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THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII: THE IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION COMMUNITY, TECHNOLOGY AND TRADITION: A SOCIAL PREHISTORY OF THE GREAT ORME MINE FLOREAT SALOPIA: A CELEBRATION OF SHROPSHIRE’S HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY CAT TALES: A HISTORY LIVING AND DYING IN A LANCASHIRE COTTON TOWN LANDSCAPES OF KINGSHIP IN EARLY MEDIEVAL IRELAND, AD 400-1150 DEFINED BY STONES: 50 EXTRAORDINARY ROCKY PLACES THAT CONNECT OUR PREHISTORIC ANCESTORS TO NORTHERN LANDSCAPES THE C F A VOYSEY SOCIETY FIRST-EVER 3D MODEL ALLOWS YOU TO EXPLORE THE ICONIC EASTER ISLAND STATUES UP CLOSE IS SHESHONQ BURIED AT TANIS? REVIEW: THE SYRIAC WORLD: IN SEARCH OF A FORGOTTEN CHRISTIANITY TWO LOTS WITHDRAWN FROM BONHAM'S SALE MORE THAN DROUGHT BEHIND ANCIENT MAYA CIVILIZATION’S COLLAPSE THE NEPHILIM AND THE SONS OF GOD THE ADAM AND EVE STORY: EVE CAME FROM WHERE? CZECH TOWN’S MEDIEVAL PAST REVEALED WERE ANCIENT EURASIAN WOLVES TAME? INSIDE THE SEARCH FOR A CLOVIS QUARRY IN MARYLAND ANCIENT ASTRONOMICAL STRUCTURE PREDATING THE SOLAR OBSERVATORY OF CHANKILLO DISCOVERED IN PERU MOSAIC GAME BOARD FOUND AT MAYA SITE OF NAACHTUN CHURCH OF ST. STEPHEN’S MOSAIC MASTERPIECE MEGASTRUCTURE UNCOVERED AT TEL SHIMRON NDEE TRAILS CONTINUING COVERAGE: PROTECTING THE CHACO PROTECTION ZONE TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR MAARAV 29.1-2 (2025) WORKSHOP SPACE EXCAVATED AT BRONZE AGE CYPRUS SETTLEMENT BUTCHERED NEANDERTHAL REMAINS FROM BELGIUM ANALYZED UPDATE FROM PERU’S ANCIENT SOLAR OBSERVATORY UNEARTHING ANATOLIA’S ANCIENT CITY OF LYSTRA WHERE HISTORY AND FAITH CONVERGE ARCHAEOLOGY RESOURCES, PATHWAYS, AND IMPACT FAIR AT AIA ANNUAL MEETING WHO WERE THE HITTITES? ANCIENT JERUSALEM: THE VILLAGE, THE TOWN, THE CITY ANNOUNCING THE AIA’S 2026 AWARD WINNERS POSSIBLE DECAPITATED HEAD RECOVERED AT CELTIC FORT IN SPAIN 1,700-YEAR-OLD SARCOPHAGUS FOUND IN HUNGARY MURDER OF DUKE BÉLA OF MACSÓ: A 700-YEAR-OLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL MYSTERY THE WOMAN AND THE GOOSE SCHOOL TRIP RESULTS IN CHANCE FIND MYSTERY OF PHARAOH SHOSHENQ III’S SARCOPHAGUS DEEPENS: UNKNOWN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN INSCRIPTIONS AND 225 ROYAL USHABTI FIGURINES DISCOVERED IN TANIS WHO KISSED FIRST? HIEROGLYPHS REVEAL THE NAME OF FORGOTTEN MAYA QUEEN IX CH’AK CH’EEN MYSTERY OF THE CONTROVERSIAL JORDAN LEAD CODICES SOLVED? PERHAPS NOT CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE MIDLANDS AND ABROAD CONFERENCE ENIGMATIC STONE STRUCTURE AND UNDECIPHERED INSCRIPTION NEAR BULANIK VILLAGE, KARS PROVINCE, TURKEY – STILL UNEXPLAINED A LIFE LESS WEALTHY CWA 134 – OUT NOW CURRENT WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY 134 A LIFE LESS WEALTHY: THE ORDINARY LIVES OF NABATAEAN PETRA TRAIL MEMORIES CORINTH’S GREATEST TREASURE REDRAWING THE FAMILY TREE INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY DAY AT THE NATIONAL ARTS CLUB: TRADE AND CULTURAL CONNECTIONS IN THE BALTIC EXPLORING 8,000 YEARS OF WATER HISTORY: IAD AT THE AIA-GAINESVILLE SOCIETY ARCHAEOLOGY DAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA: A DAY OF HANDS-ON HISTORY SMALL RINGS, GREAT POWER: ASSESSING THE VIMOSE MAIL COAT HUMAN ANCESTORS CREATED TOOLS CONTINUOUSLY FOR 300,000 YEARS THE CHANGING FACES OF EASTER ISLAND: REVEALING THE SECRETS OF SHAPE-SHIFTING FIGURINES PYLOS: FROM PRINCES TO A PALACE IN MESSENIA 80,000-YEAR-OLD NEANDERTHAL FOOTPRINTS DISCOVERED ON THE ALGARVE COAST IN PORTUGAL KEA: SETTLEMENT AND SCULPTURE ON A CYCLADIC ISLAND MOTHER OF INVENTION IN THE SEINE 13TH ANNUAL ARCHAEOLOGY FAIR AT THE MARQUETTE REGIONAL HISTORY CENTER THE LONGUE DURÉE AT DION 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 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 AN ANALYSIS OF THE STERN COLLECTION OF CYCLADICISING ART 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 WAR ON FILM – GOEBBELS AND THE FÜHRER PROTECTING THE CHACO PROTECTION ZONE ASSAULT ON SHAIZAR: HOW THE ASSASSINS MET THEIR MATCH 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 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 LIONS FROM THE ARCHAIC PANIONION BYZANTINE CAPITAL RETURNED TO TÜRKIYE RETURNS TO GREECE FROM NEW YORK'S METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART CHACO ZONE IN JEOPARDY, AGAIN SUNZIA DAWNING SILENT AUCTION AT ASOR’S 125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FIELDWORK REPORT: ALEYNA UYANIK THE BYOM WINNERS ARE HERE! PRECONTACT YUP’IK PLACE BADLY IMPACTED BY TYPHOON HALONG FROM SEALINGS TO SATELLITES: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY QUEST FOR TARHUNTASSA BREAKING: INTERIOR PLANS TO CUT MORE THAN 2,000 JOBS 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
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The Last Days of Pompeii: the immersive exhibition

