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HUMAN ANCESTORS CREATED TOOLS CONTINUOUSLY FOR 300,000 YEARS THE CHANGING FACES OF EASTER ISLAND: REVEALING THE SECRETS OF SHAPE-SHIFTING FIGURINES SKULL STUDY TRACKS DIVERSITY IN EARLY DOMESTIC DOGS 1,800-YEAR-OLD CHAMBER TOMB UNEARTHED IN TURKEY 12,000-YEAR-OLD FIGURINE UNCOVERED IN NORTHERN ISRAEL 80,000-YEAR-OLD NEANDERTHAL FOOTPRINTS DISCOVERED ON THE ALGARVE COAST IN PORTUGAL LOST ANCIENT BRONZE AGE CITY OF SEMIYARKA DISCOVERED IN THE EURASIAN STEPPE KEA: SETTLEMENT AND SCULPTURE ON A CYCLADIC ISLAND WHERE IS GOLGOTHA, WHERE JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED? IS THE “BROTHER OF JESUS” INSCRIPTION ON THE JAMES OSSUARY A FORGERY? MOTHER OF INVENTION IN THE SEINE HISTORIC CARGO SHIP MADO 4 LOADED WITH TREASURES RECOVERED FROM THE SEABED OFF TAEAN, SOUTH KOREA POSSIBLE HISTORIC TOWER DISCOVERED IN LAOS DNA ANALYSIS IDENTIFIES NEW POPULATION IN CENTRAL ARGENTINA WOODEN REINDEER TRAP FOUND IN NORWAY’S MELTING ICE 13TH ANNUAL ARCHAEOLOGY FAIR AT THE MARQUETTE REGIONAL HISTORY CENTER THE LONGUE DURÉE AT DION ROMAN WOMAN DEPICTED ON ANCIENT MARBLE SCULPTURE FOUND IN CRIMEA IDENTIFIED FINDING JESUS AT CHORAZIN BYZANTINE SPICED WINE MORE QUERIES AND COMMENTS WINTER 2025 WINTER 2025 CAPTION CONTEST SUMMER 2025 CAPTION CONTEST WINNERS UNWRAPPING MUMMY MYSTERIES BRONZE WARRIOR FIGURINE ANALYSING AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GENOME REFRAMING THE ‘DESERT FRONTIER’: STUDIES IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND NORTHERN ARABIA IN HONOUR OF DAVID KENNEDY ICE AGE ART NOW BETWEEN TWO RIVERS: ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA AND THE BIRTH OF HISTORY CWA 134 CROSSWORD, AND ANSWERS TO CROSSWORD #133 PAUL AND THE SLAVE GIRL IN PHILIPPI AN ANCIENT SOLAR OBSERVATORY VIOLENT VICTORY CELEBRATIONS NEW KINGDOM FORTRESS FOUND IN EGYPT NEW NEOLITHIC FACES RITUAL PLATFORMS IN CHINA SILVER TREASURE IN SWEDEN CWA NEWS IN BRIEF UNDERSTANDING KARNAK’S ORIGINS ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES—THE BIBLE’S MOST NOTORIOUSLY FORGOTTEN VILLAIN HARBOR STRUCTURE DISCOVERED AT THRACIAN PORT OF PERINTHOS LATE BRONZE AGE VOTIVE SET UNEARTHED IN ISRAEL HIDDEN ANCIENT MESSAGES FOUND ON ROMAN GLASSWORK DECODED AN ANALYSIS OF THE STERN COLLECTION OF CYCLADICISING ART OPIUM USE WAS WIDESPREAD IN ANCIENT EGYPT – STUDY OF ALABASTER VASE REVEALS POSSIBLE TREPANATION TOOL UNEARTHED IN POLAND SCIENTISTS SCAN EGYPT’S MENKAURE PYRAMID WITH HIGH-TECH TOOLS HECHT FRAGMENT RETURNS TO ITALY MILITARY HISTORY MATTERS 149 THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE A VERY BLOODY SUMMER: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: PART 2 – A GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BY NUMBERS 2025 FALL SOCIETY OUTREACH GRANT WINNERS NARRAGANSETT SOCIETY COMMUNITY ARCHAEOLOGY DAY BALKAN BREAKDOWN: THE CENTRAL POWERS AT WAR: PART 4 – BULGARIA UNDER THE HEEL: THE IRON CURTAIN FALLS – PART 3: THE CRUSHING OF EASTERN EUROPE 1,300-YEAR-OLD AVAR WARRIOR TOMB WITH RARE WELL-PRESERVED TREASURES DISCOVERED IN HUNGARY WAR ON FILM – GOEBBELS AND THE FÜHRER GIANT CIRCULAR ROMAN BURIAL SITE WITH NO BONES