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2,000-year-old Roman road revealed directly under Old Kent Road in London

A major discovery has revealed a well-preserved section of Watling Street, an ancient Roman road, beneath the modern Old Kent Road in Southwark, southeast London.

The unearthed section of Watling Street, constructed shortly after the Roman invasion of Britain in CE 43...

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2,000-year-old Roman road revealed directly under Old Kent Road in London A major discovery has revealed a well-preserved section of Watling Street, an ancient Roman road, beneath the modern Old Kent Road in Southwark, southeast London. The unearthed section of Watling Street, constructed shortly after the Roman invasion of Britain in CE 43, provides physical evidence that this historic route survives directly beneath its contemporary counterpart. Measuring 5.8 meters (19 feet) wide and 1.4 meters (5 feet) high, the road comprises distinct layers of construction. It features a compacted gravel foundation sealed by two layers of chalk and topped with compacted sand and gravel...

2,000-year-old Roman road revealed directly under Old Kent Road in London

A major discovery has revealed a well-preserved section of an ancient Roman road, beneath the modern Old Kent Road in Southwark, London.
Dario Radley (Archaeology News Online Magazine)
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DNA evidence rewrites history of Pompeii victims buried in volcanic eruption

A recent study led by an international team of researchers has unveiled new insights into the victims of Pompeii, challenging longstanding assumptions about the identities and relationships of those entombed by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE...

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DNA evidence rewrites history of Pompeii victims buried in volcanic eruption A recent study led by an international team of researchers has unveiled new insights into the victims of Pompeii, challenging longstanding assumptions about the identities and relationships of those entombed by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. This research, published on November 7, 2024, in Current Biology, relies on ancient DNA extracted from skeletal remains within the plaster casts that have preserved the forms of Pompeii’s residents for nearly two millennia. For centuries, scholars have examined these casts, attempting to deduce the victims’ relationships and stories based on physical proximity, attire, and positioning at the time of their deaths. Traditional interpretations often assumed family connections based on these factors. For instance, an adult wearing a golden bracelet and holding a child was widely believed to be a mother with her child. However, DNA evidence now reveals that this adult was an unrelated male holding a child, dismantling this long-standing interpretation. Similarly, two individuals found in a close embrace, once thought to be sisters or a mother and daughter, were found to include at least one genetic male...

DNA evidence rewrites history of Pompeii victims buried in volcanic eruption

A recent study challenges long-held assumptions about the identities and relationships of Pompeii's victims
Dario Radley (ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine)
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Who discovered that popcorn could be a toasty, tasty treat? These kinds of food mysteries are pretty hard to solve. #food #archaeology
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How was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia ago

Corn has its roots in Mexico about 9,000 years ago.
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DNA analysis of ‘Well-man’ thrown into castle well corroborates 800-year-old Norse saga

Norwegian researchers have used genetic analysis to potentially identify the remains of a medieval figure described in an 800-year-old Norse saga. The study, published on October 25 in the journal iScience, analyzes skeletal remains discovered in 1938 at the Sverresborg Castle in Norway..

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DNA analysis of ‘Well-man’ thrown into castle well corroborates 800-year-old Norse saga Norwegian researchers have used genetic analysis to potentially identify the remains of a medieval figure described in an 800-year-old Norse saga. The study, published on October 25 in the journal iScience, analyzes skeletal remains discovered in 1938 at the Sverresborg Castle in Norway. Researchers believe the bones may belong to a figure from the Sverris Saga, a historical prose poem documenting the reign of King Sverre Sigurdsson and recounting a dramatic incident in 1197, where a man’s body was reportedly thrown into the castle’s well to poison its water supply...

DNA analysis of 'Well-man' thrown into castle well corroborates 800-year-old Norse saga

A recent analysis of human remains discovered in a medieval well in Norway appears to confirm events described in an 800-year-old Norse saga.
Dario Radley (Archaeology News)
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Lidar technology reveals long-lost Silk Road cities in Uzbekistan’s mountains

In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, two long-hidden medieval cities along the ancient Silk Road trade routes in the mountains of Uzbekistan have been revealed using advanced drone-based lidar technology...

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Lidar technology reveals long-lost Silk Road cities in Uzbekistan’s mountains In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, two long-hidden medieval cities along the ancient Silk Road trade routes in the mountains of Uzbekistan have been revealed using advanced drone-based lidar technology. The research, led by Michael Frachetti, professor of archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis, and Farhod Maksudov, director of Uzbekistan’s National Center of Archaeology, focused on two high-altitude urban centers, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak. Located approximately 2,000 meters above sea level, these cities thrived between the 6th and 11th centuries, demonstrating that mountainous regions, often considered obstacles to trade, were in fact bustling hubs of economic and cultural activity...