A new exhibition in London uses cutting-edge technology to recreate the streets of Pompeii – and the explosive events that turned a thriving Roman settlement into an archaeological time capsule. Carly

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Published: November 30, 2025

Community, Technology and Tradition: a social prehistory of the Great Orme Mine

REVIEW BY PAUL T CRADDOCK This is a very thorough description of every aspect of the prehistoric copper mines on the Great Orme at Llandudno. It is also an attempt to recreate

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Published: November 29, 2025

Floreat Salopia: a celebration of Shropshire’s history and archaeology

REVIEW BY BRANDON BRAUN The Latin motto for Shropshire – Floreat Salopia, ‘may Shropshire flourish’ – has been used since at least the 17th century, so it is a fitting title for

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Published: November 29, 2025

Cat Tales: A History

REVIEW BY CH Dogs may be ‘man’s best friend’, but cats also share a long relationship with humans – a tale (tail?) that archaeologist Jerry Moore recounts in this absorbing overview, covering

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Published: November 29, 2025

Living and Dying in a Lancashire Cotton Town

REVIEW BY REBECCA GOWLAND The town of Blackburn in Lancashire was a key player in Britain’s industrial cotton boom, which saw a quadrupling of its inhabitants during the first half of the

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Published: November 29, 2025

Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1150

REVIEW BY FINBAR McCORMICK This book is the first interdisciplinary analysis of early Irish kingship based on both historical and archaeological sources; it was formerly the preserve of just historian

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Published: November 29, 2025

Defined by Stones: 50 extraordinary rocky places that connect our prehistoric ancestors to northern landscapes

REVIEW BY ROB IXER This is the second landscape book by Jackson to be published this year and is in many respects a prequel to his earlier Rocks on the Edge of

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Published: November 29, 2025

The C F A Voysey Society

In his speech of thanks for the dinner that was given to mark his 70th birthday in 1927, the architect and designer C F A (Charles) Voysey (1857-1941) declared: ‘my work was

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Published: November 29, 2025

First-Ever 3D Model Allows You To Explore The Iconic Easter Island Statues Up Close

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Easter Island (Rapa Nui), situated in the heart of the South Pacific and thousands of miles from the nearest continent, is renowned as one of the world’s most remote in

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Published: November 28, 2025

Is Sheshonq Buried at Tanis?