DISCOVERED – WAS IT A CENOTAPH? PROTECTING THE CHACO PROTECTION ZONE ASSAULT ON SHAIZAR: HOW THE ASSASSINS MET THEIR MATCH PERU’S MYSTERIOUS MONTE SIERPE (BAND OF HOLES) MAY HAVE BEEN AN ANCIENT INCA ACCOUNTING SYSTEM WAR CLASSICS – THE RIGHT ON THE LINE LEST WE FORGET: A HISTORY OF BRITAIN IN TEN WAR MEMORIALS FURTHER RETURNS TO GREECE FROM THE MET IAN KNIGHT HUGE PRE-VIKING LONGHOUSE DISCOVERED AT SEM IN NORWAY MAY CONFIRM A SCANDINAVIAN MYTH – A KING’S HOME? BEYOND BURMA: FORGOTTEN ARMIES MHM 149 LETTERS – NOVEMBER MHM 149 COMPETITION BATTLE OF THE ARCTIC: THE MARITIME EPIC OF WORLD WAR TWO MAVERICKS: EMPIRE, OIL, REVOLUTION AND THE FORGOTTEN BATTLE OF WORLD WAR ONE SOVIET SECRET POLICE CHIEFS, 1917-1953: COMMISSARS OF FEAR V-FORCE: BRITAIN’S NUCLEAR BOMBERS AND THE COLD WAR IN BRIEF SECOND-CENTURY SOLDIER’S TOMBSTONE FOUND IN A NEW ORLEANS BACKYARD EXPLORING THE WRECK OF HMHS BRITANNIC ROMAN HELMET FROM THE FIRST PUNIC WAR DISCOVERED BY DEEP-SEA DIVERS SECOND WORLD WAR SHRAPNEL FOUND IN GERMAN TIGER TANK NEW MUSEUM OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PLANNED FOR BLITZ TUNNELS WAR OF WORDS – ‘TANK’ LIONS FROM THE ARCHAIC PANIONION BYZANTINE CAPITAL RETURNED TO TÜRKIYE CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY 429 A MULTI-SIDED STORY: EXAMINING THE NORTON DISNEY DODECAHEDRON IN ITS WIDER CONTEXT RETURNS TO GREECE FROM NEW YORK'S METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 100 YEARS OF WOODHENGE: TRACING AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ICON, FROM DISCOVERY TO NEW DATING EVIDENCE CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY’S NOVEMBER LISTINGS: EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS, AND HERITAGE FROM HOME A STORE OF SECRETS: EXCAVATING ROMAN MILITARY KIT AND PERSONAL POSSESSIONS AT CAERLEON MARIE ANTOINETTE STYLE AT THE V&A, LONDON CHACO ZONE IN JEOPARDY, AGAIN SUNZIA DAWNING SILENT AUCTION AT ASOR’S 125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FIELDWORK REPORT: ALEYNA UYANIK THE BYOM WINNERS ARE HERE! FOA WEBINAR: IGOR KREIMERMAN, MIKE FREIKMAN, AND RACHEL HALLOTE PRECONTACT YUP’IK PLACE BADLY IMPACTED BY TYPHOON HALONG FROM SEALINGS TO SATELLITES: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY QUEST FOR TARHUNTASSA THE CYCLADES IN THE MYCENAEAN PERIOD: A VIEW FROM AYIA IRINI, KEA ACROSS TIME AND TERRAIN: EXPLORING EURASIA’S BURIAL MOUNDS FORGING THE PAST: UNCOVERING ANCIENT BRONZE PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN GREECE FROM POMPEII TO PARIS: REUNITING THE VILLA DELLA PISANELLA’S LOST ARTIFACTS DISCOVERING HERA’S TEMPLE, ONE STONE AT A TIME BREAKING: INTERIOR PLANS TO CUT MORE THAN 2,000 JOBS ARCHAEOLOGIST RECEIVES MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANT NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS IN TURMOIL FOUR NATIONS SYMPOSIUM ON SONORAN ROCK IMAGERY CONCLUDES CWA PHOTO COMPETITION 2026 KOONALDA CAVE CWA 133 – OUT NOW VOLUME 129 (2025) INDEX 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 GOLD BAR FOUND IN MEXICO WAS AZTEC TREASURE: STUDY
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Human Ancestors Created Tools Continuously for 300,000 Years

