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NIAGARA PENINSULA: DISCOVERING THE LAYERS ARCHAEOLOGY FAIR HIDDEN TREASURES INITIAL SLATE FOR 2026 GOVERNING BOARD ELECTIONS CLEOPATRA’S CHILDREN: THE LAST OF THE PTOLEMIES 4,000 YEARS OF HUMAN HISTORY UNCOVERED IN CROATIAN CAVE REMARKABLE MEDIEVAL SWORD PULLED FROM DUTCH RIVER SANCTUARY ASSOCIATED WITH WORSHIP OF TROJAN WAR HERO IDENTIFIED ON GREEK ISLAND BRUNILDE SISMONDO RIDGWAY (1929–2024) ERRATUM COMMUNITIES ON THE MOVE IN COASTAL APULIA (SOUTHERN ITALY), 10TH CENTURY BCE TO 17TH CENTURY CE: 2,600 YEARS OF HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT COEVOLUTION AT SALAPIA UN PUBLIC OU DES PUBLICS? LA RÉCEPTION DES SPECTACLES DANS LE MONDE ROMAIN ENTRE PLURALITÉ ET UNANIMITÉ MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS: FINAL PUBLICATIONS FROM THE DANISH-GERMAN JERASH NORTHWEST QUARTER PROJECT VI PLUNDER? HOW MUSEUMS GOT THEIR TREASURES LIST OF BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW DYING IN THE MINES: NECROPOLEIS AND FUNERARY PRACTICES DURING THE LATE ANTIQUE PERIOD IN THE SMARAGDOS (EGYPTIAN EASTERN DESERT) FOR MEN, ABOUT MEN: A REVIEW OF LEGION: LIFE IN THE ROMAN ARMY GLORIA FERRARI PINNEY (1941–2023) LUXOR’S HERITAGE IN FOCUS: SOUTHERN CHAPELS OF THE AKH MENU TEMPLE – RESTORED NEW PAINTINGS FOUND AT POMPEII CHRISTIANE DESROCHES NOBLECOURT: A LEGENDARY LIFE WHO WERE THE AMMONITES, MOABITES AND EDOMITES IN THE BIBLE? WIN A COPY OF ANCIENT EGYPT: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY BY NIGEL FLETCHER-JONES, PUBLISHED BY AMBER BOOKS ANI’S LIFE AFTER DEATH – 5: HATHOR AND OPET TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR NEAR EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY 88.2 (2025) MARINE ARCHAEOLOGISTS LOCATE DEEPEST SHIPWRECK RECORDED IN FRENCH WATERS 2,700-YEAR-OLD EYE MAKEUP FORMULA ANALYZED ROMAN SOLDIER'S SHOE BURIED AT ENGLISH FORT REMAINS OF TOWER THAT DEFENDED CHICHESTER’S CASTLE BUILT AFTER THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND – UNEARTHED MCKINLEY TECH TURNS CEMETERIES INTO A LIVING CLASSROOM HILARY WILSON ON… THE KING OF FISH DECORATIVE RELIEF OF EL CERRÓN HELPS TO UNCOVER UNIQUE IDENTITY OF CENTRAL IBERIAN ELITE OF CARPETANIA WAS THE CAVE OF SALOME FOR JESUS’S DISCIPLE OR A HERODIAN PRINCESS? BUST OF ANKHHAF MACHAERUS: BEYOND THE BEHEADING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST ANOTHER NEFERTITI DISABILITY IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND EGYPTOLOGY: ALL OUR YESTERDAYS A CATEGORISATION OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WATERCRAFT, FROM PREDYNASTIC PETROGLYPHS TO THE KHUFU BOATS CHICAGO ON THE NILE: A CENTURY OF WORK BY THE EPIGRAPHIC SURVEY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO YEARNING FOR IMMORTALITY: THE EUROPEAN INVENTION OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN AFTERLIFE FROM OBJECTS TO HISTORIES: STUDIES IN HONOUR OF JOHN H TAYLOR NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ANCIENT NUBIA TOMB OF A PRINCE TOMB OF A TAX COLLECTOR FORTRESS OF THE EAST MULTIPLE FINDS AT THE RAMESSEUM RAMESSES III IN JORDAN BREAKING NEWS ANCIENT EGYPT NEWS IN BRIEF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND THE NEW TESTAMENT DID CRETAN WINEMAKERS SCAM THEIR ROMAN CUSTOMERS? UNIQUE ANGLO-SAXON GOLD COIN FOUND IN ENGLISH FIELD ANCIENT DNA REVEALS MATRILINEAL NEOLITHIC SOCIETY IN CHINA SUPRISINGLY HUGE ANCIENT SHOE FOUND NEAR HADRIAN’S WALL MAY HAVE BELONGED TO ONE OF THE TALLEST ROMAN WARRIORS IN BRITAIN HERACLES AND DIONYSUS IN CAESAREA MARITIMA THE NUZI TABLETS ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND A 16TH-CENTURY SHIPWRECK OF MERCHANT SHIP CLOSE TO SAINT-TROPEZ, FRANCE DON’T MISS IT! —ASOR’S 125TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION NEW EVIDENCE POINTS TO WORLD'S RICHEST SHIPWRECK DIET AND SOCIAL CHANGES IN CENTRAL EUROPE AROUND 1500 BC UNIQUE VIKING SILVER TREASURE WITH BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY AND RARE COINS FOUND IN TÄBY OUTSIDE STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN WHEN WAS JESUS BORN—B.C. OR A.D.? HIGH PLACES, ALTARS AND THE BAMAH RARE VIKING TREASURE MADE BY A HIGHLY SKILLED GOLDSMITH FOUND ON THE ISLE OF MAN NEW DEAD SEA SCROLLS US EXHIBIT DEFENDING THE 10-MILE PROTECTION ZONE AROUND CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK REASONS BEHIND ABANDONMENT OF EXTENSIVE FARMING SYSTEM IN MESOPOTAMIA ARE STILL UNCLEAR NEANDERTHALS’ ROADS ACROSS EUROPE AND EURASIA: COMPUTER SIMULATIONS SHOW HOW ANCIENT MIGRATIONS SHAPED HUMAN HISTORY JUNE 7 IS A DAY OF ACTION FOR PUBLIC LANDS CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY 424 FIELDS AND FARMSTEADS: ORGANISING THE EARLY ROMAN FRONTIER REGION IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE SUBTERRANEAN SKYE: EXPLORING THE ENDURING SIGNIFICANCE OF HIGH PASTURE CAVE CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY’S JUNE LISTINGS: EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS, AND HERITAGE FROM HOME GO DIGGING! WORDS ON THE WAVE: TRACING CONTINENTAL CONNECTIONS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL IRELAND 2025 AIA FIELD SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT CA LETTERS 424 – JUNE MUSEUM NEWS RETRO ZOOMERS TAKING STOCK OF THE THE POT: CREATING AND RECREATING THE GLENFIELD IRON AGE CAULDRONS A TALE OF TWO HILLFORTS: ILLUMINATING THE INHABITANTS OF IRON AGE LEICESTERSHIRE ROMAN TOWNS AND CITIES: EXCAVATING THE CA ARCHIVE TAKING UP THE TESSERAE: THE LIBERTY MOSAICS, SOUTHWARK ANCIENT INDIA: LIVING TRADITIONS FINDS TRAY – DISC BROOCH SCIENCE NOTES: MIND YOUR OWN BEESWAX – INSIGHTS INTO THE COMPOSITION OF THE NIMRUD WRITING TABLETS RARE PAINTINGS DISCOVERED AT TUDOR LODGE IN CASTLE SOWERBY WORLD NEWS ROMAN LIME KILN FOUND IN GLOUCESTER IRON AGE SETTLEMENT AND DOG FOUND AT FONMON CASTLE NEW THOUGHTS ON THE THETFORD HOARD TITANS OF TIN? THE SOUTH-WEST AS A POWERHOUSE OF TIN-PRODUCTION IN THE BRONZE AGE SURVIVING PALAEOLITHIC SKYE UK NEWS IN BRIEF THE SWASH CHANNEL WRECK: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF A 17TH-CENTURY ARMED DUTCH MERCHANTMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STONES AND THEIR MACROSCOPICAL IDENTIFICATION RURAL BATHS IN ROMAN BRITAIN: A COLONISATION OF THE SENSES BOATHOUSES OF BRITAIN ON THE EDGE, ABOVE THE VALE US ARCHAEOLOGY’S IMPERILED FUTURE 2025 SPRING SOCIETY OUTREACH GRANT WINNERS REPORT ON CPAC PUBLIC HEARING, MAY 20-23, 2025 CONTINUING COVERAGE AND COMMENTARY: THREATS TO OUR PUBLIC LANDS THE MET RETURNS THREE ANTIQUITIES TO IRAQ GERMANY’S STONEHENGE? CWA 131 – OUT NOW CONTINUING COVERAGE & COMMENTARY: EXTREME SHAKE-UP AT NSF HOUSE COMMITTEE VOTES TO SELL OFF PUBLIC LANDS PRESERVING CHILE, COSTA RICA, ITALY, MOROCCO, AND VIETNAM INTRODUCING THE 2025 AIA FELLOWSHIP COHORT IRONWOOD FOREST NATIONAL MONUMENT MAY BE OPENED TO INDUSTRY ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWEST AT SAA 2025: WHERE TO FIND US ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWEST PREPARES TO FIGHT UNLAWFUL GRANT TERMINATION AIA ANNOUNCES NEW PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AWARD AIA SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SHA SPECIAL PUBLICATION AND AUTHOR PERSPECTIVE 2025 AIA FELLOWSHIP SPOTLIGHT: JOHN R. COLEMAN TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP SPOILS OF WAR? CWA 130 – OUT NOW
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Niagara Peninsula: Discovering the Layers Archaeology Fair

