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The Hjortspring Boat: The Celts Who Attacked a Danish Island in 350 BCE and Ended as a Votive Offering
The Hjortspring Boat was discovered in 1921 in the Hjortspring Bog on the island of Als, southern Denmark. It is considered ...
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Golden Tongues and Nails in Mummies from the Ptolemaic Period, Found by Archaeologists from the University of Barcelona in Egypt
The joint Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission has revealed a series of unique discoveries from the Ptolemaic period in ...
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A Roman Aqueduct Discovered in the Borsacchio Nature Reserve in Abruzzo, Central Italy
During modernization work on a gas pipeline near Cologna Spiaggia in the Borsacchio Nature Reserve, located in the Abruzzo ...
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The Victorious Battle of the Masts Against the Byzantines Was The First Major Naval Combat of Islam
When we think about the early conquests of Islam, we imagine vast numbers of warriors riding camels across deserts, waving ...
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Genome of the Oldest Modern Humans in Europe Reveals They Belonged to the Same Family and Had Dark Skin and Hair
An international team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has sequenced the oldest ...
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An Ancient Floor Paved with Animal Bones Found in a Building in Alkmaar, Netherlands
In the historic center of Alkmaar in the Netherlands, a team of municipal archaeologists made an extraordinary discovery ...
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The Bar Kokhba Revolt Against the Romans in 131 CE Was Initially Led by Jewish-Origin Legionaries
A recent study led by Haggai Olshanetsky, a researcher at the University of Warsaw, has changed the historical perception of the Bar Kokhba Revolt or Second Jewish Revolt (sometimes also called the ...
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A Shipwreck from the 6th Century BC, Stone and Iron Anchors, Found Off the Southern Coast of Sicily
Archaeologists examine 6th century B.C. wreck found in Sicily. Credit: Soprintendenza del Mare / University of Udine A highly significant archaeological discovery has come to light in the waters of ...
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Jeannette Rankin, the First Woman Elected to the U.S. Congress, Voted Against Entering Both World Wars
The National Statuary Hall is a semicircular room in the U.S. Capitol originally built to host sessions of the House of Representatives (the lower chamber of Congress) but repurposed in 1864 to house ...
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Roman Soldier Flaccus’ Tomb Discovered in the Netherlands, Dating to the Late 1st Century BCE
Archaeologists discover tomb of Roman legionary Flaccus in the Netherlands. Credit: Gemeente Heerlen In late November 2024, during archaeological investigations conducted in Heerlen (Netherlands), an ...
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Statue Possibly Representing Cleopatra VII and Numerous Coins Featuring Her Effigy Found at the Temple of Taposiris Magna, West of Alexandria
Objects found in the temple of Taposiris Magna, including coins and the head of the statue possibly representing Cleopatra VII. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt The ...
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The Extraction of Mazarrón II, the Phoenician Ship That Lay Underwater Off the Coast in Southeastern Spain, Is Complete
Mazarrón II, a Phoenician shipwreck found off the coast of Murcia in southeastern Spain, represents a true treasure for maritime archaeology as the most complete ancient vessel discovered in the ...