Iron Age gilded brooch found in Finland

A floppy felt sunhat worn by a Roman soldier in Egypt 1,800 years ago has been painstakingly restored and put on display at the Bolton Museum. One of only three known to survive in the world, and now the best-preserved of the three, the hat has been in storage at the museum for 114 years. … Read the full post →"Roman soldier’s floppy sunhat goes on display" Ancient, Museums

KAPITAN PETKO VOIVODA, BULGARIA—A richly adorned grave of a Thracian warrior and his horse was […] The post Ornate Horse Harness Uncovered in Thracian Warrior's Grave appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Bulgaria, grave, Hercules, horse harness, Kapitan Petko Voivoda, Thracian warrior, Topolovgrad

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA—It has been difficult for archaeologists to accurately estimate the ancient Maya population […] The post New Research Suggests Maya Population May Have Topped 16 Million appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Belize, Guatemala, lidar, Maya, Maya Lowlands, Mexico, population, Yucatán Peninsula

SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA, SPAIN—Hundreds of human bone fragments found at El Mirador Cave in Sierra […] The post Evidence of Neolithic Cannibalism Found in Spanish Cave appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, cannibalism, El Mirador Cave, Neolithic, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain

Ambrose Powell Hill (1825-1865) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War (1861-1865), who commanded the Third Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. Often referred to as 'A. P. Hill' to distinguish him from fellow Confederate general Daniel Harvey Hill (D. H. Hill), he was one of Robert E. Lee's most valued officers, playing a vital role in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg...

The Chteau d'Amboise, located in the Loire Valley, in central France, was built over several centuries and was the centre of royal power during the Renaissance (from the 15th to the early 17th century). Witness to the heyday of the French monarchy, but also to great tragedies, the chteau welcomed such famous figures as Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Chevalier d'Artagnan (c. 1611-1673), and Charles...

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A group of amateur archaeologists hit not one literal jackpot but three of them in the woods near Kalisz, Poland. Over the course of just five weeks, they discovered three ceramic vessels one after the other, each from different periods with different contents. The third one held a single treasure: a bright yellow gold torc … Read the full post →"Three treasure pots, one with heavy gold necklace, found in Poland" Ancient, Medieval

An unprecedented grouping of rare bipyramidal ingots has been discovered in the Sava River in Tolisa, northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina near the border with Croatia. This shape of ingot dates them to between the La Tène culture and the beginning of the Roman era, the 2nd or 1st century B.C., and is exceptionally rare in … Read the full post →"Largest group of bipyramidal ingots found in Bosnia"

PARIS, FRANCE—When Napoleon marched his Grand Army of 600,000 troops into Russia in 1812, he […] The post New DNA Analysis Reveals Maladies That Ravaged Napoleon's Troops appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, disease, DNA analysis, Grand Army, Lithuania, Napoleon, paratyphoid fever, relapsing fever, Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi C, Vilnius

ULPIANA, KOSOVO—Vox News Albania reports that Kosovan Minister of Culture Hajrulla Çeku announced that a […] The post Mosaic Inscription Connects Justinian to Ancient City in Kosovo appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, basilica, Byzantine, inscription, Justinian, Justiniana Secunda, Kosovo, Theodora, Ulpiana

POMPEII, ITALY—When Mount Vesuvius erupted in a.d. 79, it famously buried Roman towns around the […] The post Some of Pompeii's Residents Returned Home After Vesuvius Eruption appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, eruption, Italy, Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii

The Russian Provisional Government of 1917, really a series of unelected coalitions, briefly held power from March to November, that is between the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) and the Bolshevik Revolution led by Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924). Lacking legitimacy from the outset and without the backing of the army, the government faced a series of severe crises, not least of which...

New excavations at Pompeii have uncovered archaeological evidence that the city was reoccupied after its destruction in the 79 A.D. eruption of Vesuvius. Former residents of the city who had no resources to move away and likely wanderers from other locations made homes for themselves in the ruins of the upper floors of buildings that … Read the full post →"Pompeii reoccupied for 4 centuries after its destruction"

RIVER BEND, WYOMING—In the 1970s, archaeologists conducting a salvage operation prior to construction discovered a […] The post Adornment Assemblage Linked to Wyoming Native American Site appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, adornment, awl, European contact, Native American, River Bend, Shoshone, Wyoming

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA—The Conversation reports the results of a new study that has solved the mystery […] The post First Nations Ancestors Created Finger Grooves in Australian Cave appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Australia, cave, finger grooves, First Nations, Gunaikurnai, mulla-mullung, New Guinea II

BRUNSWICK TOWN, NORTH CAROLINA—According to a statement released by East Carolina University, a team from […] The post Wreck of Spanish Privateer Identified in North Carolina appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Brunswick Town, colonial America, Fort Anderson, King George's War, La Fortuna, North Carolina, shipwreck

Thomas J. Jackson (1824-1863), better known as Stonewall Jackson, was one of the most famous Confederate generals of the American Civil War (1861-1865). A veteran of the Mexican-American War and a former VMI instructor, he joined the Confederate army in 1861 and rose to prominence in his Shenandoah Valley Campaign (March to June 1862). He became the right-hand man of General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870...