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fromMatt Strom-Awn
1 day ago

Expansion artifacts

Compression technology enables efficient data storage and transmission by discarding imperceptible information, crucial for platforms like YouTube and Spotify.
History
fromMail Online
1 day ago

Scientists discover a fragment of Homer's 'Iliad' INSIDE a mummy

A fragment of Homer's Iliad was discovered in the gut of an Egyptian mummy, marking a unique find in mummification practices.
#native-american-remains
London
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Lochs, bothies and burial chambers: readers' favourite trips in Scotland

Exploring the northern Highlands and Orkney reveals stunning landscapes and significant neolithic sites, offering a unique adventure in Scotland.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
5 days ago

Petroglyphs and cave paintings, some more than 4,000 years old, discovered in Mexico

The discovery comes on the heels of other recent discoveries of Mesoamerican and colonial-era sites and artefacts during archaeological salvage work associated with planning a new 232km passenger rail line between Mexico City and Querétaro.
History
OMG science
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Rockhounding and Our Primordial Fascination With Crystals

Many people are innately attracted to crystals, leading to a lifelong passion for rockhounding and collecting.
#archaeology
Renovation
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Elevating Earth: Reviving and Advancing an Indigenous Building Material

The Western Deffufa is a significant ancient mud brick building, highlighting the enduring use of earth in construction across Africa.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
6 days ago

Exploding myth in the American West * Oregon ArtsWatch

The frontier myth has proven to be one of the most powerful and enduring stories in American history, erasing or altering the history of people of color and women in the West.
History
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Dice Are 6,000 Years Older Than Previously Believed, Study Says

More than 600 two-sided dice crafted by Native Americans have been identified, dating back over 12,000 years, predating known dice from the Bronze Age.
#bronze-age
History
fromMail Online
1 week ago

Scientists baffled by mysterious coin linking Vikings to Jesus

A gold coin pendant suggests Vikings may have embraced Christianity earlier than previously believed, linking them to the teachings of Jesus.
Roam Research
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Study pinpoints when bow and arrow came to North America

North Americans adopted the bow and arrow about 1,400 years ago, replacing the atlatl and dart, with rapid adoption in the south and gradual replacement in the north.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Stonehenge tunnel plan officially scrapped after years of protests

The UK Department for Transport has officially cancelled a controversial tunnel project under Stonehenge after spending £179.2 million on planning, citing exceptional circumstances and revoking the development consent order.
fromThe Local France
1 month ago

Mysterious ancient skeletons discovered sitting upright in France

Similar to four others unearthed nearby earlier this month, it is sitting upright at the bottom of a one-metre-wide pit. The skeleton's hands are resting in its lap. Like the others, its back is against the eastern wall, its face directed westward.
France news
#native-american-history
History
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Native Americans were gambling with dice 6,000 years earlier than anyone else, study says

Native American hunter-gatherers used dice for gaming over 12,000 years ago, predating similar practices in other cultures by thousands of years.
History
fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

Ice Age dice show early Native Americans may have understood probability

Native Americans used dice for games of chance over 12,000 years ago, predating Old World dice by millennia.
Alternative medicine
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar

Neanderthals likely used birch tar for medicinal purposes, including treating infections and insect bites, beyond its known use as a weapon adhesive.
London
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Spring equinox 2026: where and when to see druids in London

The Spring Equinox marks a celebration for Druids and Pagans at Stonehenge, emphasizing the balance of day and night.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
4 weeks ago

Columbus Statue at the White House

Trump installs a Columbus statue replica outside the White House, while a Paul Klee exhibition in New York opens without its centerpiece due to conditions in Israel.
History
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

What15,0000-year-old jewellery found in a cave tells us about prehistoric life

The Independent provides accessible journalism on critical issues like reproductive rights and climate change, supported by donations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Ancient skeleton discovered sitting upright in France

Five tombs of Gauls buried in a seated position have been discovered in central Dijon. Similar to four others unearthed nearby earlier this month, it is sitting upright at the bottom of a one-metre-wide pit. The skeleton's hands are resting in its lap. Like the others, its back is against the eastern wall, its gaze directed westward.
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

