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ADVANCING MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY REMARKABLE HISTORICAL TREASURE RECOVERED FROM SHIPWRECKS OFF FLORIDA’S COAST MEIR MEDIEVAL HOARD OF SILVER AND PEARLS DISCOVERED IN SWEDEN ANCIENT MICROBIOME OF MEXICO’S ZIMAPÁN MAN ANALYZED THE ROVIGO EGYPTIAN COLLECTION TRACES OF ROMAN HOSPITAL UNCOVERED IN SOUTHWESTERN TURKEY ANCIENT EGYPT OCTOBER LISTINGS WHERE WAS JESUS BORN? BIBLE SECRETS REVEALED, EPISODE 3: “THE FORBIDDEN SCRIPTURES” THE OBELISK AND TOMB OF ANTINOUS ARCHAEOLOGIST RECEIVES MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANT DID CENTRAL ITALY’S HOMININS DEVELOP A STRATEGY FOR BUTCHERING ELEPHANTS? 12,000-YEAR-OLD HUMAN FACE DEPICTED ON THE T-SHAPED PILLAR – DISCOVERY AT KARAHANTEPE, TURKIYE ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN FARMERS MIGHT HAVE USED SCORPION MOUND TO TRACK THE SUN DNA STUDY OF CHINA’S FIRST FARMERS REVEALS POPULATION MOVEMENTS SUBSURFACE SCANNING DETECTS STRUCTURES AT WORLD’S OLDEST CULT CENTER THE DRAGON ROARS: WALES AND EGYPTOLOGY HESYRE THE DENTIST HUGE ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN SCORPION-SHAPED MOUND SERVED AS AN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY – NOT JUST FOR THE ELITE BUT FARMERS TOO VOTIVE CAT PLAQUES THE BIBLE IN LIVING COLOR WHAT IS GOD’S NAME? HILARY WILSON ON…THE NEXT BEST THING CONCERNS FOR MOUNT SINAI RARE EGYPTIAN HAT NEW CANOPUS DECREE STELA PURIFYING THE GREAT PYRAMID RARE PTOLEMAIC COIN SUNKEN TREASURES COPPER-SMELTING WORKSHOP ANCIENT EGYPT NEWS IN BRIEF STATUES OF AKHENATEN AT KARNAK HOW DID NOAH BUILD THE ARK? THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE DISPLAY OF ANCIENT EGYPT THE AMARNA LETTERS: THE SYRO-LEVANTINE CORRESPONDENCE GETTING A JOB IN OLD KINGDOM EGYPT: RITES OF PASSAGE TO PROMOTION BRIEF HISTORIES: ANCIENT EGYPT – EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW BUT FORGOT TO ASK THE ASSASSINATION OF SENNACHERIB INJURIES SUFFERED BY HUNTER-GATHERERS IN ARGENTINA ANALYZED TOOTH STUDY SUGGESTS SYRIA’S EARLY FARMERS WELCOMED NEWCOMERS POSSIBLE PHRYGIAN TEMPLE DISCOVERED IN TURKEY ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER A 20,000-YEAR-OLD SECRET THAT REWRITES THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA FOREVER UNIQUE ARTIFACTS REVEAL THE ANCIENT CITY OF TROY IS MUCH OLDER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT GOLDEN TREASURE TROVE DISCOVERED AT HIPPOS SENNACHERIB’S ADMINISTRATION IN JERUSALEM 2026 GOLDEN TROWEL WINNER ANNOUNCED MILESTONES: PATRICIA MAYNOR BIKAI (1943–2025) COMET EXPLOSION 13,000 YEARS AGO WIPED OUT MEGAFAUNA AND THE CLOVIS CULTURE IN NORTH AMERICA MYSTERIOUS SIGNS ON TEOTIHUACAN MURALS DECIPHERED? FOA WEBINAR: ORY AMITAY EASTER ISLAND’S MOAI STATUES DID ‘WALK,’ RESEARCHERS DEMONSTRATE USING PHYSICS AND 3D MODELING RESEARCHERS PROVIDE NEW INSIGHTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF ANCIENT EGYPT’S KARNAK TEMPLE FRIENDS OF ASOR CHICAGO TOUR 2025 OCTOBER WEBINAR CHALLENGE NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS IN TURMOIL CALLING ALL BUILDERS! THE AIA’S BUILD A MONUMENT: BRICK EDITION CONTEST IS NOW OPEN UNIQUE ANCIENT HUMAN STATUE FOUND EMBEDDED IN A WALL AT GÖBEKLI TEPE CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY 428 THE PEOPLE OF ST PETER’S: ENCOUNTERING A COMMUNITY FROM 19TH-CENTURY BLACKBURN CLADH HALLAN: EXAMINING LIFE AND DEATH IN THE BRONZE AGE AND EARLY IRON AGE THE DANGEROUS DEAD: EXPLORING THE CROSS-CULTURAL CONTINUITY OF DEVIANT BURIALS CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY’S