Niagara Peninsula: Discovering the Layers Archaeology Fair

On March 23rd, the Niagara Peninsula Society of the AIA hosted a Society Outreach Event at Brock University, a fair called Discovering the Layers of Archaeology. The event included several […] The pos

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Published: June 18, 2025

Hidden treasures

Karl Harris continues his ‘Travels in an Antique Land’ with visits to the First Intermediate Period Tomb of Ankhtify at Mo‘alla, and a multi-era temple complex dedicated to the god Montu at Tod.

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Published: June 18, 2025

Initial Slate for 2026 Governing Board Elections

June 17, 2025 The Nominating Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America is charged with assembling a slate for the 2026 Governing Board Elections. The Nominating Committee consists of Beth [

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Published: June 18, 2025

Cleopatra’s children: The last of the Ptolemies

Diana Bentley traces the fates of the four children of Cleopatra VII following the Roman invasion of Egypt in 30 BC.

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Published: June 18, 2025

4,000 Years of Human History Uncovered in Croatian Cave

4,000 Years of Human History Uncovered in Croatian Cave

CRNO JEZERO CAVE, CROATIA—The Dubrovnik Times reports that an archaeological team from the Dubrovnik Museums […] The post 4,000 Years of Human History Uncovered in Croatian Cave appeared first on Arch

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Published: June 18, 2025

Remarkable Medieval Sword Pulled from Dutch River

Remarkable Medieval Sword Pulled from Dutch River

MONTFOORT, THE NETHERLANDS—Workers recovered a remarkable medieval sword during dredging of the Korte Linschoten River […] The post Remarkable Medieval Sword Pulled from Dutch River appeared first on

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Published: June 18, 2025

Sanctuary Associated with Worship of Trojan War Hero Identified on Greek Island

Sanctuary Associated with Worship of Trojan War Hero Identified on Greek Island

ITHACA, GREECE—In Homer’s epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Greek hero Odysseus hails […] The post Sanctuary Associated with Worship of Trojan War Hero Identified on Greek Island appeared firs

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Published: June 18, 2025

Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway (1929–2024)

The post Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway (1929–2024) appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .

