation between the […] The post Prevalence of Butchered Horse Bones Dispels Myths About Christian Dietary Habits appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Christianity, diets, horse meat, Hungary, medieval europe, Middle Ages

VRATSA, BULGARIA—BNT News reports that Bulgarian archaeologists may have made one of the most spectacular […] The post Lost Palace of Thracian King Unearthed in Bulgaria appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Bulgaria, Mogilanska Mound, palace, Thracian, Tomb, Triballi, Vratsa

ROC DE LES ORENTES, SPAIN—Millennia ago, a local community living high in the Catalan Pyrenees […] The post Pierced Human Rib Bone Hints at 4,000-Year-Old Attack appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, arrowhead, embedded, Pyrenees, rib bone, Roc de les Orentes, Spain

Transatlantic Zeppelins carried passengers in relative luxury between Germany and New York or Rio de Janeiro during the 1920s and 1930s. The airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg crossed the Atlantic in two or three days, faster than contemporary ocean liners, but this brief golden era of air travel came to an abrupt and tragic end following the Hindenburg disaster in May 1937, when the airship...

A mosaic of an intimate scene that was stolen from Italy during World War II has been repatriated to Pompeii. The mosaic on a slab of travertine was gifted to a German citizen, now deceased, by a captain of the Wehrmacht who had helped himself to it in 1944 during the German occupation of Italy. … Read the full post →"Mosaic looted by Nazi officer returned to Pompeii" Ancient, Looting

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND—According to a BBC report, archaeologists were surprised to find a Roman road just […] The post Well-Preserved Roman Road Found Beneath English City Center appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, England, Mamucium, Manchester, Roman Britain, Roman Road

TADIM MOUND, TURKEY—Excavations at the site of Tadım Mound near Elaziğ in eastern Turkey have […] The post 6,000-Year-Old Temple in Turkey Provides Evidence of Human and Animal Sacrifice appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, animal sacrifice, blood channel, human sacrifice, religious rituals, Tadim, temple complex, Turkey

LOBAMBA, ESWATINI—Thousands of years ago, it was so essential that craftspeople in southern Africa had […] The post African Craftspeople Journeyed Long Distances to Obtain Perfectly Colored Stones appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Africa, chalcedony, chert, Eswatini, jasper, Lobamba, Mesolithic, stone age technology

John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was an American lawyer and statesman, one of the key political figures of the Antebellum Era. Initially a nationalist, Calhoun spent his early career trying to strengthen and modernize the federal government, but by the 1830s, he had become a strong advocate for states' rights and slavery, leading South Carolina into the Nullification Crisis (1832-33). Calhoun served...

New information has been released about the 7th century B.C. sealed Etruscan chamber tomb discovered this summer in the necropolis of San Giuliano near Viterbo in central Italy. A team of archaeologists and students from Baylor University working for the San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project (SGARP)discovered and opened the tomb and has been documenting its … Read the full post →"Update on sealed Etruscan tomb"

KRAUSCHWITZ, GERMANY—During construction of new powerlines through Saxony-Anhalt, workers uncovered numerous ancient burials from various […] The post Bags Decorated with Dog Teeth Recovered from Ancient Graves appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, bag, canine, Corded Ware culture, dog teeth, Germany, Krauschwitz

CARACOL, BELIZE—According to a statement released by The University of Houston, archaeologists working at the […] The post Tomb of First Maya Ruler of Caracol Unearthed in Belize appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Belize, Caracol, Maya, maya king, Te K'ab Chaak, Tomb

WYSKOĆ, POLAND—Notes from Poland reports that during a routine archaeological survey of Chlapowski Landscape Park […] The post 5,500-Year-Old Polish "Pyramids" Discovered appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, funnelbeaker culture, megalithic tomb, Poland, pyramids, wyskoc

Zeppelin airships were used by Germany to attack its enemies on all fronts during the First World War (1914-18). Bombing raids, usually conducted at night, targeted key infrastructure like railways and docks, dropping both explosive and incendiary bombs. For the first time in warfare, it was possible to bypass a nation's armed forces and attack the civilian population directly, opening up a new...

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More than 200 leather shoes from the Middle Ages have been discovered in the Bjørvika neighborhood of Oslo, and those are just the ones they’ve counted so far. Archaeologists estimate there will be more than a thousand in the final tally. The shoes, between 600 and 700 years old, are hand-stitched from leather. Some of … Read the full post →"Medieval leather goods found in Oslo"

ASWAN, EGYPT—La Brújula Verde reports that a recently discovered rock art panel near Aswan in […] The post Engraved Rock Art May Be Linked to Egypt's Earliest Rulers appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Aswan, Egypt, Egypt unification, First Dynasty, rock art

GANTANGQING, CHINA—Humans have been making and using wooden tools for over one million years, but […] The post 300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Found in China appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, China, Gantangqing, hominins, plant processing, wooden tools