OCTOBER LISTINGS: EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS, AND HERITAGE FROM HOME FOUR NATIONS SYMPOSIUM ON SONORAN ROCK IMAGERY CONCLUDES A TALE OF TWO HOARDS: INTERPRETING UNUSUAL BRONZE AGE COLLECTIONS FROM CARNOUSTIE AND ROSEMARKIE FOLKLORE TO THE RESCUE OF EELS CONTINUING COVERAGE & COMMENTARY: IMMINENT THREATS TO PUBLIC LANDS, PARKS, AND HISTORY CELEBRATING TRIBAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION: OUR TAKEAWAYS FROM THE NATHPO CONFERENCE ADVOCATING FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN 2025 TESTING TIMES: EXAMINING INSIGHTS FROM EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY GREAT PREHISTORIC SITES: NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK – EXCAVATING THE CA ARCHIVE MUSEUM NEWS THE MODERNIST SOCIETY THE ANGLO-SAXON AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION IN NORFOLK SILCHESTER: THE LANDSCAPE SETTING OF THE IRON AGE OPPIDUM AND ROMAN CITY THE VIKINGS IN THE HEBRIDES FORGOTTEN CHURCHES: EXPLORING ENGLAND’S HIDDEN TREASURES ANIMALIA: ANIMAL AND HUMAN INTERACTION IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL ENGLISH WORLD SLOW MIGRATIONS CA 428 LETTERS – OCTOBER CURATING THE MOLD CAPE: MUSEUM OF LIVERPOOL FINDS TRAY: BIRDLIP BROOCH SCIENCE NOTES: LEGACIES OF LEAD IN THE NEOLITHIC LANDSCAPE DENDROCHRONOLOGY PROVIDES DATE FOR SYCAMORE GAP TREE ORE MINING CONTINUED IN POST-ROMAN ALDBOROUGH MIDDENS REVEAL CONTRASTING FEASTING PRACTICES IN PREHISTORIC BRITAIN UK NEWS IN BRIEF EARLY EVIDENCE OF HOMININ ACTIVITY FOUND IN KENT MILLENNIA OF ACTIVITY DISCOVERED NEAR THE EDEN ESTUARY WORLD NEWS CELEBRATE PUBLIC LANDS DAY THIS WEEKEND THE VOTES ARE IN! ARCHAEODOODLES 2025 WINNERS REVEALED CWA PHOTO COMPETITION 2026 KOONALDA CAVE CWA 133 – OUT NOW VOLUME 129 (2025) INDEX TRIBAL LEADERS PUSH FOR CHACO PROTECTIONS MORTALITY CRISIS AT AKHETATEN? AMARNA AND THE BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE LATE BRONZE AGE MEDITERRANEAN EPIDEMIC AŠŠUR’S NEWCOMERS: EVIDENCE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF POPULATION IN IMPERIAL ASSYRIAN CAPITALS THROUGH RESETTLEMENT EVENTS THE MYTH OF HELLENIZATION: THE EARLY TO MIDDLE HELLENISTIC PERIOD (CA. 300–150 BCE) IN SAGALASSOS AND PISIDIA (SOUTHWEST ANATOLIA) HORNS, CRENELLATIONS, AND SNAKES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EGYPTIAN CENSERS IN THE HOUSES OF POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM MARBLE DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS IN THE EARLY BYZANTINE SOUTHWESTERN LEVANT: QUANTITATIVE AND SPATIAL APPROACHES AN UNPRECEDENTED MUSEOLOGICAL ENDEAVOR: THE FIRST KINGS OF EUROPE EXHIBITION ANDREW COLIN RENFREW (1937–2024) T. LESLIE SHEAR, JR. (1938–2022) BRILL’S COMPANION TO WARFARE IN THE BRONZE AGE AEGEAN FAYA PALAEOLANDSCAPE BECOMES ONLY SITE IN THE ARAB WORLD TO BE AWARDED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS IN 2025 CONTINUING COVERAGE: SMITHSONIAN’S INITIAL RESPONSE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: MARTHA AND ARTEMIS JOUKOWSKY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD ARCHAEODOODLES RETURNS FOR IAD 2025 STUDYING EARLY FARMING COMMUNITIES IN PORTUGAL THROUGH ANCIENT TOOTH ANALYSIS GOLD BAR FOUND IN MEXICO WAS AZTEC TREASURE: STUDY PRESERVING CAMEROON, COLOMBIA, TÜRKIYE, AND AFGHANISTAN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AWARD ARCHANES 2025 MORE RETURNS FROM THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART APOLLONIA PONTICA CWA 132 – OUT NOW
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Advancing Marine Archaeology