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Published: June 17, 2025

Erratum

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Published: June 17, 2025

Communities on the Move in Coastal Apulia (Southern Italy), 10th Century BCE to 17th Century CE: 2,600 Years of Human-Environment Coevolution at Salapia

The Gulf of Manfredonia, on the northern Adriatic coast of Apulia, has been the site of many settlements over nearly three millennia. In this article, we write the environmental history of the south-f

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Published: June 17, 2025

Un public ou des publics? La réception des spectacles dans le monde romain entre pluralité et unanimité

The post Un public ou des publics? La réception des spectacles dans le monde romain entre pluralité et unanimité appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .

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Published: June 17, 2025

Miscellaneous Objects: Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project VI

The post Miscellaneous Objects: Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project VI appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .

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Published: June 17, 2025

Plunder? How Museums Got Their Treasures

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Published: June 17, 2025

List of Books Available for Review

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Published: June 17, 2025

Dying in the Mines: Necropoleis and Funerary Practices During the Late Antique Period in the Smaragdos (Egyptian Eastern Desert)

This article documents the Late Antique necropoleis in the Smaragdos, a region known in antiquity for its emerald mines. The study analyzes the features of the necropoleis and tombs identified in them

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Published: June 17, 2025

For Men, About Men: A Review of Legion: Life in the Roman Army

The review presents a critical examination of the British Museum’s Legion exhibition from the perspective of a British-Iraqi, female archaeologist. While acknowledging that the exhibition brought toge

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Published: June 17, 2025

Gloria Ferrari Pinney (1941–2023)

The post Gloria Ferrari Pinney (1941–2023) appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .

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Published: June 17, 2025

Luxor’s Heritage In Focus: Southern Chapels Of The Akh Menu Temple – Restored

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A joint Egyptian-French archaeological mission has now completed a restoration project at the Southern Chapels of the Akh Menu Temple within the Karnak temple complex

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Published: June 17, 2025

New Paintings Found at Pompeii

New Paintings Found at Pompeii

Archaeologists working in Pompeii have uncovered yet another house filled with magnificent wall paintings. Nicknamed the House of Phaedra, which like the rest of the […] The post New Paintings Found a

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Published: June 17, 2025

Christiane Desroches Noblecourt: A legendary life

Simone Petacchi explores the life and work of a unique French Egyptologist.

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Published: June 17, 2025

Who Were the Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites in the Bible?

Who Were the Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites in the Bible?

During the Iron Age, when Israel and Judah ruled Canaan, the kingdoms of Ammon, Moab and Edom ruled east of the Jordan River. Recent archaeological discoveries vastly increase our understanding of the

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Published: June 17, 2025

Win a copy of Ancient Egypt: a photographic history by Nigel Fletcher-Jones, published by Amber Books

Where is this? If you know, email the Editor peter@ancientegyptmagazine.com before 31 August with your answer, giving your full name, address, and a contact phone number. One lucky reader will have th

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Published: June 17, 2025

Ani’s life after death – 5: Hathor and Opet

Andrew Fulton ends his series exploring this famous Book of the Dead with a final scene featuring Hathor and Tawaret.

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Published: June 17, 2025

Table of Contents for Near Eastern Archaeology 88.2 (2025)

The post Table of Contents for Near Eastern Archaeology 88.2 (2025) appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: June 17, 2025

Marine Archaeologists Locate Deepest Shipwreck Recorded in French Waters

Marine Archaeologists Locate Deepest Shipwreck Recorded in French Waters

SAINT-TROPEZ, FRANCE—During recent exercises by the French navy aimed at monitoring the country's underwater resources, […] The post Marine Archaeologists Locate Deepest Shipwreck Recorded in French W