Lidar technology reveals long-lost Silk Road cities in Uzbekistan’s mountains

Two long-hidden medieval cities along the ancient Silk Road trade routes in the mountains of Uzbekistan have been revealed
Dario Radley (Archaeology News)
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Researchers uncover health and burial secrets of 6 million in Paris catacombs

Beneath the bustling streets of Paris lies a haunting relic of the past: the Paris catacombs. This subterranean labyrinth stretches over 300 kilometers and houses the remains of more than 6 million people. Since 2023, a team of scientists has been working to uncover the secrets hidden within these bone-filled tunnels...

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Researchers uncover health and burial secrets of 6 million in Paris catacombs Beneath the bustling streets of Paris lies a haunting relic of the past: the Paris catacombs. This subterranean labyrinth stretches over 300 kilometers and houses the remains of more than 6 million people. Since 2023, a team of scientists has been working to uncover the secrets hidden within these bone-filled tunnels. Led by Philippe Charlier, an anthropologist and archaeologist from Paris-Saclay University, the project is the first-ever scientific study of the catacombs.

Researchers uncover health and burial secrets of 6 million in Paris catacombs

The Paris catacombs. This subterranean labyrinth stretches over 300 kilometers and houses the remains of more than 6 million people.
Dario Radley (Archaeo News Online Magazine)
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Excavations reveal significant Bronze Age settlement at Vuon Chuoi, Vietnam

Archaeologists have uncovered a significant pre-Dong Son settlement in northern Vietnam. The discovery at the Vuon Chuoi Archaeological Site, located in Lai Xa Hamlet, Kim Chung Commune, Hoai Duc District, Hanoi, is believed to date back nearly 3,000 years to the Bronze Age...

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Excavations reveal significant Bronze Age settlement at Vuon Chuoi, Vietnam Archaeologists have uncovered a significant pre-Dong Son settlement in northern Vietnam. The discovery at the Vuon Chuoi Archaeological Site, located in Lai Xa Hamlet, Kim Chung Commune, Hoai Duc District, Hanoi, is believed to date back nearly 3,000 years to the Bronze Age. The excavation, led by researchers from the Institute of Archaeology, sheds light on an organized society that thrived in Northern Vietnam prior to the rise of the famous Dong Son culture...

Excavations reveal significant Bronze Age settlement at Vuon Chuoi, Vietnam

Archaeologists have uncovered a pre-Dong Son Bronze Age settlement at the Vuon Chuoi Archaeological Site in northern Vietnam.
Dario Radley (Archaeology News)
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Vast Viking burial ground with ship burials uncovered in Halland, Sweden

Archaeologists have unearthed a vast Viking Age burial ground near Varberg in Halland County, Sweden, during what began as an investigation of a Stone Age settlement. Initially, the team was conducting a routine preliminary examination for the installation of new water pipes and a roundabout..

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Vast Viking burial ground with ship burials uncovered in Halland, Sweden Archaeologists have unearthed a vast Viking Age burial ground near Varberg in Halland County, Sweden, during what began as an investigation of a Stone Age settlement. Initially, the team was conducting a routine preliminary examination for the installation of new water pipes and a roundabout. However, the excavation, which started in May 2017, took a surprising turn when remains of 139 Viking graves were discovered, containing human and animal bones, ship settings, cremation sites, and various artifacts...

Vast Viking burial ground with ship burials uncovered in Halland, Sweden

Dario Radley (Archaeology News)
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A stunning #IceAge masterpiece: a big cat (thought to be a snow leopard) carved in mammoth ivory more some 40,000 years ago! Length 8.7 cm, found at the Vogelherd Cave on the Swabian Jura.

On display at Museum Universität Tübingen

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I like to work fast, and so the report from the past weekend's fieldwork only needs some additional find photos and proofreading by the students before I can submit it. Another fast-working man is the animal #art master Luciano Pezzoli. Today he delivered this reconstruction drawing of an early-10th century sword chape from the Äversta war booty site. The drawing is partly based on better-preserved finds of this standardised type. 1/2

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A friend who is involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest impressive photos of the restored walls and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. The colours of the reliefs and inscriptions in the building have been covered by a coating of dirt and soot for some 2000 years.
Since 2018, the original bright colours have been uncovered.

Photo: D. v. Recklinghausen

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