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A heavy black basalt stele decorated with a carved eagle and Greek inscription has been unearthed in Manbij, a town east of Aleppo, Syria. It features an eagle with open wings clutching a wreath in its talons. Archaeologists believe it is about 2,000 years old and is either a funerary stele from a Roman-era grave. … Read the full post →"Roman-era stele with eagle found in Syria"

ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND—Science reports that recent analysis of an Inca recordkeeping device in the collection […] The post Lock of Hair May Change Knowledge About Inca Recordkeeping appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Andes, Inca, khipu, Peru, recordkeeping

LAKE CONSTANCE, GERMANY—Artnet reports that researchers seeking to comprehensively document shipwrecks in the alpine Lake […] The post Sunken Vessels in Alpine Lake Documented appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Alps, Germany, lake constance, shipwrecks, underwater archaeology

CALGARY, CANADA—Archaeologists returned to the former homestead site of John Ware, which continued to provide […] The post Canadian Archaeologists Excavate Homestead of Black Rancher John Ware appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Alberta, Black, Calgary, Canada, cowboy, homestead, John Ware, Millarville, rancher

Abolitionist author, orator and statesman Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) is well-known for his speeches, autobiography, and other works addressing the issue of slavery in the United States in the 19th century, but, in 1853, he wrote his only work of fiction the novella The Heroic Slave based on the Creole Mutiny/Creole Rebellion of 1841 and its leader, Madison Washington. Douglass was approached...

The tomb of young Bronze Age woman buried with opulent grave goods including a cosmetics box decorated with snakes and scorpions has been unearthed at the Tepe Chalow archaeological site in northeast Iran. It is one of the richest graves from the Great Khorasan Civilization ever discovered. The Tepe Chalow site, which at the time … Read the full post →"3,000-year-old burial of elite teen found in Iran"

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HALIN, MYANMAR—Ancient Chinese written documents record that by the second century a.d., a vast trade […] The post "Rising Sun" Coins Reveal Extensive Ancient Trade Networks Across Southeast Asia appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Bangladesh, Cambodia, coinage, Myanmar, rising star, trade networks, Vietnam

ZWOLEN, POLAND—Science in Poland reports that archaeologists have uncovered a site in the Mazovia region […] The post Neanderthal Tool Workshop Uncovered in Poland appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, butchery, flint, mazovia, Neanderthal, Poland, tool making, workshop, zwolen

The Creole Mutiny/Creole Rebellion (1841) was an insurrection aboard the brig Creole on 7 November 1841 during which 19 enslaved men (of the 135 men, women, and children held as slaves on board), led by Madison Washington, took the ship by force. The Creole had been sailing from Virginia to the slave markets in New Orleans, but, after its seizure by Washington and his men, it was redirected to the...

The Bolshevik Revolution occurred on 7 November 1917 (old calendar 25 October) and established a new republic: Soviet Russia. The Bolsheviks were radical socialists led by Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), whose goal was a fairer society where workers and peasants were not exploited by wealthy capitalists. Following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) on 2 March and the inability of the...

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A small ceramic pot unearthed by authorized metal detectorists in a forest near Bochnia in southern Poland has been found to contain more than 600 silver coins and four gold ducats from the 15th century. When the vessel was first discovered by members of the Bochnia Treasure Hunters’ Association STATER on March 16th, three loose … Read the full post →"Medieval hoard of silver coins, gold ducats found in Poland" Medieval, Treasures

LANCASTER, ENGLAND—The early Middle Ages in England were a period of increased immigration, as settlers […] The post DNA Analysis Reveals West African Ancestry in Early Medieval England appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, ancestry, Anglo Saxon, DNA analysis, England, Medieval England, Updown, West Africa, Worth Matravers

GRUTAS TZABNAH, MEXICO—Archaeologists have long debated why Maya communities in the Southern Lowlands suffered a […] The post Mexican Cave Stalagmites Suggest Droughts Helped Fuel Maya Collapse appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, cave, drought, Grutas Tzabnah, Maya, Maya collapse, Mexico, stalagmite, Yucatán

BAIAE, ITALY—For centuries, the waterfront resort of Baiae on the Bay of Naples was the […] The post Baiae Bath Complex May Belong to Cicero's Villa appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, baiae, bath, Bay of Naples, Cicero, Italy, Rome, underwater archaeology