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Published: June 17, 2025

2,700-Year-Old Eye Makeup Formula Analyzed

2,700-Year-Old Eye Makeup Formula Analyzed

KANI KOTER, IRAN—Chemical analysis of the contents of a small ceramic vessel found in a […] The post 2,700-Year-Old Eye Makeup Formula Analyzed appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

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Published: June 17, 2025

Roman Soldier's Shoe Buried at English Fort

NORTHUMBERLAND, ENGLAND—According to a report by Live Science, archaeologists working at the Roman fort of […] The post Roman Soldier's Shoe Buried at English Fort appeared first on Archaeology Magazi

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Published: June 17, 2025

Remains Of Tower That Defended Chichester’s Castle Built After The Norman Conquest Of England – Unearthed

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During archaeological excavations in Chichester’s Priory Park, archaeologists unearthed remains of a Norman-era defensive tower that defended Chichester's Castle. Sho

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Published: June 16, 2025

McKinley Tech Turns Cemeteries into a Living Classroom

The post McKinley Tech Turns Cemeteries into a Living Classroom appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: June 16, 2025

Hilary Wilson on… The King of Fish

Hilary looks at the symbolism attached to one of the major food sources for ancient Egyptians.

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Published: June 16, 2025

Decorative Relief Of El Cerrón Helps To Uncover Unique Identity Of Central Iberian Elite Of Carpetania

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Late Iron Age (fourth–first centuries BC) district of Carpetania in the Central Iberian Peninsula was long considered 'a marginal territory' without any significant

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Published: June 16, 2025

Was the Cave of Salome for Jesus’s Disciple or a Herodian Princess?

Was the Cave of Salome for Jesus’s Disciple or a Herodian Princess?

Constructed in the late Second Temple period (first century BCE–first century CE), the Cave of Salome is a massive burial estate among the sprawling hills […] The post Was the Cave of Salome for Jesus

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Published: June 16, 2025

Bust of Ankhhaf

An unusually lifelike piece of sculpture, supposedly depicting an important Old Kingdom official, is analysed by Campbell Price.

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Published: June 16, 2025

Machaerus: Beyond the Beheading of John the Baptist

Machaerus: Beyond the Beheading of John the Baptist

According to the Gospels, Herod Antipas had John the Baptist imprisoned and killed at the request of the beautiful Salome. Josephus locates the event at Machaerus. The archaeological finds paint a cle

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Published: June 15, 2025

Another Nefertiti

Two decades after the discovery of the famous Berlin bust, a chance discovery was made in 1933 of a sculptors’ workshop at Amarna containing another unfinished head of Akhenaten’s queen.

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Published: June 15, 2025

Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology: All Our Yesterdays

REVIEW BY ANNA GARNETT This important new collection of essays explores what disability meant to the people living in the Nile Valley thousands of years ago, and the lived experience and reception

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Published: June 15, 2025

A Categorisation of Ancient Egyptian Watercraft, from Predynastic Petroglyphs to the Khufu Boats

REVIEW BY J PETER PHILLIPS This extremely detailed and complex work is exactly what it says on the cover, and supplements the author’s previous books, published by BAR in 2012 and 2022,

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Published: June 15, 2025

Chicago on the Nile: A Century of Work by the Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago

REVIEW BY ALAN L JEFFREYS Emily Teeter’s book, which accompanies a recent exhibition at the ISAC Museum (see ‘Exhibitions’ in AE 145), relates the story of the University of Chicago’s Epigraphic Surve

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Published: June 15, 2025

Yearning For Immortality: The European Invention of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife

REVIEW BY CAMPBELL PRICE The goal of the afterlife – towards which so many wealthy ancient Egyptians apparently strove, and in the attainment of which so many objects and monuments were created

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Published: June 15, 2025

From Objects to Histories: Studies in Honour of John H Taylor

REVIEW BY ROGER FORSHAW This monumental Festschrift, four years in preparation, celebrates John H Taylor’s distinguished career at the British Museum, both as a curator and a scholar. Aptly titled, th