Human Ancestors Created Tools Continuously for 300,000 Years

Goodness gracious, Friends, do I love the science of tree-ring dating! My dissertation research, which I published in 1997 as Time, Trees, and Prehistory, explored the 15-year-long effort, from 1914 t

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Published: November 19, 2025

The changing faces of Easter Island: Revealing the secrets of shape-shifting figurines

Easter Island did not just produce monumental stone sculptures. It was also home to talented woodcarvers making an extraordinary range of figurines. Paul Horley, Rafal Wieczorek, Catherine Orliac, and

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Published: November 19, 2025

Skull Study Tracks Diversity in Early Domestic Dogs

Skull Study Tracks Diversity in Early Domestic Dogs

EXETER, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by the University of Exeter, variation in the size […] The post Skull Study Tracks Diversity in Early Domestic Dogs appeared first on Archaeology Maga

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Published: November 19, 2025

1,800-Year-Old Chamber Tomb Unearthed in Turkey

ADIYAMAN, TURKEY—According to a Türkiye Today report, an 1,800-year-old chamber tomb has been uncovered at […] The post 1,800-Year-Old Chamber Tomb Unearthed in Turkey appeared first on Archaeology Ma

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Published: November 19, 2025

12,000-Year-Old Figurine Uncovered in Northern Israel

12,000-Year-Old Figurine Uncovered in Northern Israel

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—A 12,000-year-old figurine depicting a human-animal interaction has been unearthed at Nahal Ein Gev […] The post 12,000-Year-Old Figurine Uncovered in Northern Israel appeared first

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Published: November 19, 2025

80,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Footprints Discovered On The Algarve Coast In Portugal

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent international study published in Scientific Reports has identified a previously unknown Neanderthal site on Portugal’s Algarve coast. This site features the fi

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Published: November 18, 2025

Lost Ancient Bronze Age City Of Semiyarka Discovered In The Eurasian Steppe

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A significant archaeological discovery has recently been made on the Eurasian Steppe, where researchers have uncovered a large Bronze Age city known as Semiyarka. Nic

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Published: November 18, 2025

Kea: Settlement and sculpture on a Cycladic island

A visit to Kea allows Martin J P Davies to dip into the archaeology of a charming island.

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Published: November 18, 2025

Where Is Golgotha, Where Jesus Was Crucified?

Where Is Golgotha, Where Jesus Was Crucified?

Where is Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified, located in Jerusalem? Marcel Serr and Dieter Vieweger discuss past and current investigations into the site where Jesus was crucified. The post Where Is G

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Published: November 18, 2025

Is the “Brother of Jesus” Inscription on the James Ossuary a Forgery?

Is the “Brother of Jesus” Inscription on the James Ossuary a Forgery?

Although the famous “brother of Jesus” inscription on the so-called James Ossuary has been authenticated by two world-class paleographers, not everyone is convinced that the inscription is authentic.

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Published: November 18, 2025

Mother of invention

If you happen to be among the many people who are born and raised in the countryside, chances are that you have found yourself at some point in your life quarrelling about city people who seemed to im

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Published: November 18, 2025

In the Seine

An exhibition in Paris explores the history of the city through the objects recovered from the river at its heart.

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Published: November 18, 2025

Historic Cargo Ship Mado 4 Loaded With Treasures Recovered From The Seabed Off Taean, South Korea

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The National Research Institute of Maritime Heritage (NRIMH) has announced the successful completion of a significant underwater archaeological project. South Korean ar

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Published: November 18, 2025

Possible Historic Tower Discovered in Laos

CHAMPASAK PROVINCE, LAOS—Vietnam Plus reports that local residents discovered a tower surrounded by a brick […] The post Possible Historic Tower Discovered in Laos appeared first on Archaeology Magazi

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Published: November 18, 2025

DNA Analysis Identifies New Population in Central Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA—Science Magazine reports that a genetic study conducted by an international team of […] The post DNA Analysis Identifies New Population in Central Argentina appeared first on A

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Published: November 18, 2025

