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The remains of a Carolingian fortress in Lanaken protected as archaeological site

2023-11-06

The Flemish government has decided to temporarily protect the remains of a Carolingian fortress in Lanaken by granting them the status of an archaeological site. This fortress, designed in a Roman style, controlled one of the access routes to the Meuse River and the...

Anthropology

Fossils tell tale of last primate to inhabit North America before humans

2023-11-06

The story of Ekgmowechashala, the final primate to inhabit North America before Homo sapiens or Clovis people, reads like a spaghetti western: A grizzled and mysterious loner, against the odds, ekes out an existence on the American Plains. Except this tale unfolded about 30 million...

New discoveries in the Roman fort in Gonio-Apsaros, Georgia

2023-11-05

This autumn, the Polish-Georgian Gonio-Apsaros expedition completed the 10th season of excavations at the Roman fort of Apsaros, south of Batumi on the Black Sea coast of Georgia. The fieldwork of the team headed by Dr. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski (Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University...

Two skeletons from early Middle Ages found in Groningen

2023-11-05

Archaeologists found two skeletons during excavations on the Grote Markt in Groningen. They believe the skeletons date from the early Middle Ages, likely from the period after 700 when Christianity first arrived in the Netherlands. One was buried in a hollowed-out tree trunk -...

Massive trove of ancient coins dug up in Japan’s Gunma Prefecture

2023-11-04

Archaeologists uncovered an estimated 100,000 ancient coins, some of which are of Chinese origin and are more than 2,000 years old. The coins were tied together in bundles with straw rope passed through a hole in the middle. The haul was unearthed in the Sojamachi district here...

Tomb of royal scribe unearthed in Egypt’s Abusir necropolis

2023-11-04

In April and May 2023, the expedition of the Czech Institute of Egyptology at Charles University conducted further field research on shaft tombs from the mid-1st millennium BCE in the Egyptian site of Abusir. It was during this expedition that the archaeological team discovered...

Enormous deposit of Late Roman coins discovered in Sardinia

2023-11-04

In the northeastern coastal waters of Sardinia, near Arzachena, a significant deposit of follis dating back to the first half of the 4th century AD has been discovered. According to initial estimates based on the total weight of the find, the number of large...

Swiss detectorist finds 3,500-year-old necklace in carrot field

2023-11-04

In the canton of Thurgau in northeastern Switzerland, a remarkable archaeological find has recently come to light in a freshly ploughed carrot field. Equipped with a metal detector, Franz Zahn, a dedicated treasure hunter, made an astonishing discovery that turned out to be an...

Medieval skeleton with iron prosthetic hand unearthed in Germany

2023-11-03

In Freising, archaeologists have uncovered a man in a grave with an iron prosthesis on his arm. The metal piece reveals the advancements in medicine during the 15th century. Even for experienced archaeologists, this finding is extraordinary: a skeleton missing parts of the fingers...

New evidence suggests the port of Lechaion in Corinth dates to the Late Bronze Age

2023-11-03

The port of Lechaion, on the shores of the Corinthian Gulf, has been the largest harbour of ancient Corinth since 600 BCE. A collaborative research effort between the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities and the Institute of Denmark in Athens aimed to study and highlight the...

Moroccan archaeologists unearth new ruins at the ancient port Chellah, near Rabat

2023-11-03

Archaeologists have unearthed more ancient ruins of what they believe was once a bustling port city near the capital of modern-day Morocco, digging out thermal baths and working class neighborhoods that the country hopes will lure tourists and scholars in the years ahead. On Friday,...