On the shoulders of giants: roaming among England's famous chalk figures

The Long Man may be Anglo-Saxon in origin; the shape is similar to the design on a buckle discovered in Kent in 1964 by the archaeologist Sonia Chadwick Hawkes, which probably represents the god Odin (or Woden).
History
Arts
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

Is this art Celtic? It's complicated. - Harvard Gazette

The Harvard Art Museums' exhibition showcases the diverse history and contributions of Celtic art across various time periods.
US politics
fromEmptywheel
2 months ago

Third Cave's a Charm

Republicans will block expiration of Bush tax cuts; Democrats could see a $3.6 trillion tax increase in 2012 if Obama does not act.
History
fromMedievalists.net
3 weeks ago

Medieval "Giant" with Trepanned Skull Discovered in Mass Grave - Medievalists.net

A 9th-century mass grave in England reveals remains of young men, suggesting violent conflict during the Viking conquest of East Anglia.
Public health
fromMail Online
2 months ago

Do YOU live in a 'Celtic Curse' hotspot? Map reveals

Haemochromatosis prevalence is highest in north‑west Ireland and elevated across Celtic regions of the UK and Ireland, driven by the C282Y genetic variant.
Business
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Navigating the ghosts of cultures past

Organizational culture constantly changes; leaders must discern which legacy cultural elements to retain and which to remove while balancing enduring beliefs with adaptive practices.
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
3 weeks ago

Toltec human sacrifice altar found in Mexico

The momoztli altar measures about one meter square and consists of three sections: a base of andesite quarry stone, a second section of larger slabs, and a top section of river stones and basalt.
History
Travel
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago

7 wonders of the UK for 2026

The UK contains lesser-known, remarkable natural and historic sites that reward visitors who explore beyond popular destinations.
UK news
fromMail Online
2 months ago

Britain's 'oldest Northener' was a little girl dubbed the Ossick Lass

Remains from 11,000 years ago found in Cumbria belong to a female child aged about 2.5–3.5 years, the oldest human discovery in Northern England.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

They found Indigenous ancestral remains on their property. They say doing the right thing shouldn't cost them | CBC News

A couple's property renovation in Ontario halted after discovering ancestral Indigenous remains, potentially costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexpected expenses.
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Mysterious triangle in Nevada desert fuels lost civilization theories

The formation closely matches the outline of the Buffalo Valley Intermediate Field, an emergency triangular airfield built in the 1930s to 1940s along early aviation routes. In Nevada and other Western US deserts, triangular airfields were common in the 1930s and 1940s, serving early aviation needs such as mail routes and emergency landings.
OMG science
History
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Roman artifact found in the Americas shatters New World history

A Roman terracotta head discovered in a sealed Mexican tomb in 1933 suggests Roman contact with the Americas around 200 AD, predating Columbus by over a thousand years.
#roman-archaeology
History
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
1 month ago

Only image of Gallo-Roman god found in Burgundy sanctuary

The only known pictorial depiction of Gallic god Sucellus was discovered at the Mancey sanctuary in Burgundy, a religious complex continuously used from the late Iron Age to the 4th century.
#rock-art
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
1 month ago

Ritual site at summit of rock formation identified

The two socketed axes were discovered last year by a metal detectorist who recognized that their careful positioning could not have been a natural process. He reported the find to the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association (LWL). The subsequent excavation of the find site revealed a far more complex depositional context. Beneath the axes is a pit carved into the rock.
History
Arts
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Secrets of Indigenous Art

Modern European and American modernists drew heavily from Indigenous arts, while museums long framed Indigenous adoption of Western forms as a loss of authenticity.
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
1 month ago

Samnite burials of children with bronze warrior belts found

The excavation ultimately unearthed 34 burials, 15 of them belonging to children between two and ten years old when they died. The graves are clustered in groups, probably reflecting family nuclei. Most the grave types are earthen pits covered with roof tiles angled against each other.
History
History
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Centuries before the Inca, Peru's wealthy imported parrots from afar

The Ychsma kingdom maintained a sophisticated long-distance trade network spanning hundreds of kilometers across the Andes to import live parrots from the Amazon rainforest centuries before the Inca Empire.
History
fromMail Online
1 month ago