Wooden Reindeer Trap Found in Norway’s Melting Ice

Wooden Reindeer Trap Found in Norway’s Melting Ice

VESTLAND COUNTY, NORWAY—Live Science reports that a 1,500-year-old reindeer trap and unusual wooden objects have […] The post Wooden Reindeer Trap Found in Norway’s Melting Ice appeared first on Archa

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Published: November 18, 2025

13th Annual Archaeology Fair at the Marquette Regional History Center

The 13th Annual Archaeology Fair, held on October 18th at the Marquette Regional History Center, was a huge hit! This year, 221 visitors joined the fun, exploring 13 different booths […] The post 13th

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Published: November 18, 2025

The longue durée at Dion

On 1 August 1960, I visited Mycenae for the first time. In my diary I described it as a terribly moving experience, seeing the shaft graves and the famed treasuries of Atreus and Clytemnestra. Looking

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Published: November 18, 2025

Roman Woman Depicted On Ancient Marble Sculpture Found In Crimea Identified

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient Roman sculpted portrait of an unidentified woman was discovered in a residential house in the western section of Chersonesos Taurica, located in the southw

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Published: November 17, 2025

Finding Jesus at Chorazin

Finding Jesus at Chorazin

It seems like almost every year, archaeologists uncover another ancient synagogue in the Holy Land. Although many of these synagogues have become famous for their […] The post Finding Jesus at Chorazi

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Published: November 17, 2025

Byzantine Spiced Wine

Byzantine Spiced Wine

For this recipe, we travel to ancient Constantinople (modern Istanbul), the capital of the mighty Byzantine Empire. Founded in the seventh century BCE as a […] The post Byzantine Spiced Wine appeared

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Published: November 17, 2025

More Queries and Comments Winter 2025

More Queries and Comments Winter 2025

Unpublished Excavations YOUR SPRING ISSUE was a fitting tribute to BAR on its 50th anniversary and to the vision, initiative, and drive of your founding […] The post More Queries and Comments Winter 2

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Published: November 17, 2025

Winter 2025 Caption Contest

Winter 2025 Caption Contest

Write a caption for the cartoon (above) based on Jonah 3:6: “When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, covered […] The post Winter 2025 Caption Contest appeared first on Bibl

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Published: November 17, 2025

Summer 2025 Caption Contest Winners

Summer 2025 Caption Contest Winners

And the winner is… “You can tell by the way I use my walk, I’m the Lord’s man, no time to talk!” —Beth Vanderbeck, Charleston, […] The post Summer 2025 Caption Contest Winners appeared first on Biblic

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Published: November 17, 2025

Unwrapping Mummy Mysteries

Unwrapping Mummy Mysteries

More than just the stuff of Hollywood movies, mummies and mummified remains have been the subject of scientific inquiry for centuries. Although early studies of […] The post Unwrapping Mummy Mysteries

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Published: November 17, 2025

Bronze warrior figurine

The statuette… is intricate and highly detailed… What is it? This small, bronze figurine, which measures 7.5cm tall and weighs 55g, depicts a warrior standing in a lunging pose. He holds a

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Published: November 17, 2025

Analysing an ancient Egyptian genome

A recent study has successfully carried out full genome sequencing of a person from ancient Egypt for the first time.

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Published: November 17, 2025

Reframing the ‘Desert Frontier’: studies in the ancient Near East and northern Arabia in honour of David Kennedy

REVIEW BY MATTHEW SYMONDS This volume honours Professor David Kennedy, a pioneering scholar of ancient Arabia and Rome’s eastern frontier, by bringing together 21 scholarly contributions examining bot

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Published: November 17, 2025

Ice Age art now

REVIEW BY OSCAR MORO ABADIA This publication was created to accompany the British Museum Partnership Exhibition Ice Age art now, held at Cliffe Castle Museum in summer 2025. The exhibition showcased t

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Published: November 16, 2025

Between Two Rivers: ancient Mesopotamia and the birth of history

REVIEW BY TIMOTHY MATNEY The academic world inhabited by Sumerologists and Assyriologists is highly specialised and largely inaccessible for even the hardiest lovers of history. The texts themselves a

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Published: November 16, 2025

CWA 134 crossword, and answers to crossword #133

Across 8 US state containing the Last Supper Cave archaeological site (6)9 Persian dynasty founded by Ardashir I (8)10 US state, location of the Hell Island archaeological site (8)11 Military governor

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Published: November 16, 2025

Paul and the Slave Girl in Philippi

Paul and the Slave Girl in Philippi

Some may be surprised that a passage in the Bible has a connection to Python from Greek mythology. The post Paul and the Slave Girl in Philippi appeared first on Biblical Archaeology Society .

