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Archaeologists unearth mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old in Peru

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Remains found inside an underground structure were tied up by ropes and with the hands covering...
Remains found inside an underground structure were tied up by ropes and with the hands covering the faceA team of experts has found a mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old on Peru’s central coast, one of the archaeologists who participated in the excavation said.The mummified remains were of a person from the culture that developed between the coast and mountains of...

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Rescued from obscurity: UK archaeologist who restored Sicily’s glories

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Alexander Hardcastle, who helped resurrect Agrigento, was as famous as Howard Carter, but died in penury....
Alexander Hardcastle, who helped resurrect Agrigento, was as famous as Howard Carter, but died in penury. Now he’s back in the spotlightIn the 1920s, the discovery of ancient ruins in Sicily, now the largest archaeological site in the world, was celebrated with excitement in British newspapers. It was hailed with much the same level of enthusiasm as was given to Howard Carter and Arthur...

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Global heating is destroying rock art tens of thousands of years old, experts warn

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Serious damage has already been done as erosion, fires, floods and cyclones increase in intensityGet our...
Serious damage has already been done as erosion, fires, floods and cyclones increase in intensityGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingRock art that has lasted tens of thousands of years is being destroyed by the climate emergency in a matter of years.Coastal erosion, fires, floods and cyclones are among the extreme events predicted to get more severe with global heating. Archaeologists...

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‘Astounding’ Roman statues unearthed at Norman church ruins on route of HS2

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Heads of man, woman and child found on site of Stoke Mandeville church built in 1080...
Heads of man, woman and child found on site of Stoke Mandeville church built in 1080 and abandoned 800 years laterStatues of a Roman man, woman and child have been uncovered by archaeologists at an abandoned medieval church on the route of the HS2 high-speed railway.The discovery was “utterly astounding”, according to Rachel Wood, the lead archaeologist at the site in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire....

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‘Rare find’: amphitheatre dig in Kent paints picture of Roman town

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Finds at Richborough include skeleton of cat nicknamed Maxipus and potential evidence of figurative arena panelsA...
Finds at Richborough include skeleton of cat nicknamed Maxipus and potential evidence of figurative arena panelsA big night out for the people of the Roman settlement at Richborough on the Kent coast about 2,000 years ago might have involved gladiatorial contests, wild beast hunting or the occasional execution of a criminal.Taking place in a vast amphitheatre, seating up to 5,000 people, on the western...

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Mummy’s older than we thought: new find could rewrite history

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Discovery of nobleman Khuwy shows that Egyptians were using advanced embalming methods 1,000 years before assumed...
Discovery of nobleman Khuwy shows that Egyptians were using advanced embalming methods 1,000 years before assumed dateThe ancient Egyptians were carrying out sophisticated mummifications of their dead 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence which could lead to a rewriting of the history books.The preserved body of a high-ranking nobleman called Khuwy, discovered in 2019, has been found to be far...

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Solar storm confirms Vikings settled in North America exactly 1,000 years ago

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Analysis of wood from timber-framed buildings in Newfoundland shows Norse-built settlement 471 years before ColumbusLong before...
Analysis of wood from timber-framed buildings in Newfoundland shows Norse-built settlement 471 years before ColumbusLong before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada’s island of Newfoundland, evidence that the Vikings had reached the New World first.But precisely when the Vikings journeyed to establish the L’Anse...

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‘Sensational’: skeleton buried in Vesuvius eruption found at Herculaneum

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Archaeologists find remains of fugitive during first dig at site near Pompeii in almost three decadesThe...
Archaeologists find remains of fugitive during first dig at site near Pompeii in almost three decadesThe partially mutilated remains of a man buried by the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius at Herculaneum, the ancient Roman town close to Pompeii, have been discovered in what Italy’s culture minister described as a “sensational” find.Archaeologists said the man, believed to have been aged between 40 and 45,...

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Spanish cave art was made by Neanderthals, study confirms

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Study says pigments on cave stalagmites were applied through ‘splattering and blowing’ more than 60,000 years...
Study says pigments on cave stalagmites were applied through ‘splattering and blowing’ more than 60,000 years agoNeanderthals, long perceived to have been unsophisticated and brutish, really did paint stalagmites in a Spanish cave more than 60,000 years ago, according to a study published on Monday.The issue had roiled the world of paleoarchaeology ever since the publication of a 2018 paper attributing red ocher pigment...

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Fruit baskets from fourth century BC found in ruins of Thonis-Heracleion

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‘Incredible’ discoveries at submerged ancient city off coast of Egypt have lain untouchedWicker baskets filled with...
‘Incredible’ discoveries at submerged ancient city off coast of Egypt have lain untouchedWicker baskets filled with fruit that have survived from the 4th century BC and hundreds of ancient ceramic artefacts and bronze treasures have been discovered in the submerged ruins of the near-legendary city of Thonis-Heracleion off the coast of Egypt.They have lain untouched since the city disappeared beneath the waves in the...

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Submarine robot captures underwater footage of ancient Roman ship laden with wine jars – video

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An ancient Roman ship carrying a cargo load of wine jars, or amphorae, has been found underwater...
An ancient Roman ship carrying a cargo load of wine jars, or amphorae, has been found underwater in the Mediterranean Sea off the Italian island of Sicily. The vessel was discovered during an underwater reconnaissance expedition by the island's Regional Agency for Environment Protection. The findings will shed light on Rome’s trade activity in the Mediterranean, where the Romans traded spices, wine, olives and other...

