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The Rosetta Stone of Solar Temples: Italian Archaeologists Discover the Colossal Valley Temple of Nyuserre in Abu Gurab

The joint archaeological mission of the universities of Turin and Naples, working on the Abu Gurab plateau, has succeeded in ...
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Monumental Section of 2nd-Century BCE Hasmonean Wall that Was Deliberately Demolished Discovered in Jerusalem

Archaeological work carried out in preparation for the new wing of the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem has concluded with a major discovery: the full excavation of an impressive section of the city ...
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Operation Harling: the destruction of the Gorgopotamos Bridge by the British and Greek partisans was the first major sabotage against the German occupation in Euro…

On November 24, 1964, a curious incident occurred in the Greek region of Phthiotis, bordering Boeotia, Phocis, Magnesia, and ...
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Study Reveals That the Balkans Were the Main Supplier of Silver to the Roman Empire for More Than 200 Years, Replacing Hispania Starting in the 3rd Century CE

A recent archaeological study has unearthed a historical truth buried for centuries: the Central Balkans were not a remote ...
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A Millennia-Old Code Deciphered: Researcher Reveals the Secret of the ‘Cryptic B’ Script of the Dead Sea Scrolls

A researcher has achieved a milestone in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls by deciphering for the first time one of their ...
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Feather remains found in the funerary goods of the 9,000-year-old shaman from Bad Dürrenberg, confirming that she wore a headdress made with them

Archaeological science has managed to capture, in microscopic fragments smaller than one millimeter, what time and soil ...
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The Head of a Kore from Athens Found in the Ancient Etruscan City of Vulci, One of the Few Archaic Sculptures Discovered Outside Greece

The presentation in the Italian capital last Friday, in the presence of the Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli, of a ...
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An architectural complex next to a Sasanian fortification confirms the peaceful coexistence of Christians and Zoroastrians in the 5th century AD

A team of archaeologists from the Goethe University Frankfurt has returned from a fieldwork campaign in Iraqi Kurdistan ...
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Oldest Mortar Manufactured and Used by Hunter-Gatherers in Europe, Dating to the Pleistocene 14,000 Years Ago, Discovered in Northern Spain

A scientific team that includes research staff from the University of the Basque Country (EHU) has succeeded in ...
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The Roman Expansion Felled Forests So Remote, Inaccessible, and Ancient North of the Alps That They Had Never Been Exploited Before

An international investigation led by the University of Freiburg, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
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New findings in Pompeii reveal that slaves were fed beans and fruit to maintain their health and productivity

Ongoing excavations in the suburban villa of Civita Giuliana, on the outskirts of Pompeii, are uncovering a complex economic ...
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A young man from the Copper Age was bitten by a lion in Bulgaria 5000 years ago, but survived

A team of Bulgarian researchers has made an exceptional discovery in a Copper Age necropolis: the remains of a young man who ...