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Published: November 16, 2025

An ancient solar observatory

Iván Ghezzi, Alcides Alvarez, and Cecilia Camargo discuss the unique site of Chankillo in Peru.

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Published: November 16, 2025

Violent victory celebrations

Recent analysis has shed new light on the circumstances surrounding a pair of unusual Neolithic mass graves in north-east France. Around a decade ago, two late Middle Neolithic burial pits were discov

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Published: November 15, 2025

New Kingdom fortress found in Egypt

Excavations by an Egyptian archaeological mission at the site of Tell el-Kharouba in North Sinai have discovered a large military fortress dating to the New Kingdom period, c.1550-1070 BC. Initial arc

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Published: November 15, 2025

New Neolithic faces

A c.12,000-year-old stone pillar decorated with a human face has been found at the archaeological site of Karahan Tepe in Turkey. Karahan Tepe is a Pre-pottery Neolithic ritual complex that forms part

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Published: November 15, 2025

Ritual platforms in China

Earthen platforms uncovered at a site in eastern China are believed to reflect efforts by early states to use ritual events as a way to unify their expanding territories. The three large

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Published: November 15, 2025

Silver treasure in Sweden

A large silver hoard dating to the medieval period has been discovered near Stockholm, Sweden. The treasure was unearthed by a member of the public digging for worms near his summer house,

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Published: November 15, 2025

CWA news in brief

Culture vultures A new study, recently published in Ecology (https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70191), reveals that the nests of bearded vultures can contain objects dating back hundreds of years. Examinati

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Published: November 15, 2025

Understanding Karnak’s origins

Recent research at the Karnak temple complex near Luxor, Egypt, is offering new insights into the site’s origins and the development of the surrounding landscape over its 3,000 years of use. The

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Published: November 15, 2025

Antiochus Epiphanes—The Bible’s Most Notoriously Forgotten Villain

Antiochus Epiphanes—The Bible’s Most Notoriously Forgotten Villain

Many names come to mind when someone mentions the great “villains” of the Bible. Some are foreign powers, like the Pharaoh of the Exodus or […] The post Antiochus Epiphanes—The Bible’s Most Notoriousl

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Published: November 15, 2025

Harbor Structure Discovered at Thracian Port of Perinthos

TEKİRDAĞ, TURKEY—Hürryet Daily News reports that a harbor structure has been found underwater at the […] The post Harbor Structure Discovered at Thracian Port of Perinthos appeared first on Archaeolog

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Published: November 15, 2025

Late Bronze Age Votive Set Unearthed in Israel

Late Bronze Age Votive Set Unearthed in Israel

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—According to a Live Science report, an archaeological investigation conducted ahead of a road […] The post Late Bronze Age Votive Set Unearthed in Israel appeared first on Archaeolog

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Published: November 15, 2025

Hidden Ancient Messages Found On Roman Glasswork Decoded

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Hallie Meredith, an art history professor and glassblower at Washington State University, made a significant discovery about ancient Roman glasswork while examining a

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Published: November 14, 2025

An Analysis of the Stern Collection of Cycladicising Art

An Analysis of the Stern Collection of Cycladicising Art

The loan exhibition of the Leonard N. Stern collection of Cycladicising art at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has been drawing much attention. Our detailed analysis has just been published by M

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Published: November 14, 2025

Opium Use Was Widespread In Ancient Egypt – Study Of Alabaster Vase Reveals

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent study conducted by the Yale Ancient Pharmacology Program (YAPP) has identified traces of opiates in an ancient alabaster vase from the Yale Peabody Museum's Ba

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Published: November 14, 2025

Possible Trepanation Tool Unearthed in Poland

Possible Trepanation Tool Unearthed in Poland

WARSAW, POLAND—According to a Live Science report, a metal tool that may have been used […] The post Possible Trepanation Tool Unearthed in Poland appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

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Published: November 14, 2025

Scientists Scan Egypt’s Menkaure Pyramid with High-Tech Tools

MUNICH, GERMANY—According to a statement released by the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the ScanPyramids […] The post Scientists Scan Egypt’s Menkaure Pyramid with High-Tech Tools appeared firs

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Published: November 14, 2025