Is Sheshonq Buried at Tanis?

While carrying out conservation work within the tomb of Pharaoh Osorkon II (r. 872–837 BCE), a French archaeology team was shocked to discover a trove […] The post Is Sheshonq Buried at Tanis? appeare

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Published: November 28, 2025

Review: The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity

Review: The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity

The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity By Françoise Briquel Chatonnet and Muriel Debié, trans. by Jeffrey Haines (New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, […] The post Review: The Syriac World: I

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Published: November 28, 2025

Two lots withdrawn from Bonham's sale

Two lots withdrawn from Bonham's sale

Becchina Archive Source: Christos Tsirogiannis. Dr Christos Tsirogiannis has identified two lots that were due to be auctioned at next week's sale of antiquities at Bonham's (4 December 2025). Both fe

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Published: November 28, 2025

More Than Drought Behind Ancient Maya Civilization’s Collapse

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Between 750 and 900 CE, the Maya lowlands in Central America underwent a significant demographic and political decline. Scientific studies have long linked this colla

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Published: November 27, 2025

The Nephilim and the Sons of God

The Nephilim and the Sons of God

Sandwiched between the genealogies of Adam’s descendants and the tale of Noah’s flood are a few enigmatic verses that leave many of us scratching our […] The post The Nephilim and the Sons of God appe

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Published: November 27, 2025

The Adam and Eve Story: Eve Came From Where?

The Adam and Eve Story: Eve Came From Where?

The Book of Genesis tells us that God created woman from one of Adam’s ribs. But Biblical scholar Ziony Zevit says that the traditional translation of the Biblical text is wrong: Eve came from a diffe

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Published: November 27, 2025

Czech Town’s Medieval Past Revealed

Czech Town’s Medieval Past Revealed

TŘEBÍČ, CZECH REPUBLIC—An excavation conducted in the historic center of the town of Třebíč has […] The post Czech Town’s Medieval Past Revealed appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

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Published: November 27, 2025

Were Ancient Eurasian Wolves Tame?

Were Ancient Eurasian Wolves Tame?

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN—According to a statement released by Stockholm University, an international team of scientists suggests […] The post Were Ancient Eurasian Wolves Tame? appeared first on Archaeology

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Published: November 27, 2025

Inside the Search for a Clovis Quarry in Maryland

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND—ABC News Baltimore reports that Maryland State Terrestrial Archaeologist Zachary Singer and State […] The post Inside the Search for a Clovis Quarry in Maryland appeared fir

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Published: November 27, 2025

Ancient Astronomical Structure Predating The Solar Observatory Of Chankillo Discovered In Peru

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Peruvian archaeologists have uncovered an astronomical structure in the Casma Valley, Ancash region, that predates the renowned Chankillo solar observatory—previously

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Published: November 27, 2025

Mosaic Game Board Found at Maya Site of Naachtun

Mosaic Game Board Found at Maya Site of Naachtun

PETÉN, GUATEMALA—Part of a game board dated to the fifth century a.d. has been discovered […] The post Mosaic Game Board Found at Maya Site of Naachtun appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

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Published: November 27, 2025

Church of St. Stephen’s Mosaic Masterpiece

Church of St. Stephen’s Mosaic Masterpiece

Visitors to Southern Israel can now admire one of the most elaborate Byzantine mosaics ever discovered in the country. Soon after it was unearthed in […] The post Church of St. Stephen’s Mosaic Master

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Published: November 26, 2025

Megastructure Uncovered at Tel Shimron

Megastructure Uncovered at Tel Shimron

Archaeologists at Tel Shimron in Israel’s Jezreel Valley have uncovered a remarkable megastructure, so far unique within the southern Levant. Rising nearly 20 feet above […] The post Megastructure Unc

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Published: November 26, 2025

Ndee Trails

Ndee Trails

Today’s post is the second in our Trails series, a companion to our year-end fundraising campaign. We’ll have weekly essays from now until the New Year. Thanks for your support! John R. Welch, Vice Pr

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Published: November 26, 2025

Continuing Coverage: Protecting the Chaco Protection Zone

Dear Friends, A short edition today. First, some sad news. We have learned that legendary ethnobotanist and archaeologist Suzanne K. “Suzy” Fish passed away last week. We have no other information at

