archaeology
When archaeologists were called to a street in the Polish city of Wrocław back in the 1990s, they didn’t think much of a seemingly innocuous metal tube they found, simply handing it over to a local museum. It wasn’t until this year that a key discovery was made: this unassuming tube was a time capsule. According to a news release from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education on 2 July, experts from the Ossoliński National Institute were tasked with opening the time capsule – revealing the potential treasures inside, without causing inadvertent damage. "First we had to disinfect this...
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A team of archaeologists from the University of Hradec Králové (UHK) discovered the prehistoric burial ground during rescue excavations along a highway in the Czech Republic’s eastern Bohemia region. The "long barrow" structure measures an impressive 190 metres (623 feet) in length, making it one of the longest of its kind in Central Europe – as well as one of the oldest. “Mounds of this type are found mainly in northwestern Bohemia. They have not yet been reliably documented in Eastern Bohemia,” Petr Krištuf, a professor in UHK’s department of archaeology, said in a statement. “In addition, t...
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Picture the stereotypical Viking - tall, bearded, adorned with a horned helmet, and most likely… male. However, a new exhibit at Denmark’s National Museum is shedding light on the history of the Völva, a female Viking sorceress so formidable that even the fiercest male raiders trembled at her presence. According to Viking folklore, her powers were so revered that even Odin, the king of the gods, sought her counsel. The interactive exhibition, titled The Viking Sorceress, has been created together with experts from the Royal Danish Theatre. What is a Völva and why were they feared?During the Vi...
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A tourist from Kazakhstan was stopped on Saturday morning by security and reception staff while he was carving the letters ALI on a light-coloured plaster in the House of the Ceii in the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. The tourist was reported to the Carabinieri, and will be questioned on any damage caused following an assessment of the plaster. Park Director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said the tourist would have to pay for any restoration to the wall. "Bravo to the Ministry and Ales employees who promptly intervened. Excellent collaboration with the Carabinieri, whom we thank for their promptness," ...
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A company drilling for natural gas off the coast of northern Israel unexpectedly discovered a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land. The ship, dating back to the late Bronze Age, was found far from shore, indicating that the navigation abilities of ancient seafarers were far more advanced than previously thought because they could travel without a line of sight to land, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have said. Remarkably, the great depth at which the ship was found means it has been left undisturbed by waves, currents or fi...
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They say wine improves with age... But what if the wine in question is over 2,000 years old? In 2019, while a family was renovating their home in the Andalusian city of Carmona, they unexpectedly discovered a remarkably preserved Roman necropolis beneath their property. Inside the ancient tomb held what is now recognised as the world’s oldest preserved wine, still in liquid form. The wine, which was once white but has since turned a reddish-brown hue over the centuries, was found inside a glass urn along with cremated human remains. Tests by scientists at the University of Córdoba found that t...
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Researchers have identified the world's oldest wine, a drop of white discovered in an ancient Roman burial site in southern Spain found to be some 2,000 years old. The wine was discovered in 2019 in a Roman mausoleum near Carmona, a town near Seville, believed to have been a family tomb dating back to ancient Roman city of Carmo. The burial site contained six urns holding human remains as well as several objects, according to the research team from the University of Cordóba and the town's archaeological department. In what they described as a "rather exceptional and unexpected" discovery, the ...
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DNA analyses of bodies in a mass burial site in the famous ruined Mayan city of Chichén Itzá, in today's Mexico, have revealed the practice of ritual sacrifice of infant males, according to newly published research. An international team of researchers conducted an in-depth genetic investigation of the remains of 64 children who were ritually buried in Chichén Itzá's ceremonial centre between the years 500 and 900 AD. The analysis showed that all individuals were male, between three and six years old and had close kin relationships, including two pairs of identical twins. They are believed to ...
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A new room with painted blue walls, a very rare colour in Pompeian spaces, has emerged in Pompeii during recent excavations in the central area of the ancient city. The stunning blue-ground walls are decorated with female figures representing the four seasons and allegorical representations of agriculture and pastoralism, according to experts. Construction materials, ready to be used in renovations, were also found at the site, as well as a pile of already consumed oyster shells, which according to archaeologists once crushed were probably added to plaster and mortar mixes. Pompeii archaeologi...
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Scientists think they may have finally cracked the age-old mystery of how 31 pyramids, including the famous Great Pyramid of Giza, were constructed in Egypt more than 4,000 years ago. And no, it wasn't with the help of extraterrestrials. A groundbreaking discovery by researchers from the University of North Carolina Wilmington reveals that these ancient marvels were likely built along a now-buried branch of the River Nile, concealed beneath desert sands and farmlands. For years, archaeologists have speculated that the ancient Egyptians used a waterway to transport massive stone blocks and othe...
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