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The 5 most amazing unexplained artefacts that have left archaeologists baffled, revealed - from...

The Daily Mail 12 May 2024

In the 1950s, archaeologist William Francis Grimes gave the jar to the museum, saying he had dug it out of a World War II bomb crater near a Roman temple to Mithras.

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La Chimera review – Josh O’Connor dazzles in brilliant tale of Italian tomb-raiders

The Guardian 12 May 2024

As Arthur, a renegade British archaeologist in 1980s Tuscany, O’Connor plays his character as a man adrift and disconnected from the world ... And after all, age, like time itself, is not a straightforward concept in La Chimera ....

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Archaeologists Discover Alexander the Great’s Bathroom in Palace of Aigai

Ancient Origins 09 May 2024

In the royal palace where Alexander the Great was crowned king of Macedonia in 336 BC at the tender age of 20, archaeologists have uncovered a space that has now been positively identified as teenage Alexander’s semi-communal bathroom.

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Can you tell what it is? Archaeologists baffled by bizarre twelve-sided Roman object dug up in...

The Daily Mail 06 May 2024

From cities lost beneath the waves to vast ruins in the jungle, the ancient world is full of enticing mysteries in far-flung locations. But the latest discovery to baffle archaeologists has been found ...

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A rainy British city was once the centre of the Roman Empire – but which one?

Metro UK 04 May 2024

Yes, the rainy Cumbrian city a stone’s throw from the Scottish border in north west England was the seat of power for one of the world’s greatest civilisations, according to archaeologists digging up the local cricket ground.

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Sunken ship’s cargo recovered after 17 centuries off Spanish beach

The Times/The Sunday Times 03 May 2024

Archaeologists have recovered 300 amphorae, a form of ancient ceramic jar or vase, decorated with more than 100 painted inscriptions, as well as coins and shoes from the wreck, that date from the 4th century ... World.

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What is the Oldest Gold Artifact in the World?

Greek Reporter 03 May 2024

In 2016, a tiny gold bead – just 4mm (1/8 inch) in diameter – was discovered by Bulgarian archaeologists who said they had found Europe’s, and probably the world’s oldest gold artifact.

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Diatoms: Storytellers of the past

Deccan Herald 03 May 2024

<p>When diatomist Karthick Balasubramanian visited the Inter-University Accelerator Centre, a research institute in Delhi, he serendipitously met archaeologist C R Gayathri, who too was at the centre with a few ancient pottery shards.

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Paleontologist Paul Sereno's Fossil Lab moves to Washington Park, opens doors to community

Chicago Sun-Times 03 May 2024

Paleontologist Paul Sereno lights up during a tour Thursday when he talks about remains of the largest crocodile in the world ... “It’s a dream lab for paleontologists and archaeologists,” said Sereno in a news release.

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Marble Pyramid Island at Keros Reveals Origins of Ancient Greece

Greek Reporter 01 May 2024

Over the years, archaeologists have found evidence of a rich cultural and monumental landscape dating back to before the Minoan period. In 2019, experts found the earliest monumental complex of buildings ever unearthed anywhere in the Greek world.

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Cambodia unearths over 100 pieces of Buddha statues at temple in Angkor park

China.dot.org 30 Apr 2024

The ANA is the government agency responsible for managing, safeguarding and preserving the Angkor archaeological park, a UNESCO-listed world heritage site, situated in Siem Reap province.

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Mummies (2023) Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Hulu

Coming Soon 29 Apr 2024

Their lives go on smoothly until an ambitious archaeologist from the modern world steals their family’s royal ring ... to the Royal Family, stolen by ambitious archaeologist Lord Carnaby.”.

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Lost civilisations make good TV, but archaeology’s real stories hold far more wonder

The Observer 28 Apr 2024

That’s true of a lot of things in life, but doubly so when you’re an archaeologist starting off a conversation with Graham Hancock, the famed pseudoarchaeology author, in a venue such as the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

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Kudos to the Cambridge University housekeepers – messy students should be named and shamed

AOL 28 Apr 2024

... might help to ensure that the next generation of architects, aerothermal engineers, chemists, computer scientists, archaeologists and professors of Norse use their skills to make a better world.

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Why the Brits gave Greece a bad name – in India

Ekathimerini 27 Apr 2024

One potentially helpful contribution to this dialogue is the work of Angeliki Kottaridi, founder of the new Polycentric Museum of Aigai and one of Greece’s most famous archaeologists and public educators.