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Published: November 26, 2025

Table of Contents for Maarav 29.1-2 (2025)

The post Table of Contents for Maarav 29.1-2 (2025) appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: November 26, 2025

Workshop Space Excavated at Bronze Age Cyprus Settlement

PAPHOS, CYPRUS—Kathimerini Cyprus reports that researchers led by Lindy Crewe of the Cyprus American Archaeological […] The post Workshop Space Excavated at Bronze Age Cyprus Settlement appeared first

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Published: November 26, 2025

Butchered Neanderthal Remains from Belgium Analyzed

Butchered Neanderthal Remains from Belgium Analyzed

PARIS, FRANCE—According to a statement released by the French National Center for Scientific Research, an […] The post Butchered Neanderthal Remains from Belgium Analyzed appeared first on Archaeology

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Published: November 26, 2025

Update from Peru’s Ancient Solar Observatory

Update from Peru’s Ancient Solar Observatory

CASMA, PERU—Andina News Agency reports that archaeologist Ivan Ghezzi Solis and his colleagues have discovered […] The post Update from Peru’s Ancient Solar Observatory appeared first on Archaeology M

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Published: November 26, 2025

Unearthing Anatolia’s Ancient City Of Lystra Where History And Faith Converge

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Finally, excavation work has begun at Lystra, a site of profound importance not just for Konya and Anatolian history, but also for world heritage, religious tradition

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Published: November 25, 2025

Archaeology Resources, Pathways, and Impact Fair at AIA Annual Meeting

Join us in San Francisco on Thursday, January 8 from 12-2 for an Archaeology Resources, Pathways, and Impact Fair! Sponsored by the Research and Academic Affairs Committee and its subcommittee […] The

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Published: November 25, 2025

Who Were the Hittites?

Who Were the Hittites?

Archaeology tells us a lot about the Hittites—and the Neo-Hittites too. But it’s hard to reconcile this with the Hittites of the Bible. The post Who Were the Hittites? appeared first on Biblical Archa

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Published: November 25, 2025

Ancient Jerusalem: The Village, the Town, the City

Ancient Jerusalem: The Village, the Town, the City

Archaeologist Hillel Geva says that population estimates for ancient Jerusalem are too high. His new estimates begin with people living on no more than a dozen acres. The post Ancient Jerusalem: The V

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Published: November 25, 2025

Announcing the AIA’s 2026 Award Winners

The Archaeological Institute of America would like to congratulate the following individuals, projects, and publications for the exemplifying contributions they make to the field of archaeology. They

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Published: November 25, 2025

Possible Decapitated Head Recovered at Celtic Fort in Spain

Possible Decapitated Head Recovered at Celtic Fort in Spain

ANDALUSIA, SPAIN—Live Science reports that the fragments of a lone human skull were discovered in […] The post Possible Decapitated Head Recovered at Celtic Fort in Spain appeared first on Archaeology

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Published: November 25, 2025

1,700-Year-Old Sarcophagus Found in Hungary

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY—The Associated Press reports that an intact Roman sarcophagus has been discovered in the […] The post 1,700-Year-Old Sarcophagus Found in Hungary appeared first on Archaeology Magazi

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Published: November 25, 2025

Murder Of Duke Béla Of Macsó: A 700-Year-Old Archaeological Mystery

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The story begins in 1915, when archaeologists excavating the Dominican monastery on Margaret Island in Budapest, Hungary, uncovered the bones of a young man in the sa

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Published: November 25, 2025

The Woman and the Goose

The Woman and the Goose

Carrying out excavations at a prehistoric village overlooking the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem uncovered a small clay figurine unlike […] The post The Woman a

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Published: November 24, 2025

School Trip Results in Chance Find

School Trip Results in Chance Find

While on a field trip to the Scorpions’ Ascent in southern Israel, a 16-year-old high school student happened upon a fortuitous discovery: a small oil […] The post School Trip Results in Chance Find a

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Published: November 24, 2025

Mystery Of Pharaoh Shoshenq III’s Sarcophagus Deepens: Unknown Ancient Egyptian Inscriptions And 225 Royal Ushabti Figurines Discovered In Tanis

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Shoshenq III was a Pharaoh of ancient Egypt who ruled during the Third Intermediate Period, specifically during the 22nd Dynasty. His reign is generally dated to around

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Published: November 24, 2025

Who Kissed First?