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New Manchester park to use Victorian wells to water greenery

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Mayfield Park will be watered using wells discovered while archaeologists were on siteManchester’s first public park...
Mayfield Park will be watered using wells discovered while archaeologists were on siteManchester’s first public park for more than a century will use recently uncovered wells from the Victorian era to provide a sustainable source of water.The 2.6-hectare (6.5-acre) Mayfield Park will sit behind Piccadilly station and provide play areas and floodable meadows. The £1.4bn development’s greenery will be watered using three Victorian wells...

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Fossilised bones found in Israel could belong to mystery extinct humans

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Remains with combination of Neanderthal and early human features date back 100,000 yearsFossilised bones recovered from...
Remains with combination of Neanderthal and early human features date back 100,000 yearsFossilised bones recovered from an ancient sinkhole in Israel may belong to a previously unknown group of extinct humans that lived in the Levant more than 100,000 years ago.Researchers unearthed the bones alongside stone tools and the remains of horses, fallow deer and wild ox during excavations at the Nesher Ramla prehistoric...

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Medieval fashion for pointy shoes linked to rise in bunions

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Cambridge research suggests foot problem was more common after Blackadder-style shoe became popular From waist-squeezing corsets...
Cambridge research suggests foot problem was more common after Blackadder-style shoe became popular From waist-squeezing corsets to crinoline skirts, fashion has rarely been about comfort – or safety. Now researchers have revealed that even in medieval times, men and women could become martyrs to fashion, linking a trend in pointy shoes to a rise in the prevalence of bunions.Bunions – or hallux valgus– are...

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Acropolis now: Greeks outraged at concreting of ancient site

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Installation of new pathway and lift has been criticised by archaeologists and called ‘a scandal’When seen...
Installation of new pathway and lift has been criticised by archaeologists and called ‘a scandal’When seen through the eyes of Manolis Korres, the architect who has long presided over the restoration of the Parthenon, the Acropolis needs no improvement at all.In the face of such architectural mastery, he thinks of himself more as a maestro of order, making a monument that has survived explosions,...

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Prehistoric carvings of red deer found in Scottish neolithic tomb

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Amateur archaeologist exploring Dunchraigaig cairn found animal depictions by chanceDelicate prehistoric carvings of adult red deer,...
Amateur archaeologist exploring Dunchraigaig cairn found animal depictions by chanceDelicate prehistoric carvings of adult red deer, thought to be the oldest of their type in the UK, have been found in a tomb in one of Scotland’s most famous neolithic sites.The carvings, which depict two male red deer with full-grown antlers and several thought to be young deer, were discovered by chance in Kilmartin...

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Site in Syria could be world’s oldest war memorial, study finds

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Archaeologists say White Monument in Tal Banat was tribute to war dead of 3rd millennium BCA...
Archaeologists say White Monument in Tal Banat was tribute to war dead of 3rd millennium BCA burial mound in northern Syria has been identified by researchers as perhaps the world’s oldest known war memorial.The site, known as the White Monument, in the town of Tal Banat had previously been thought to be an ancient mass grave of enemy fighters. However, a report published in...

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Stolen Roman frescoes returned to Pompeii after investigation

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Six fragments returned to archaeological park, some after being illegally trafficked in 1970sSix fragments of wall...
Six fragments returned to archaeological park, some after being illegally trafficked in 1970sSix fragments of wall frescoes stolen from the ruins of ancient Roman villas have been returned to Pompeii’s archaeological park, after an investigation by Italy’s cultural protection police squad.Three of the relics, which date back to the first century AD, are believed to have been cut off the walls of two Roman...

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Remains of nine Neanderthals found in cave south of Rome

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Italian archaeologists believe most of Neanderthals were killed by hyenas then dragged back to denItalian archaeologists...
Italian archaeologists believe most of Neanderthals were killed by hyenas then dragged back to denItalian archaeologists have unearthed the bones of nine Neanderthals who were allegedly hunted and mauled by hyenas in their den about 100km south-east of Rome.Scientists from the Archaeological Superintendency of Latina and the University of Tor Vergata in Rome said the remains belong to seven adult males and one female,...

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Researchers ‘shocked’ to find Egyptian mummy was a pregnant woman

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Archaeologists studying Warsaw’s national collection of mummies expected to uncover a male priestPolish researchers examining an...
Archaeologists studying Warsaw’s national collection of mummies expected to uncover a male priestPolish researchers examining an ancient Egyptian mummy that they expected to be a male priest were surprised when X-rays and computer tests revealed instead that it was a mummy of a woman who had been seven months pregnant.The researchers said on Thursday it was the world’s first known case of such a...

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3,000-year-old ‘lost golden city’ of ancient Egypt discovered

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Archaeologists have hailed the discovery of what is believed to be the largest ancient city found...
Archaeologists have hailed the discovery of what is believed to be the largest ancient city found in Egypt, buried under sand for millennia, which experts said was one of the most important finds since the unearthing of Tutankhamun’s tomb.The famed Egyptologist Zahi Hawass announced the discovery of the “lost golden...

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Arabian coins found in US may unlock 17th-century pirate mystery

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A handful of coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in the US state of Rhode Island...
A handful of coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in the US state of Rhode Island and other random corners of New England may help solve a centuries-old cold case.The villain in this tale: a murderous English pirate who became the world’s most-wanted criminal after plundering a ship carrying Muslim pil...

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Stalin statue site reveals chilling remains of Prague labour camp

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The colossal monument to Joseph Stalin that towered over Prague at the height of the cold...
The colossal monument to Joseph Stalin that towered over Prague at the height of the cold war stood as a frightening reminder of the Soviet dictator’s tyranny and communism’s seemingly unshakeable grip on the former Czechoslovakia.Nearly 60 years after its demolition, the brooding 15.5-metre (51ft) shrine retains a ...

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Rain uncovers bull idol at ancient Olympia

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