Advancing Marine Archaeology

The oceans and seas are the last great frontier for Near Eastern archaeology. Year after year, the Mediterranean Sea yields rich new data from prehistory […] The post Advancing Marine Archaeology appe

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Published: October 15, 2025

Remarkable Historical Treasure Recovered From Shipwrecks Off Florida’s Coast

Jan Barterk - AncientPages.com - A private salvage company has uncovered a remarkable find valued at over a million dollars on Florida's "Treasure Coast," enriching the narrative of one of the most si

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Published: October 15, 2025

Meir

Karl Harris continues his ‘Travels in an Antique Land’, discovering the ‘Art of Cusae’ in Middle Kingdom tombs at Meir – accompanied by a local snake charmer.

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Published: October 15, 2025

Medieval Hoard of Silver and Pearls Discovered in Sweden

Medieval Hoard of Silver and Pearls Discovered in Sweden

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN—Live Science reports that a man digging for worms near his summer home in […] The post Medieval Hoard of Silver and Pearls Discovered in Sweden appeared first on Archaeology Magazine

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Published: October 15, 2025

Ancient Microbiome of Mexico’s Zimapán Man Analyzed

Ancient Microbiome of Mexico’s Zimapán Man Analyzed

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO—Phys.org reports that Santiago Rosas-Plaza of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and […] The post Ancient Microbiome of Mexico’s Zimapán Man Analyzed appeared first on Ar

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Published: October 15, 2025

The Rovigo Egyptian collection

Simone Petacchi describes an important Egyptian collection in Rovigo, Italy, that is not on public display.

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Published: October 15, 2025

Traces of Roman Hospital Uncovered in Southwestern Turkey

Traces of Roman Hospital Uncovered in Southwestern Turkey

MUĞLA, TURKEY—Hürriyet Daily News reports that an investigation of an area near the harbor of […] The post Traces of Roman Hospital Uncovered in Southwestern Turkey appeared first on Archaeology Magaz

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Published: October 15, 2025

Ancient Egypt October listings

DISCOVERING ANCIENT EGYPT After five years as a travelling exhibition, visiting Japan, South Korea, and Australia, the RMO’s exhibition returns to the Netherlands. It explores the life, religion, and

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Published: October 14, 2025

Where Was Jesus Born?

Where Was Jesus Born?

If Jesus was born in Bethlehem, why is he called a Nazorean and a Galilean throughout the New Testament? Philip J. King addresses this question in his Biblical Views column. The post Where Was Jesus B

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Published: October 14, 2025

Bible Secrets Revealed, Episode 3: “The Forbidden Scriptures”

Bible Secrets Revealed, Episode 3: “The Forbidden Scriptures”

Read what Bible Secrets Revealed consulting producer Dr. Robert Cargill reveals about the third installment of the History Channel series. The post Bible Secrets Revealed, Episode 3: “The Forbidden Sc

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Published: October 14, 2025

The Obelisk and Tomb of Antinous

Barbara Gai explores the history of this important monument and the clues that might lead to the location of Antinous’ tomb.

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Published: October 14, 2025

Archaeologist Receives MacArthur Genius Grant

Archaeologist Receives MacArthur Genius Grant

Dear Friends, Last week, we welcomed friends and colleagues to the Corona Room at our Bates Mansion headquarters in downtown Tucson not once, but twice! The first was Tuesday, October 7, when preserva

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Published: October 14, 2025

Did Central Italy’s Hominins Develop a Strategy for Butchering Elephants?

Did Central Italy’s Hominins Develop a Strategy for Butchering Elephants?

ROME, ITALY—According to a statement released by the Public Library of Science, early humans in […] The post Did Central Italy’s Hominins Develop a Strategy for Butchering Elephants? appeared first on

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Published: October 14, 2025

12,000-Year-Old Human Face Depicted On The T-Shaped Pillar – Discovery At Karahantepe, Turkiye

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During this year’s excavations at Karahantepe, one of the leading Neolithic settlements under the Taş Tepeler Project, three T-shaped pillars were identified within a

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Published: October 14, 2025

Ancient Mesoamerican Farmers Might Have Used Scorpion Mound to Track the Sun

Ancient Mesoamerican Farmers Might Have Used Scorpion Mound to Track the Sun

AUSTIN, TEXAS—According to a Live Science report, James Neely of the University of Texas at […] The post Ancient Mesoamerican Farmers Might Have Used Scorpion Mound to Track the Sun appeared first on

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Published: October 14, 2025

DNA Study of China’s First Farmers Reveals Population Movements

BEIJING, CHINA—According to a statement released by Peking University, researchers led by Huang Yani and […] The post DNA Study of China’s First Farmers Reveals Population Movements appeared first on

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Published: October 14, 2025

Subsurface Scanning Detects Structures at World’s Oldest Cult Center

Subsurface Scanning Detects Structures at World’s Oldest Cult Center

SANLIURFA, TURKEY—Investigation of the eastern and southern slopes of the mound at southeastern Turkey's site […] The post Subsurface Scanning Detects Structures at World’s Oldest Cult Center appeared

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Published: October 14, 2025

The dragon roars: Wales and Egyptology

Alan B Lloyd acknowledges the huge contribution to Egyptology made by people born in Wales.

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Published: October 14, 2025

Hesyre the dentist

Roger Forshaw records the life and career of a court official and scribe who was the world’s first recorded dentist.