OXFORD, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by the University of Oxford, kissing may have evolved […] The post Who Kissed First? appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

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Published: November 22, 2025

Hieroglyphs Reveal The Name Of Forgotten Maya Queen Ix Ch’ak Ch’een

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ix Ch’ak Ch’een was a powerful Maya queen who ruled the ancient city of Cobá, located on the Yucatán Peninsula in present-day Quintana Roo, Mexico. Until recently, he

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Published: November 21, 2025

Mystery Of The Controversial Jordan Lead Codices Solved? Perhaps Not

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Jordan Codices are a set of sealed books discovered in Jordan that have captivated scientists and historians alike. Some scholars have proposed that these lead “boo

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Published: November 21, 2025

Current Archaeological Research in the Midlands and Abroad Conference

This two-day conference will spotlight the dynamic intersection of archaeological research conducted by Mercian Archaeological Services and Nottingham Trent University, covering investigations across

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Published: November 21, 2025

Enigmatic Stone Structure And Undeciphered Inscription Near Bulanık Village, Kars Province, Turkey – Still Unexplained

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The five-meter-tall and solitary stone structure atop a hill near Kars, Turkey, has long caught people's attention. However, not for what is known about it, but rathe

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Published: November 20, 2025

A life less wealthy

A life less wealthy

When imagining the ancient city of Petra, it is the awe-inspiring façade of the monument known today as the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) that first captures the eye and imagination – its ornate classical car

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Published: November 20, 2025

CWA 134 – out now

CWA 134 – out now

The monuments carved into the rose-red rock faces at Petra can be counted among the most renowned archaeological remains on the planet. Yet, for all their familiarity, we know comparatively little abo

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Published: November 20, 2025

Current World Archaeology 134

Building Petra: ordinary lives and extraordinary architecture Mycenaean Pylos: from princes to a palace in Greece The changing faces of Easter Island: shape-shifting figurines Small rings, great power

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Published: November 20, 2025

A life less wealthy: The ordinary lives of Nabataean Petra

Petra is renowned for its extraordinary tomb architecture, but little is known about the builders of these mausolea. George H Nash, Genevieve von Petzinger, Lina Alrabab’h, and James Nash examine this

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Published: November 20, 2025

Trail Memories

Trail Memories

Today’s post kicks off our Trails series, a companion to our year-end fundraising campaign. We’ll have weekly essays from now until the New Year. Thanks for your support! Skylar Begay (Diné, Mandan an

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Published: November 20, 2025

Corinth’s greatest treasure

In the first of a two-part piece, Richard Hodges visits Corinth for a conversation with its legendary excavator Charles K Williams.

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Published: November 20, 2025

Redrawing the family tree

Human beings may have suddenly doubled their age thanks to some recent research on a group of fossilised skulls from China, known as Yunxian 1 and 2. Previously classified as Homo erectus, they have n

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Published: November 20, 2025

International Archaeology Day at the National Arts Club: Trade and Cultural Connections in the Baltic

The National Arts Club celebrated International Archaeology Day with a special presentation by Ambassador Andreas von Uexküll, Sweden’s Deputy Representative to the United Nations. Ambassador von Uexk

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Published: November 19, 2025

Exploring 8,000 Years of Water History: IAD at the AIA-Gainesville Society

The AIA-Gainesville Society celebrated International Archaeology Day with a special Lecture and Lunch with the Lecturer event at the University of Florida. This activity was part of a focused effort [

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Published: November 19, 2025

Archaeology Day at the University of Alberta: A Day of Hands-On History

Archaeology Day at the University of Alberta, hosted by the AIA-Edmonton Society, was full of excitement and discovery! The atrium was buzzing with activity thanks to 12 tables hosted by […] The post

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Published: November 19, 2025

Small rings, great power: Assessing the Vimose mail coat

An extraordinary survival plucked from a Danish bog sheds light on the technical virtuosity available in the Roman Iron Age. Olympia Bobou, Ilaria Bucci, and Rubina Raja examine the significance of a

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Published: November 19, 2025

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

Pylos: From princes to a palace in Messenia

Over the last century, Messenia in Greece has produced an extraordinary range of archaeological riches. Together, these finds showcase sumptuous burials and flourishing settlements, and shed vivid lig

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

War on Film – Goebbels and the Führer

Taylor Downing reviews the latest film and television releases.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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