Hecht fragment returns to Italy

Hecht fragment returns to Italy

Source: MMA In January 2024 New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art deaccessioned the foot of an Attic black-figured band cup related to the Lysippides painter (inv. 2017.18 ; BAPD 340463). The fragment

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Published: November 14, 2025

Military History Matters 149

250th anniversary: revolution in America, the fight for independence Under the Soviet heel: the crushing of eastern Europe Balkan breakdown: Bulgaria’s belated and ultimately disastrous entry into WWI

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Published: November 13, 2025

The road to independence

In our latest four-part series, marking the 250th anniversary of US independence, Fred Chiaventone examines first the genesis of America’s Revolutionary War, how discontent exploded into open warfare,

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Published: November 13, 2025

A very bloody summer: The American Revolution: Part 2 – a game of cat and mouse

In the second part of our series, Fred Chiaventone looks at how the conflict escalated as the two sides struggled to gain the upper hand.

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Published: November 13, 2025

The American Revolution by numbers

£133 million - Britain's national debt after the Seven Years War. This enormous deficit prompted the introduction of unpopular new taxes in North America.

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Published: November 13, 2025

2025 Fall Society Outreach Grant Winners

Lincoln-Omaha – Film and Lecture The Lincoln-Omaha Society was awarded a grant for their upcoming March event. The Society will screen the film The Lost King (2023) in a film […] The post 2025 Fall So

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Published: November 13, 2025

Narragansett Society Community Archaeology Day

Narragansett Society Community Archaeology Day

International Archaeology Day 2025 was on Saturday, October 18. The AIA Narragansett Society hosted a Community Archaeology Day event, which included an open house and an excavation. The open house […

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Published: November 13, 2025

Balkan breakdown: The Central Powers at war: PART 4 – BULGARIA

Concluding our series on Imperial Germany’s Great War allies, Graham Goodlad examines Bulgaria’s belated and ultimately disastrous entry into the conflict.

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Published: November 13, 2025

Under the heel: The Iron Curtain falls – Part 3: the crushing of Eastern Europe

In the third part of our series on the coming of the Cold War, Taylor Downing reveals how Stalin consolidated military and political control over a new Soviet bloc.

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Published: November 12, 2025

1,300-Year-Old Avar Warrior Tomb With Rare Well-Preserved Treasures Discovered In Hungary

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Avars, originating from Central and Inner Asia, arrived in the Carpathian Basin around 567/568. They were the first to unify this region under a single political

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Published: November 12, 2025

War on Film – Goebbels and the Führer

Taylor Downing reviews the latest film and television releases.

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Published: November 12, 2025

Giant Circular Roman Burial Site With No Bones Discovered – Was It A Cenotaph?

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An unusual Roman circular burial site has been uncovered, notable for the absence of any human bones. This finding is particularly intriguing, as most Roman burials typ

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Published: November 12, 2025

Protecting the Chaco Protection Zone

Hi Friends, As promised, here’s the video/audio (opens at YouTube) of Paul Reed’s recent interview with Four Corners KSJE host Scott Michlin, in which my friend and colleague fiercely defends the 10-m

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Published: November 12, 2025

Assault on Shaizar: How the Assassins met their match

They were the world’s most feared killers. But, in 1114, the Assassins were thwarted – not by elite bodyguards, but by a group of middle-aged women who weren’t prepared to be pushed around. Steve Tibb

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Published: November 11, 2025

Peru’s Mysterious Monte Sierpe (Band Of Holes) May Have Been An Ancient Inca Accounting System

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Monte Sierpe (also known as the Band of Holes), meaning "serpent mountain," is a remarkable archaeological site in the Pisco Valley of the southern Peruvian Andes. Sp

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Published: November 11, 2025

War Classics – The Right on the Line

Nick Spenceley reconsiders The Right of the Line by John Terraine

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Published: November 11, 2025

Lest we forget: A history of Britain in ten war memorials

Tessa Dunlop uncovers the stories behind some of the UK’s most fascinating monuments to conflict, and reveals what they tell us about changing attitudes to war.

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Published: November 11, 2025

Further returns to Greece from the Met

Further returns to Greece from the Met

Source: Hellenic Consulate General in New York In September 2025 a number of antiquities were seized from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and at least six formed part of the return to Greece ann

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Published: November 11, 2025

Ian Knight

The winner of MHM’s 2025 Book of the Year award on redcoats, distant battlefields, and the film that started it all.

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Published: November 10, 2025

Huge Pre-Viking Longhouse Discovered At Sem In Norway May Confirm A Scandinavian Myth – A King’s Home?