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Published: October 13, 2025

Huge Ancient Mesoamerican Scorpion-Shaped Mound Served As An Astronomical Observatory – Not Just For The Elite But Farmers Too

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In North America, the tradition of constructing earthen mound structures dates back over 2,500 years, from around 1400 B.C.E. to approximately 1300 C.E. These mounds ar

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Published: October 13, 2025

Votive cat plaques

Campbell Price selects a collection of votive plaques depicting cats from Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai.

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Published: October 13, 2025

The Bible in Living Color

The Bible in Living Color

The Book of Esther Word for Word Bible Comic series (Bristol, United Kingdom: Word for Word Bible Comics, 2024), i–ix + 84 pp. Acts of […] The post The Bible in Living Color appeared first on Biblical

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Published: October 13, 2025

What Is God’s Name?

What Is God’s Name?

If you regularly read Bible History Daily posts, Biblical Archaeology Review articles, or are a fan of biblical history in general, you’ve probably come across […] The post What Is God’s Name? appeare

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Published: October 13, 2025

Hilary Wilson on…The next best thing

Hilary Wilson explores the preservation of Egypt’s cultural heritage through replicas – the next best thing to visiting the monuments themselves.

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Published: October 13, 2025

Concerns for Mount Sinai

The Egyptian government’s ‘Great Transfiguration Project’ for the UNESCO World Heritage site of Mount Sinai – the location of the 6th century Monastery of St Catherine – has caused international conce

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Published: October 13, 2025

Rare Egyptian hat

A rare felt hat from the Roman Period has gone on display for the first time at Bolton Museum, in the north-west of Britain, following conservation work. Dating to c.AD 200, the

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Published: October 12, 2025

New Canopus Decree stela

A new and complete version of the Ptolemaic Canopus Decree has been found by an Egyptian team working at Tell Far’oun (Tell Nabasha) in Egypt’s Sharqia Governorate. Unlike other surviving versions of

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Published: October 12, 2025

Purifying the Great Pyramid

A new air-purification system has been installed inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu to stabilise humidity levels within the monument and prevent the erosion of the inner walls. The improved air quality

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Published: October 12, 2025

Rare Ptolemaic coin

Another recent find connected to Berenice II has been announced by the Israel Antiquities Authority. A rare gold coin depicting the Ptolemaic queen without her consort (and a cornucopia on the reverse

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Published: October 12, 2025

Sunken treasures

The Egyptian Department of Underwater Antiquities has recovered three heavy ancient artefacts from the seabed off the coast at Abu Qir Bay in Alexandria. One of them is a large quartz sphinx

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Published: October 12, 2025

Copper-smelting workshop

An Egyptian team excavating the Wadi el-Nasab site in south Sinai has discovered a copper-smelting and -casting workshop with administrative buildings at what was one of the most important ancient min

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Published: October 12, 2025

Ancient Egypt news in brief

The gold bracelet of the Twenty-first Dynasty pharaoh Amenemope was recently stolen from the conservation laboratory of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Arrests were made but, sadly, the bracelet had alr

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Published: October 12, 2025

Statues of Akhenaten at Karnak

In 1925, two colossal statues of Akhenaten were discovered in an unpromising area outside the eastern enclosure wall of Karnak Temple. Since then, many more have been found.

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Published: October 12, 2025

How Did Noah Build the Ark?

How Did Noah Build the Ark?

Reading the story of Noah’s ark today (Genesis 6–9), we naturally imagine that Noah, his family, and the loaded animals of all kinds survived the […] The post How Did Noah Build the Ark? appeared firs

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Published: October 12, 2025

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

REVIEW BY ANDREW FULTON This volume is part of a series of books of ancient texts that Amber Books are publishing in hardback using traditional Chinese bookbinding methods that were first developed

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Published: October 11, 2025

Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt

REVIEW BY HILARY FORREST This thoroughly researched book contains a wealth of material, and covers the frequently discussed question of how Egyptological displays should be planned and designed, both

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Published: October 11, 2025

The Amarna Letters: The Syro-Levantine Correspondence

REVIEW BY MICHAEL TUNNICLIFFE This important work claims to be the first authoritative edition to combine both transliteration and translation of the Amarna Letters since their publication by Norwegia

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Published: October 11, 2025

Getting a Job in Old Kingdom Egypt: Rites of Passage to Promotion

REVIEW BY ROGER FORSHAW Michelle Middleman’s new book presents a well-structured and perceptive exploration of how individuals attained administrative positions during Egypt’s early dynastic era. Focu

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Published: October 11, 2025

Brief Histories: Ancient Egypt – Everything you wanted to know but forgot to ask

REVIEW BY HILARY WILSON Any author might be daunted by the ambitious subtitle of the ‘Brief Histories’ format, but Campbell Price has risen to the challenge. In little more than 100 smaller-than-A5

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Published: October 11, 2025

The Assassination of Sennacherib

The Assassination of Sennacherib

The assassination of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, is presented in the Bible as God’s divine justice against an evil king. Outside of the Bible, however, […] The post The Assassination of Sennacherib

