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A team of researchers have successfully decoded 4,000-year-old writings on ancient Babylonian cuneiform tablets that had remained untranslated for over a century. The latest research focused on four tablets from the British Museum’s collection, origin dating back to around 1200 BC from the ancient city of Sippar in what is now modern-day Iraq. Published in the Journal of Cuneiform Studies,* the newly deciphered texts reveal that the Babylonians viewed lunar eclipses not just as celestial events but as ominous signs of death and destruction. Pompeii archaeologists uncover tragic final moments o...
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Two victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD were found in recent archaeological excavations of Pompeii. They were identified as a man and a woman. The latter was found on a bed, holding a small treasure of gold, bronze and silver coins, as well as some precious jewellery, including gold and pearl earrings. The two were found in a cubicle, which is thought to be a bedroom, according to the Pompeii Archaeological Park. The cubicle was connected to a grandly decorated salon and found behind a previously discovered shrine. "It is a great restoration site and it is a secured site that gi...
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It turns out J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantastical world of hobbits might not be as fictitious as we once believed. Recent excavations on Flores, a remote Indonesian island, have unveiled a tiny upper arm bone fragment and analysis has confirmed it is evidence of an early human who stood at just three feet tall. Twenty years ago, archaeologists working at a cave in Liang Bua found fossils of an early human species which was three and a half feet (1.07 metres) tall — formally known as Homo floresiensis. They were nicknamed “hobbits.” But these new remains indicate a figure that was 2.4 inches (6 centime...
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A team of archaeologists in the Czech Republic have uncovered a remarkable hoard of weapons and jewellery, dating back to approximately 1600 BC. The discovery was made during an excavation survey in the town of Budyně nad Ohří, located 40km northwest of Prague, where researchers stumbled upon a treasure trove of bronze artefacts, including eight axes, eight arm rings, two pins and a spearhead. Researchers believe the artefacts were intentionally buried, though their exact purpose remains a mystery. Three theories have been proposed. “First, such hoards could be used as votive gifts or gifts to...
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Cyprus have unveiled a remarkable collection of ancient artefacts, some dating back thousands of years, that were returned after being looted decades ago by a notorious Turkish art dealer. Aydin Dikmen took the treasures from the country's breakaway north in the years after Cyprus’ split in 1974, when Turkey invaded following a coup mounted by supporters seeking union with Greece. The antiquities were kept in Germany after authorities there seized them in 1997, and protracted legal battles secured their repatriation in three batches, the last one this year. A ceremony at the Cyprus Museum (the...
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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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Archaeologists excavating Mount Vernon, Washington’s mansion on the banks of the Potomac River, discovered dozens of bottles of – seemingly impossibly – preserved cherries and berries. The 35 bottles – six broken, and 29 intact – were found during a dig related to a restoration project, with the first two bottles discovered back in April and the finds continuing throughout the excavation. According to Jason Boroughs, Mount Vernon’s principal archaeologist, the discovery of so much perfectly preserved food from so long ago is more or less unprecedented. “Finding what is essentially fresh fruit,...
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In July 2022, two young brothers and their cousin were wandering through a fossil-rich stretch of the North Dakota badlands when they made a discovery that left them “completely speechless”: a T. rex bone poking out of the ground. The trio announced their find publicly on Monday (3 June) as workers at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science prepared to extract the fossil from its rock encasement at a special exhibit titled "Discovering Teen Rex." A documentary crew with Giant Screen Films was there to capture the discovery. The film, titled "T.REX", will debut at the exhibit's opening on 21 June...
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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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