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During excavations at Øvre Eiker near Oslo, Norway, archaeologists uncovered an unusually large longhouse. What sets this building apart is its impressive width: it mea

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Published: November 10, 2025

Beyond Burma: forgotten armies

Reviewing the best military history exhibitions, with Peter Popham.

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Published: November 10, 2025

MHM 149 Letters – November

Your thoughts on issues raised by the magazine.

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Published: November 09, 2025

MHM 149 Competition

Put your military history knowledge to the test with our competition.

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Published: November 09, 2025

Battle of the Arctic: the maritime epic of World War Two

REVIEW BY NICK HEWITT Developing a fresh interpretation for a well-charted subject area is always a challenge, as this reviewer knows only too well. I therefore approached Hugh Sebag-Montefiore’s reco

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Published: November 09, 2025

Mavericks: empire, oil, revolution and the forgotten battle of World War One

REVIEW BY JONATHAN EATON Despite the vast literature on the First World War, there remain important aspects of the conflict that have yet to be fully explored. In recent years, a series

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Published: November 09, 2025

Soviet Secret Police Chiefs, 1917-1953: commissars of fear

REVIEW BY ANDRÉ VAN LOON To get straight to the point: the strength of Soviet Secret Police Chiefs lies in its weakness. It is an engrossing read and yet a partial historical

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Published: November 09, 2025

V-Force: Britain’s nuclear bombers and the Cold War

REVIEW BY GRAHAM GOODLAD Growing up near RAF Scampton at the height of the Cold War, in my formative years the delta-winged Avro Vulcan was a familiar sight. Soaring overhead with what

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Published: November 09, 2025

In Brief

MHM’s round-up of the latest military history releases.

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Published: November 09, 2025

Second-century soldier’s tombstone found in a New Orleans backyard

In March 2025, the owners of a house in the Carrollton neighbourhood of New Orleans came across a flat marble slab while clearing undergrowth in their backyard. The unusual object bore an

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Published: November 08, 2025

Exploring the wreck of HMHS Britannic

Investigations have been carried out at the wreck site of the RMS Titanic’s sister-ship, which was sunk during the First World War. HMHS Britannic was the last of three ‘Olympic-class’ ocean liners

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Published: November 08, 2025

Roman helmet from the First Punic War discovered by deep-sea divers

Underwater excavations around the Aegadian Islands, off the north-west coast of Sicily, have discovered a 2,200-year-old bronze helmet of the ‘Montefortino’ type. This style of Roman helmet, which has

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Published: November 08, 2025

Second World War shrapnel found in German Tiger tank

A routine inspection of the famous Tiger 131 German tank on show at the Tank Museum in Dorset has unearthed a piece of shrapnel that has remained hidden inside one of its

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Published: November 08, 2025

New museum of military intelligence planned for Blitz tunnels

Plans have recently been announced for a new museum of military intelligence inside an underground tunnel complex in central London, dating to the Second World War. The Kingsway Exchange Tunnels were

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Published: November 08, 2025

War of Words – ‘Tank’

With Marc DeSantis

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Published: November 08, 2025

Lions from the archaic Panionion

Lions from the archaic Panionion

Source: MMA In 1992 three terracotta antefixes decorated with the heads of lions were acquired by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (1992.36.1, 2, 3). Their histories were supplied: [With George Z

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Published: November 06, 2025

Byzantine Capital Returned to Türkiye

Byzantine Capital Returned to Türkiye

A marble Byzantine capital showing the archangel Michael has been returned to Türkiye from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. 1983.167) [ JSTOR ]: it has been placed on loan at the museum ( L

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Published: November 06, 2025

Current Archaeology 429

Examining the Norton Disney dodecahedron: a mysterious artefact from the Roman world 100 years of Woodhenge: from discovery to new dating evidence A store of secrets: excavating military kit and perso

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Published: November 06, 2025

A multi-sided story: Examining the Norton Disney dodecahedron in its wider context

Around 130 dodecahedra have been found across the northern Roman Empire, but the purpose of these ornate objects is unknown, and few have been recovered from datable contexts in modern excavations. An

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Published: November 06, 2025

Returns to Greece from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art

Returns to Greece from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source: MMA The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that it returned 12 antiquities to the Hellenic Republic of Greece in October. The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that it is return

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Published: November 06, 2025