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Published: October 11, 2025

Injuries Suffered by Hunter-Gatherers in Argentina Analyzed

LA PLATA, ARGENTINA—A study of the skeletal remains of 189 hunter-gatherers who lived in Patagonia […] The post Injuries Suffered by Hunter-Gatherers in Argentina Analyzed appeared first on Archaeolog

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Published: October 11, 2025

Tooth Study Suggests Syria’s Early Farmers Welcomed Newcomers

Tooth Study Suggests Syria’s Early Farmers Welcomed Newcomers

DURHAM, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by Durham University, a team of researchers led by […] The post Tooth Study Suggests Syria’s Early Farmers Welcomed Newcomers appeared first on Archae

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Published: October 11, 2025

Possible Phrygian Temple Discovered in Turkey

DENIZLI, TURKEY—Live Science reports that a temple discovered in western Turkey may have been built […] The post Possible Phrygian Temple Discovered in Turkey appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

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Published: October 11, 2025

Archaeologists Uncover A 20,000-Year-Old Secret That Rewrites The Ancient History Of North America Forever

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient history of North America is more thrilling than ever, urging us to reconsider our previous beliefs about the first Americans. During a large-scale excavati

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Published: October 10, 2025

Unique Artifacts Reveal The Ancient City Of Troy Is Much Older Than Previously Thought

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient city of Troy, located in northwestern Anatolia, is a significant site in both literature and archaeology. Strategically positioned on trade routes between

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Published: October 10, 2025

Golden Treasure Trove Discovered at Hippos

Golden Treasure Trove Discovered at Hippos

The metal detector chirped as archaeological volunteer Edie Lipsman passed it by a large stone. Although no one knew in that moment what Lipsman had […] The post Golden Treasure Trove Discovered at Hi

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Published: October 10, 2025

Sennacherib’s Administration in Jerusalem

Sennacherib’s Administration in Jerusalem

Excavators with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered two large administrative buildings in the Mordot Arnona neighborhood of Jerusalem. Constructed one on top of […] The post Sennache

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Published: October 10, 2025

2026 Golden Trowel Winner Announced

2026 Golden Trowel Winner Announced

Congratulations to the Western IL Society for winning the 2026 Golden Trowel Award! Between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025, the Western IL Society achieved a growth of 40%. We […] The post 2026 Golden

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Published: October 10, 2025

Milestones: Patricia Maynor Bikai (1943–2025)

Milestones: Patricia Maynor Bikai (1943–2025)

Archaeologist Patricia Maynor Bikai was involved for more than four decades in field projects in Lebanon, Egypt, Cyprus, and most intensely in Jordan. She moved […] The post Milestones: Patricia Mayno

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Published: October 09, 2025

Comet Explosion 13,000 Years Ago Wiped Out Megafauna And The Clovis Culture In North America

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers are expanding on evidence suggesting that a fragmented comet exploded over Earth nearly 13,000 years ago, potentially contributing to the extinction of mamm

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Published: October 09, 2025

Mysterious Signs On Teotihuacan Murals Deciphered?

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Over two thousand years ago, Teotihuacan was a bustling metropolis in central Mexico, home to as many as 125,000 people. Renowned for its massive pyramids, it served

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Published: October 09, 2025

FOA Webinar: Ory Amitay

The post FOA Webinar: Ory Amitay appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: October 08, 2025

Easter Island’s Moai Statues Did ‘Walk,’ Researchers Demonstrate Using Physics And 3D Modeling

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For years, researchers have been intrigued by the mystery of how the ancient inhabitants of Rapa Nui managed to move their massive moai statues. Recent studies, involvi

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Published: October 08, 2025

Researchers Provide New Insights On The Evolution Of Ancient Egypt’s Karnak Temple

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have conducted an extensive geoarchaeological survey of Karnak Temple, located 500 meters east of the present-day River Nile near Luxor, at the Ancient Eg

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Published: October 08, 2025

Friends of ASOR Chicago Tour 2025

The post Friends of ASOR Chicago Tour 2025 appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: October 07, 2025

October Webinar Challenge

The post October Webinar Challenge appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: October 07, 2025

National Parks and Public Lands in Turmoil

Good morning, Friends, Here is your Preservation Archaeology news of the week. Please send us news stories; interviews, podcasts, publications, and jobs; notices of upcoming events and webinars; info

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Published: October 06, 2025

Calling All Builders! The AIA’s Build a Monument: Brick Edition Contest Is Now Open

The AIA’s Build Your Own Monument Contest: Brick Edition is officially underway! Until Friday, October 17, the AIA invites you to get out your preferred building bricks to recreate your […] The post C

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Published: October 03, 2025

Unique Ancient Human Statue Found Embedded In A Wall At Göbekli Tepe

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have made a significant discovery at the Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe in Türkiye, unearthing a rare human statue. This 11,500-year-old site is renowned

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Published: October 03, 2025

Current Archaeology 428

Cladh Hallan: examining life and death in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age The dangerous dead: exploring the cross-cultural continuity of deviant burials The people of St Peter’s: encountering a comm