The island paradise that claims to house the Ark of the Covenant

The Ark of the Covenant may be buried in the Solomon Islands according to a theory based on local Hebrew traditions and claims of a hidden temple in Malaita's rainforest.
fromMail Online
2 months ago

Mysterious symbols spanning the globe hint at a lost civilization

His investigation began after identifying recurring giant T-shapes, three-level indents, and step pyramids carved into ancient stones worldwide. 'These specific symbols that are built in different size proportions, and the symbols are found in ancient stones around the world, are not supposed to exist; no cultures are supposed to have any cross-platform,' LaCroix explained. The symbols appear in locations ranging from Turkey's Van region to South America and Cambodia.
History
History
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

It's Long Been Considered One of the Most Mysterious Places in the World. The Answer Was Hiding in Plain Sight.

Easter Island's remote isolation and massive stone statues have prompted mystery and speculative theories, now challenged by an archaeological reinterpretation of the island's history.
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Easter Island and the Allure of "Lost Civilizations"

Finding out what actually happened in the deep past can be a slog, so when ancient history is packaged as mystery-spine-tingling but solvable-it's hard to resist. Who doesn't want to know how a lost civilization got lost, or where it might be hiding? The trouble is that what gets touted as a lost civilization often turns out to have been there all along.
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
2 months ago

Rare Mithraic altars found in Scotland go on display for the first time

Two exceptionally rare and beautifully carved Mithraic altars found in Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland, are going on display for the first time. They are not just the only Roman altars ever found in Scotland, but are among the finest examples of Roman sculpture in Roman Britain. They are also uniquely early in date, having been made in 140s A.D. during Antoninus Pius' reoccupation of southern Scotland, whereas most other archaeological materials related to the worship of Mithras in Britannia date to the 3rd century.
History
fromOpen Culture
1 month ago

Behold the First Realistic Depiction of the Human Face (Circa 25,000 BCE)

The Venus of Brassempouy, a 25,000-year-old mammoth ivory carving, represents the earliest realistic human face depiction and marks the dawn of beauty in human culture.
History
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong

Classic Maya lowlands likely supported up to 16 million people during AD 600–900, implying unprecedented population density, complex agriculture, and advanced urban organization.
History
fromMail Online
1 month ago

The first non-binary person? Stone Age woman was buried like a MAN

Stone Age societies in Hungary practiced flexible gender roles, with some individuals buried according to non-traditional gender norms, indicating tolerance for complex identities 7,000 years ago.
fromMail Online
2 months ago

Mystery of Egypt's pyramids deepens as hidden megastructure revealed

More than 200 scans from multiple satellites, including Italy's Cosmo-SkyMed and the US-based Capella Space, showed uniform results suggesting massive pillars about 65 feet in diameter wrapped in spirals and plunging nearly 4,000 feet deep. Those pillars appear to end in 260-foot cubic chambers beneath all three pyramids and the Sphinx, which Biondi described as 'huge chambers' measuring roughly 260 feet in length and width.
History
History
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
1 month ago

Colossal offering uncovered at Templo Mayor

Archaeologists discovered massive ceremonial offerings at Mexico City's Templo Mayor containing 83 ancient Mezcala greenstone figurines, marine elements, and monumental sculptures deposited during Moctezuma Ilhuicamina's reign between 1440-1469.
History
fromMail Online
2 months ago

Father of alien archaeology says pyramids not built by human hands

Erich von Däniken claimed extraterrestrials aided ancient civilizations in building pyramids, but archaeological evidence attributes pyramid construction to organized human labor.
History
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

The underground odyssey that led archaeologists to a Zapotec burial site

Looting revealed a hidden Zapotec Tomb of the Owl near La Cantera, which took six years to locate and links to the ancient Zapotec civilization.
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
2 months ago

Festivals in Ancient Mesopotamia: Courting the Goodwill of the Gods

as the gods were understood as the true monarchs and the king as simply their steward. In order to maintain his authority, the king needed to court the goodwill of the gods, and although they made their approval clear through military victories, bountiful harvests, and prosperous trade, events such as the Akitu festival provided an annual opportunity for the divine to continue its relationship with the ruling house or withdraw its favor.
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