100 years of Woodhenge: Tracing an archaeological icon, from discovery to new dating evidence

December 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the identification of a remarkable prehistoric timber monument just two miles from Stonehenge in Wiltshire. Amanda Chadburn is our guide around Woodhenge a

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Published: November 06, 2025

Current Archaeology’s November 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: November 06, 2025

A store of secrets: Excavating Roman military kit and personal possessions at Caerleon

Between 2008 and 2010, the first modern excavation of a legionary storehouse anywhere in the Roman Empire was carried out at Caerleon. With the full findings now published, Carly Hilts reports on what

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Published: November 05, 2025

Marie Antoinette Style at the V&A, London

Marie Antoinette is one of the most famous and most misunderstood figures of 18th-century France. Carly Hilts visited a new exhibition exploring her life and legacy.

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Published: November 05, 2025

Chaco Zone in Jeopardy, Again

Chaco Zone in Jeopardy, Again

Hi Folks, Paul Reed here, filling in for Steve this week. One of our most beloved places—Chaco Culture National Historical Park—is once again threatened. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is moving

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Published: November 05, 2025

SunZia Dawning

SunZia Dawning

John R. Welch, Vice President, Preservation & Collaboration (November 3, 2025)—I am not big on fall. In my ledger, arborescent polychromes don’t balance out the shortening days or the calls to abandon

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Published: November 04, 2025

Silent Auction at ASOR’s 125th Anniversary Celebration

The post Silent Auction at ASOR’s 125th Anniversary Celebration appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: November 01, 2025

Fieldwork Report: Aleyna Uyanik

The post Fieldwork Report: Aleyna Uyanik appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: November 01, 2025

The BYOM Winners Are Here!

The BYOM Winners Are Here!

Thank you to all our builders and voters who came out to participate in this year’s Build Your Own Monument Contest: Brick Edition. We loved seeing all the monuments and […] The post The BYOM Winners

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Published: October 31, 2025

FOA Webinar: Igor Kreimerman, Mike Freikman, and Rachel Hallote

The post FOA Webinar: Igor Kreimerman, Mike Freikman, and Rachel Hallote appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: October 29, 2025

Precontact Yup’ik Place Badly Impacted by Typhoon Halong

Precontact Yup’ik Place Badly Impacted by Typhoon Halong

Dear Friends, I write to you aboard a flight to my beloved hometown, Chicago. I’m headed back to the Field Museum, where I worked from 1997 to 2006, to engage in discussions with their new curator of

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Published: October 28, 2025

From Sealings to Satellites: A Multidisciplinary Quest for Tarhuntassa

One of our 2024 Richard C. MacDonald Iliad Grant winners, Alvise Matessi, provides us with an update: In 2024, the AIA awarded a Richard C. MacDonald Iliad Endowment for Archaeological […] The post Fr

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Published: October 24, 2025

The Cyclades in the Mycenaean Period: A View from Ayia Irini, Kea

One of our 2024 Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship winners, Anna Belza, provides us with an update: Anna Belza, PhD candidate in the Department of Classics at the University of […] The post The Cyc

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Published: October 24, 2025

Across Time and Terrain: Exploring Eurasia’s Burial Mounds

One of our 2024-2025 DAI Exchange Fellowship winners, Regina Uhl, provides us with an update: Supported by a fellowship from the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), I was able to […] The post A

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Published: October 24, 2025

Forging the Past: Uncovering Ancient Bronze Production in Northern Greece

One of our 2024-2025 Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship winners, Justine Lefebvre, provides us with an update: I received the Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship in […] The post Forging the Pas

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Published: October 24, 2025

From Pompeii to Paris: Reuniting the Villa della Pisanella’s Lost Artifacts

One of our 2024-2025 Olivia James Traveling Fellowship winners, Susanna Faas-Bush, provides us with an update: During her year as the 2024-2025 Olivia James Traveling Fellow, Susanna Faas-Bush tracked

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Published: October 24, 2025

Discovering Hera’s Temple, One Stone at a Time

One of our 2024-2025 Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship winners, Rebecca Salem, provides us with an update: The Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship provided invaluable support […] The post Disc

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Published: October 24, 2025

BREAKING: Interior Plans to Cut More Than 2,000 Jobs

Dear Friends, With heavy hearts and our thoughts going out to our many friends and colleagues in service at Interior, we are saddened and frustrated to bring you today’s headline article on looming cu

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Published: October 21, 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

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

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

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

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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)

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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

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