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Published: October 02, 2025

The people of St Peter’s: Encountering a community from 19th-century Blackburn

Recently published research from one of the largest cemetery excavations of its type outside London has shed vivid light on the experiences of almost 2,000 men, women, and children who lived and died

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Published: October 02, 2025

Cladh Hallan: Examining life and death in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age

What was life like in Britain 3,000 years ago? How did people live together, find their food and materials, and organise their domestic rituals and day-to-day activities? The Bronze Age to Early Iron

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Published: October 02, 2025

The dangerous dead: Exploring the cross-cultural continuity of deviant burials

Vampires and zombies are not just the fictional creation of 19th-century novelists, nor modern film directors and creators of computer games – John Blair’s new book, Killing the Dead, shows that there

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Published: October 01, 2025

Current Archaeology’s October Listings: exhibitions, events, and heritage from home

There are lots of great ways to get involved with history and archaeology over the next few months, including exhibitions, lectures, and conferences exploring a wide range of subjects. If you would pr

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Published: October 01, 2025

Four Nations Symposium on Sonoran Rock Imagery Concludes

Four Nations Symposium on Sonoran Rock Imagery Concludes

Proceedings will be shared in a forthcoming volume Tucson, Ariz. (September 30, 2025)—Last week, Preservation Anthropologist Aaron Wright, of Tucson-based nonprofit Archaeology Southwest, convened a t

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Published: October 01, 2025

A tale of two hoards: Interpreting unusual Bronze Age collections from Carnoustie and Rosemarkie

Bronze Age hoards tend to be found in watery locations – rivers, lochs, bogs – where they are routinely interpreted as ritual votive deposits. Two recently published examples, however, discovered 150

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Published: October 01, 2025

Folklore to the rescue of eels

Folk memory, songs, place names, and oral histories are being deployed by the Somerset Eel Recovery Project (SERP) in its work to bring this critically endangered species back to the Somerset Levels.

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Published: September 30, 2025

Continuing Coverage & Commentary: Imminent Threats to Public Lands, Parks, and History

Continuing Coverage & Commentary: Imminent Threats to Public Lands, Parks, and History

Dear Friends, Another week, another road trip or two. Honestly, I’m still getting used to the post-Labor Day change in cadence here in Tucson. The extreme heat and the lack of students and snow birds

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Published: September 30, 2025

Celebrating Tribal Historic Preservation: Our Takeaways from the NATHPO Conference

Celebrating Tribal Historic Preservation: Our Takeaways from the NATHPO Conference

Skylar Begay (Diné, Mandan and Hidatsa), Director, Tribal Collaboration in Outreach & Advocacy with Anastasia Walhovd (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), BIA ARPA Assistance Initiative & Save

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Published: September 30, 2025

Advocating for Public Lands in 2025

Advocating for Public Lands in 2025

Skylar Begay (Diné, Mandan and Hidatsa), Director, Tribal Collaboration in Outreach & Advocacy (September 29, 2025)—There is no mistaking that protections for public lands, and even public lands thems

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Published: September 30, 2025

Testing times: Examining insights from experimental archaeology

What have archaeological experiments revealed about how stone axes were sourced, made, and used thousands of years ago? James Dilley highlights some of the key findings.

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Published: September 29, 2025

Great prehistoric sites: Norfolk and Suffolk – Excavating the CA archive

In the previous few columns I have explored some of the great towns of Roman Britain – so, as a change of pace, here I will begin a new mini-series on the country’s great prehistoric sites. I will com

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Published: September 29, 2025

Museum news

The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.

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Published: September 29, 2025

the modernist society

the modernist society (the lack of capitals is deliberate, in line with the modernist philosophy of embracing innovation and seeking freedom from traditional forms and established rules) is the meetin

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Published: September 29, 2025

The Anglo-Saxon Agricultural Revolution in Norfolk

REVIEW BY KK Encapsulated within this volume are the published proceedings of the conference held in 2020 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project (

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Published: September 28, 2025

Silchester: the landscape setting of the Iron Age oppidum and Roman city

REVIEW BY NEIL HOLBROOK It is always instructive to look at the areas surrounding famous archaeological sites, as they can provide valuable context for the well-known remains. So it is with Silchester

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Published: September 28, 2025

The Vikings in the Hebrides

REVIEW BY ALEXANDRA SANMARK This book is a welcome addition to our knowledge about Viking Age and Norse colonisation and settlement in the Hebrides, and provides the first overview of this time

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Published: September 28, 2025

Forgotten Churches: exploring England’s hidden treasures

REVIEW BY ADAM KLUPS Luke Sherlock’s Forgotten Churches is a visually rich and thoughtfully curated tribute to England’s sacred spaces. As a long-time follower of Sherlock’s Instagram account @english

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Published: September 28, 2025

Animalia: animal and human interaction in the early medieval English world

REVIEW BY CARLY AMEEN This fifth volume in the ‘Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World’ series exemplifies contemporary interdisciplinary scholarship. The editors, Maren Clegg Hyer and Gale R Owen-Croc

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Published: September 28, 2025

Slow Migrations

REVIEW BY CH For this collection of 34 poems imagining western England’s prehistoric and Roman pasts, Slow Migrations is a fitting title. Many of the works within – inspired by the Corinium

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Published: September 28, 2025

CA 428 Letters – October

Roman Morris Having just received the latest issue of Current Archaeology, I placed it on our recently purchased tablecloth, the pattern of which is based on the ‘Blackthorn’ design by William Morris.

