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Zendaya faces backlash for wearing ancient Iranian jewellery at Odyssey event | Archaeology
The Odyssey is a story about a Greek king’s long journey home. However, a pair of earrings worn during the…
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Signs of ‘feeding’ ritual at dingo burial site shed new light on bond between First Nations people and canines | Archaeology
The discovery of a millennium-old dingo burial site in western New South Wales, including evidence of a previously undocumented “feeding”…
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Ancient Roman gravestone found in New Orleans back yard returned to Italy | Archaeology
A nearly 2,000-year-old Roman tombstone found in a New Orleans backyard has been returned to Italy. The marble inscription, dating…
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Native Americans were gambling with dice 6,000 years earlier than anyone else, study says | Archaeology
Native American hunter-gatherers were using dice for gaming and gambling 6,000 years before the practice appeared anywhere else, according to…
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Archaeologists discover wreck of Danish warship sunk by Nelson 225 years ago | Archaeology
More than 200 years after it was sunk by Admiral Horatio Nelson and his British fleet, a Danish warship has…
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King Harold coins from 1066 and Roman artefacts top UK’s 2024 treasure finds | Archaeology
Archaeological finds and treasures discovered in Britain in 2024 include World War II. It includes a hoard of coins, a…
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‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links | Archaeology
Archaeologists in Norfolk have discovered an “extraordinary” iron age war trumpet that may be linked to the Celtic tribe led…
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Novel scientific method proves pit circle near Stonehenge was man-made, say researchers | Archaeology
The existence of a remarkable ring of flexure pits created by Neolithic people near Stonehenge has been proven thanks to…
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Archaeology breakthrough as world’s oldest human sculpture discovered after 12,000 years | History | News
Archaeologists have unearthed a small 12,000-year-old clay figure of a woman carrying a goose on her back, believed to be…
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Rare bronze and iron age log boats reveal details of Cambridgeshire prehistory | Archaeology
After lying undisturbed in mud for more than 3,000 years, three rare bronze and iron age log boats have been…
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