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Published: June 15, 2025

New Perspectives on Ancient Nubia

REVIEW BY ANNA GARNETT The histories, cultures, and archaeologies of ancient Nubia remain a source of much scholarly debate, and centring our research on the people of the ancient Nile Valley is

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Published: June 15, 2025

Tomb of a prince

A new Fifth Dynasty tomb has been discovered at Saqqara by an Egyptian mission led by the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities and Heritage. The 4,400-year-old

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Published: June 14, 2025

Tomb of a tax collector

The owner of a tomb discovered in the 1970s in el-Assasif has finally been identified by a joint Egyptian-Canadian (University of Ontario) mission. Following the first archaeological work since the di

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Published: June 14, 2025

Fortress of the East

Recent excavations at Tell Abu Saifi in the Qantara region (Ismailia) have revealed new military architecture at the site of two fortresses dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. Located in

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Published: June 14, 2025

Multiple finds at the Ramesseum

A number of well-preserved Third Intermediate Period tombs have been uncovered at the Ramesseum by a French-Egyptian mission (the Supreme Council of Archaeology and the French National Research Centre

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Published: June 14, 2025

Ramesses III in Jordan

The cartouches of an Egyptian king, discovered on a rock face in Jordan a decade ago, have now been documented, and confirmed as an inscription of Ramesses III (c.1184-1153 BC). The first

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Published: June 14, 2025

Breaking news

As we were going to press, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery of three new tombs in Dra‘ Abu el-Naga on the West Bank of Luxor. Dating to the

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Published: June 14, 2025

Ancient Egypt news in brief

Egyptian and Greek pottery discovered by Israeli archaeologists at Megiddo (‘Armageddon’) confirms that Egyptian forces and Greek mercenaries were present around the period of the biblical battle betw

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Published: June 14, 2025

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament

What do the Dead Sea Scrolls say about Jesus? What do they say about the world in which Jesus lived? In BAR , James C. VanderKam examines the overlap between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament

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Published: June 14, 2025

Did Cretan Winemakers Scam Their Roman Customers?

DUBLIN, IRELAND—A recent investigation by University College Dublin archaeologist Conor Trainor posits that ceramic beehives […] The post Did Cretan Winemakers Scam Their Roman Customers? appeared fir

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Published: June 14, 2025

Unique Anglo-Saxon Gold Coin Found in English Field

Unique Anglo-Saxon Gold Coin Found in English Field

NORWICH, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that a metal detectorist recently retrieved a rare and unique gold […] The post Unique Anglo-Saxon Gold Coin Found in English Field appeared first on Archaeology Maga

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Published: June 14, 2025

Ancient DNA Reveals Matrilineal Neolithic Society in China

FUJIA, CHINA—Researchers from Peking University and the Shandong Institute of Cultural Relics and A RCHAEOLOGY revealed […] The post Ancient DNA Reveals Matrilineal Neolithic Society in China appeared

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Published: June 14, 2025

Suprisingly Huge Ancient Shoe Found Near Hadrian’s Wall May Have Belonged To One Of The Tallest Roman Warriors In Britain

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have uncovered a significant find in northern England: a massive leather shoe dating back nearly 2,000 years. This discovery was made at Magna, an ancien

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Published: June 13, 2025

Heracles and Dionysus in Caesarea Maritima

Heracles and Dionysus in Caesarea Maritima

While excavating the Herodian city of Caesarea Maritima, archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) made a startlingly beautiful discovery: a marble sarcophagus depicting the […] The p

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Published: June 13, 2025

The Nuzi Tablets

The Nuzi Tablets

Northern Iraq is a landscape steeped in both historical and economic significance. During the early 20th century, international oil consortiums dispatched businessmen, geologists, and engineers […] Th

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Published: June 13, 2025

Archaeologists Found A 16th-Century Shipwreck Of Merchant Ship Close To Saint-Tropez, France

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 16th-century merchant ship more than 2.5 kilometers underwater off the coast of southern France. Credit: Drassm – Marin