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Published: September 28, 2025

Curating the Mold Cape: Museum of Liverpool

This ornate artefact is known as the Mold Cape. Thought to date to c.1900 1600 BC, it is one of the finest examples of prehistoric sheet gold-working yet found in Britain, crafted

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Published: September 28, 2025

Finds Tray: Birdlip brooch

This Birdlip brooch was found by a metal-detectorist near Catterton in North Yorkshire this past June, and is believed to date between the late Iron Age and early Roman period. Birdlip, or

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Published: September 27, 2025

Science Notes: Legacies of lead in the Neolithic landscape

Lead isotopes have frequently been used in archaeology to determine the provenance of metal objects. More recently, they have also been helping to assess mobility in humans and other animals. This for

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Published: September 27, 2025

Dendrochronology provides date for Sycamore Gap tree

New dendrochronological evidence has provided a minimum age for the tree that used to grow at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall before it was illegally felled in September 2023. It was not

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Published: September 27, 2025

Ore mining continued in post-Roman Aldborough

A new study, which was recently published in Antiquity, has examined a sediment core from a palaeochannel of the River Ure, near Aldborough in North Yorkshire, and combined it with both historical

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Published: September 27, 2025

Middens reveal contrasting feasting practices in prehistoric Britain

New research – using the largest multi-isotope dataset of animal remains yet generated in archaeology – has shown that communities in southern Britain had diverse ways of organising feasts during the

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Published: September 27, 2025

UK news in brief

Carved stone head found at Skaill Farm dig An excavation at Skaill Farm on Rousay, Orkney, has uncovered an unusual carved stone head. Found by Katie Joss, an undergraduate from the UHI

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Published: September 27, 2025

Early evidence of hominin activity found in Kent

Excavations at Old Park, on the eastern outskirts of Canterbury in Kent, have revealed further evidence of occupation of the site by ancient hominin species. These new discoveries have dated the earli

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Published: September 27, 2025

Millennia of activity discovered near the Eden Estuary

Excavations in Guardbridge, along the Eden Estuary in Fife, have revealed a rich landscape of archaeological features spanning the late Upper Palaeolithic through to the modern day. Conducted between

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Published: September 27, 2025

World news

Large Iron Age settlement found in Czechia Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a large settlement dating to between the 3rd and 1st century BC in the Hradec Králové region of north-east

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Published: September 27, 2025

Celebrate Public Lands Day This Weekend

Celebrate Public Lands Day This Weekend

Dear Friends, This week, I bring greetings from northern New Mexico! Yesterday, I drove my favorite blue highways through southeastern Arizona and west-central New Mexico, to ultimately arrive in Albu

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Published: September 23, 2025

The Votes Are In! ArchaeoDoodles 2025 Winners Revealed

The Votes Are In! ArchaeoDoodles 2025 Winners Revealed

The results are in for the 2025 ArchaeoDoodles contest! A big thank you to everyone who doodled, submitted, and voted. Your contributions help make archaeology fun and accessible for all! […] The post

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Published: September 20, 2025

CWA Photo Competition 2026

CWA Photo Competition 2026

Send us your best heritage photos for a chance to win! As summer comes to an end, it is the perfect time to reflect on any heritage-filled travels, archaeological projects, or visits to historical sit

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Published: September 18, 2025

Koonalda Cave

Koonalda Cave

Far below the Nullarbor Plain in Australia lies an extraordinary gallery of rock art. Exploration and research in Koonalda Cave has revealed much about these ancient markings, as well as mining and th

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Published: September 18, 2025

CWA 133 – out now

CWA 133 – out now

Deep beneath Australia’s Nullarbor Plain lies Koonalda Cave. Lakes can be found within its subterranean passages, a matter of no little import in this vast semi-arid landscape. But it was not just wat

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Published: September 18, 2025

Volume 129 (2025) Index

The post Volume 129 (2025) Index appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .

