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ASIAB, IRAN––Modern etiquette mandates that guests invited to a holiday gathering should bring something to […] The post Dinner Guests Brought Pigs to Neolithic Party appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Asiab, boar, Iran, Neolithic, pigs, Zagros Mountains

FORDINGBRIDGE, ENGLAND—Cotswold ARCHAEOLOGY announced that a team of their archaeologists uncovered evidence for hundreds of […] The post Rural Iron and Roman Age British Village Uncovered appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, fordingbridge, grain processing, Iron Age Britain, quern stone, Roman Britain, roundhouses

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For the first time, archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a Tang Dynasty hostage prince from the Silla Kingdom of Korea in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, northwest China. An epitaph found in the tomb names the occupant as Kim Young and provides a full biography of his life. It is only the second Silla hostage tomb … Read the full post →"Tomb of 8th c. Silla hostage prince found in China"

LIN, ALBANIA—Studies have shown that Lake Ohrid, on the Albanian and North Macedonian border, is […] The post Archaeologists Continue to Investigate Europe's Oldest Lakefront Settlement appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Albania, lake, Lake Ohrid, lakefront, Lin, Neolithic

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL—For well over a century, excavations at Canaanite sites throughout modern-day Israel have […] The post Study Identifies Possible Origins of Peculiar Canaanite Rituals appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Azekah, bowl, Canaanite, Egypt, house, Israel, lamp, Levant, ritual

KESHIKCHIDAGH, AZERBAIJAN—Aze.Media reports that a team of researchers from several Azerbaijani institutions unearthed a remarkable […] The post Burial Mound of Bronze Age Warrior Revealed in Azerbaijan appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Azerbaijan, Bronze Age, Keshikchidagh, kurgan, warrior burials

Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States. An ambitious and cunning man whose political tricks earned him the nickname 'the Little Magician', Van Buren was a talented organizer, establishing such political machines as the Albany Regency in New York and the Democratic Party on a national level. The handpicked successor...

Rosebud, the iconic red sled whose name Charles Foster Kane uttered with his last breath triggering the plot of Orson Welles’ 1941 cinematic masterpiece Citizen Kane, has sold at auction for $14.75 million. It is the second most expensive object of movie memorabilia ever sold, after the pair of Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of … Read the full post →"Rosebud sells for $14.75 million"

Archaeologists have unearthed an exceptional settlement from the La Tène period rich with amber, luxury ceramics, gold and silver coins near the city of Hradec Králové in the northern Czech Republic. Covering 25 hectares (62 acres), it is by far the largest Celtic settlement found in Bohemia, and unique in its features and scale as … Read the full post →"Huge Celtic settlement found in Czech Republic"

An excavation at Cap Corse, a peninsula on the rugged northern tip of Corsica, has uncovered the remains of a port structure from Late Antiquity, dating to the 4th-5th centuries A.D. A team from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) excavated the outcropping overlooking Meria Bay before construction. They uncovered large schist … Read the full post →"Port structure from Late Antiquity found in Corsica"

LIGONIER, PENNSYLVANIA—On November 12, 1758, George Washington, then a colonel in the British army, faced […] The post Archaeologists Identify French and Indian War Battlefield appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Fort Ligonier, French and Indian War, friendly fire, George Washington, Pennsylvania

HAMAR, NORWAY—The sixteenth-century Chronicle of Hamar records that there was once an ancient urban settlement […] The post Location of Missing Medieval Norwegian Town Confirmed appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, ground penetrating radar, Hamar, Hamarkaupangen, medieval europe, Norway

SAN GIULIANO, ITALY—According to a statement released by Baylor University, archaeologists with the San Giuliano […] The post Rare Undisturbed Etruscan Tomb Opened appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Etruscan, Italy, San Giuliano Rock Necropolis, Tomb

Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of Userefre, the son of founder of the Fifth Dynasty, King Userkaf (r. 2465-2458 B.C.), in Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis. The tomb contains a massive false door made of pink granite 4.5 meters tall and 1.15 meters wide (14.8 by 3.8 feet). It is the first pink granite false door of … Read the full post →"Prince’s tomb with massive false door found at Saqqara"

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