Fresh from the kiln: my first try at a filigree jug! The original jug dates back to 1550-1600 and was found in a potter's waste dump in the Aulgasse in Siegburg. Collection Boijmans van Beuningen.
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Study reveals hidden role of medieval female scribes in manuscript production
For centuries, the image of a monk laboring on a manuscript has been the dominant portrayal of medieval scribal work. However, in a newly published study presented in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, an old truth is revealed: women played a significant role in manuscript production...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/role-of-female-scribes-in-manuscript-production/
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North Macedonian ruins could be the lost capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis https://www.byteseu.com/907431/ #Archaeologist #Archaeology #ARCHEOLOGIST #Archeology #NorthMacedonia
Macedonian site may be lost capital of ancient kingdom – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/72871
"Excavations starting in 2023 have used ground penetrating radar and cutting-edge technology, including drone-deployed LIDAR, to reveal a vast urban center that may have been the birthplace of Alexander the Great’s grandmother."
3,000-year-old Bronze Age daggers unearthed in a German cornfield
Two well-preserved daggers from the Bronze Age have been discovered in a field in the municipality of Kutenholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. These over 3,000-year-old artifacts are among the earliest Bronze Age findings in the region...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/bronze-age-daggers-in-german-cornfield/
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New study suggests King Tut’s tomb artifacts are linked to mysterious Osiris ritual
A new study by Egyptologist Nicholas Brown of Yale University suggests that Tutankhamun was the first pharaoh to have taken part in an unusual funeral ritual known as the Awakening of Osiris which would ensure his resurrection in the afterlife...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/king-tuts-tomb-artifacts-mysterious-osiris-ritual/
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Study unveils secrets of Norway’s second largest man-made mound https://www.byteseu.com/903642/ #Archaeologist #Archaeology #ARCHEOLOGIST #Archeology #Norway
Curse tablet written in Gaulish found in ancient burial in Orléans – The History Blog
https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/72852
"One grave dating to the second half of the 2nd century was particularly notable for having a curse written in Gaulish. The language was used for centuries after the Roman conquest, but very few written examples of it survive, making this curse tablet extremely rare."
Nescot ritual shaft reveals Romano-British dog burials and sacrificial practices
A recent study by Dr. Ellen Green, published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, has revealed new insights into one of the most significant discoveries of ritual animal deposits in Roman Britain...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/nescot-romano-british-dog-burials/
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Bronze Age tomb in Turkey reveals sacrifice of teenage girls
Archaeologists have made an enigmatic discovery at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Başur Höyük in southeastern Turkey: a significantly high number of adolescent remains buried in elaborate graves...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/bronze-age-sacrifice-of-teenage-girls-turkey/
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Southern #China was home to #Neanderthals, not just Europe or Middle East, Middle Stone Age tools find suggests
#archeology #hominids #anthropology https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3305551/china-was-home-neanderthals-not-just-europe-or-middle-east-stone-age-find-suggests?utm_source=rss_feed
3,200-year-old Egyptian tomb of Ramesses III’s military commander uncovered
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a 3,200-year-old tomb thought to be that of a senior military commander during the time of Pharaoh Ramesses III. The tomb was discovered at the Tell el-Maschuta site, also referred to as Tell el-Maskhuta, in the Ismailia governorate...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/tomb-of-ramesses-iii-military-commander/
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1,200-year-old camel-decorated jug unearthed in Yatir Forest
A rare 1,200-year-old clay jug with camel illustrations was unearthed at Horvat ‘Anim in the Yatir Forest of Israel during excavations being carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). The discovery provides new details about trade and everyday life in the region during the Abbasid period (9th–10th centuries CE)...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/1200-year-old-camel-decorated-jug-unearthed-in-yatir-forest/
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Life-sized relief of man and priestess found at monumental tomb – The History Blog
https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/72840
"A life-sized funerary relief of a man and a woman has been unearthed from the remains of a monumental tomb at the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii. The reliefs were carved on separate ashlars and then joined so perfectly the right foot of the man touches the left foot of the woman so it looks like they were carved from the same stone."
Study finds lower-class workers buried in ancient Egyptian pyramids
Historians have, for centuries, assumed that the ancient Egyptian pyramids were built as great tombs only for the elite and powerful. New research at the ancient archaeological site of Tombos, in modern-day Sudan, however, suggests this conventional assumption may not be entirely accurate...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/workers-buried-in-ancient-egyptian-pyramids/
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‘Peering into the eyes of the past’: reconstruction reveals face of woman who lived before Trojan war https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/apr/05/peering-into-the-eyes-of-the-past-reconstruction-reveals-face-of-woman-who-lived-before-trojan-war
Ranger Sarah view two rooms on the outer edge of the cliff dwellings. Evidence to suggest that they occupied the dwellings to seek relief from a drought, specifically the Great Drought of 1270-1300, which roughly aligns with the entire occupation of the Gila Cliff Dwellings.
— at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