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Published: September 17, 2025

Tribal Leaders Push for Chaco Protections

Tribal Leaders Push for Chaco Protections

Dear Friends, Some of you long-timers already know this history, so bear with me for the folks who don’t. This weekly newsletter, Preservation Archaeology Today, has been around in some form or anothe

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Published: September 17, 2025

Mortality Crisis at Akhetaten? Amarna and the Bioarchaeology of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean Epidemic

The question of whether the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten (14th century BCE; modern Amarna) was affected by an epidemic has long been debated. Evidence such as the deaths of several Amarna-period

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Published: September 13, 2025

Aššur’s Newcomers: Evidence for the Maintenance of Population in Imperial Assyrian Capitals Through Resettlement Events

Assyrian urban centers in northern Mesopotamia experienced massive growth during the Neo-Assyrian period (950–612 BCE) of the Iron Age. Aššur was the original seat of the Assyrian empire, acting as th

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Published: September 13, 2025

The Myth of Hellenization: The Early to Middle Hellenistic Period (ca. 300–150 BCE) in Sagalassos and Pisidia (Southwest Anatolia)

The spread of Hellenic ideas, practices, and material culture has long been considered a major factor in the urbanization of Hellenistic Anatolia. While this assertion has been criticized and nuanced

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Published: September 13, 2025

Horns, Crenellations, and Snakes: The Significance of Egyptian Censers in the Houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum

This article explores the significance of censers with Egyptian forms or featuring Egyptian-looking motifs found in the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum. I offer the first full publication of seven u

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Published: September 13, 2025

Marble Distribution Patterns in the Early Byzantine Southwestern Levant: Quantitative and Spatial Approaches

This study applies a quantitative and spatial approach to Early Byzantine marble finds from the southwestern Levant, integrating data into a theoretical model of overland transport costs. While the la

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Published: September 13, 2025

An Unprecedented Museological Endeavor: The First Kings of Europe Exhibition

The First Kings of Europe, organized by the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, is the result of unprecedented international collaboration. The multiyear project, cocurated by William Parkinso

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Published: September 13, 2025

Andrew Colin Renfrew (1937–2024)

The post Andrew Colin Renfrew (1937–2024) appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .

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Published: September 13, 2025

T. Leslie Shear, Jr. (1938–2022)

The post T. Leslie Shear, Jr. (1938–2022) appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .

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Published: September 13, 2025

Brill’s Companion to Warfare in the Bronze Age Aegean

The post Brill’s Companion to Warfare in the Bronze Age Aegean appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .

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Published: September 13, 2025

Faya Palaeolandscape becomes only site in the Arab world to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2025

Faya Palaeolandscape becomes only site in the Arab world to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2025

Nestled in the heart of Sharjah, Faya Palaeolandscape emerges from the vast, rugged desert as a hidden treasure, awaiting the world’s attention. The post Faya Palaeolandscape becomes only site in the

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Published: September 09, 2025

Continuing Coverage: Smithsonian’s Initial Response

Continuing Coverage: Smithsonian’s Initial Response

Dear Friends, This past weekend, I drove to Cortez, Colorado, to attend a beautiful celebration of Dr. William (Bill) Lipe’s life. Bill passed away on April 9, 2025, about a month shy of his 90th birt

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Published: September 09, 2025

Call for Nominations: Martha and Artemis Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award

The Committee is seeking nominations by Monday, September 15 for the Martha and Artemis Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award. A description of the award is as follows: “The … Award is to […] The post

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Published: September 09, 2025

ArchaeoDoodles Returns for IAD 2025

Do you love art and archaeology? Show off your skills in our ArchaeoDoodles Art Contest starting August 25, 2025! We’re counting down to International Archaeology Day, and need your creative […] The p

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Published: August 29, 2025

Studying Early Farming Communities in Portugal Through Ancient Tooth Analysis

One of our 2024 Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship winners, John Willman, provides us with an update: During the course of the project, an extensive collection of deciduous and permanent first […] The

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Published: August 28, 2025

Gold bar found in Mexico was Aztec treasure: study

A gold bar found in a Mexico City park in 1981 was part of the Aztec treasure looted by Hernan...

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Published: August 28, 2025

Preserving Cameroon, Colombia, Türkiye, and Afghanistan

Your experience matters! Join our letter writing campaign to save a place you love. If you appreciate the cultural heritage of Cameroon, Colombia, Türkiye, and/or Afghanistan, YOU can help preserve […

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Published: August 25, 2025

Public Engagement Award

The cover of the coloring book the AIA Princeton Society assisted in creating for International Archaeology Day 2024. Photo courtesy of America Lopez-Luis. The AIA’s new Public Engagement Award is […]

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Published: August 21, 2025

Archanes 2025

Archanes 2025

Excavation of the Minoan palace at Archanes, Crete, produced some interesting information this season. The post Archanes 2025 appeared first on Archaeological Institute of America .

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Published: August 21, 2025

More returns from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

More returns from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tarentine funerary relief Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art The Manhattan DA has provided limited details about the recent return of antiquities to Italy [August 6, 2025; press release ]. A cluster o

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Published: August 08, 2025

Apollonia Pontica

Apollonia Pontica

It was a treacherous stretch of coast. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon, writing in the 4th century BC, describes the perils of the Black Sea shore in the region around Salmydessos, a town in anci

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Published: July 24, 2025

CWA 132 – out now

CWA 132 – out now

Apollonia Pontica was once a welcome refuge for mariners navigating a notoriously treacherous stretch of the Black Sea coast. Tradition has it that this ancient city was founded by Greek settlers from

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Published: July 24, 2025