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Published: June 13, 2025

Don’t Miss It! —ASOR’s 125th Anniversary Celebration

The post Don’t Miss It! —ASOR’s 125th Anniversary Celebration appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: June 13, 2025

New Evidence Points to World's Richest Shipwreck

New Evidence Points to World's Richest Shipwreck

BARU ISLAND, COLOMBIA—In 1708, the Spanish galleon San José departed Portobello, Panama, for Cartagena, Colombia, […] The post New Evidence Points to World's Richest Shipwreck appeared first on Archae

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Published: June 13, 2025

Diet And Social Changes In Central Europe Around 1500 BC

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers conducted an examination of the Bronze Age cemetery of Tiszafüred-Majoroshalom that shed new light on a crucial period in Central European history. An int

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Published: June 12, 2025

Unique Viking Silver Treasure With Beautiful Jewelry And Rare Coins Found In Täby Outside Stockholm, Sweden

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have investigated a significant Viking farm and burial ground located in Täby, near Stockholm, in Sweden. During this exploration, they uncovered the rem

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Published: June 12, 2025

When Was Jesus Born—B.C. or A.D.?

When Was Jesus Born—B.C. or A.D.?

In which year was Jesus born? While this is sometimes debated, the majority of New Testament scholars place Jesus’ birth in 4 B.C. or before. The post When Was Jesus Born—B.C. or A.D.? appeared first

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Published: June 12, 2025

High Places, Altars and the Bamah

High Places, Altars and the Bamah

The open-air altar shrine, called a bamah (plural bamot ), is known through several books of the Biblical canon. Often referred to as “high places” in translations of the Bible, bamot were worship sit

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Published: June 12, 2025

Rare Viking Treasure Made By A Highly Skilled Goldsmith Found On The Isle of Man

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeological evidence has confirmed the presence of Vikings on the Isle of Man, a strategically located island on the sailing route from Scandinavia to Ireland. This

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Published: June 11, 2025

New Dead Sea Scrolls US Exhibit

New Dead Sea Scrolls US Exhibit

Through September 2, 2025 Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum Simi Valley, CA reaganlibrary.gov For the first time in nearly a decade, the Dead Sea […] The post New Dead Sea Scrolls US Exhibit

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Published: June 11, 2025

Defending the 10-Mile Protection Zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Defending the 10-Mile Protection Zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Paul F. Reed, New Mexico Director and Preservation Archaeologist (June 11, 2025)—Interior Secretary Burgum is considering reduction options for the 10-mile protection zone around Chaco Culture Nationa

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Published: June 11, 2025

Reasons Behind Abandonment Of Extensive Farming System In Mesopotamia Are Still Unclear

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - To what extent was the Zanj Rebellion responsible for the abandonment of the vast agricultural system in the Mesopotamian plain? More than 7,000 long and abandoned ea

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Published: June 11, 2025

Neanderthals’ Roads Across Europe And Eurasia: Computer Simulations Show How Ancient Migrations Shaped Human History

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recent research has revealed that Neanderthals undertook a second significant migration from Eastern Europe to Central and Eastern Eurasia between 120,000 and 60,000 ye

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Published: June 11, 2025

June 7 Is a Day of Action for Public Lands

June 7 Is a Day of Action for Public Lands

Dear Friends, It’s hard to believe, but we’re fast approaching the summer solstice on Friday, June 20. In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice is longest day of the year. Here in Tucson, dayti

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Published: June 06, 2025

Current Archaeology 424

Iron Age innovation or Roman land-grab? Exploring an evolving frontier landscape in South Yorkshire A tale of two hillforts: investigating the inhabitants of Iron Age Leicestershire Words on the wave:

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Published: June 05, 2025

Fields and farmsteads: Organising the early Roman frontier region in South Yorkshire

Excavations at Holme Hall Quarry, between Doncaster and Rotherham, have revealed how the landscape was transformed into extensive, carefully planned field systems and farmsteads during the early Roman

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Published: June 05, 2025

Subterranean Skye: Exploring the enduring significance of High Pasture Cave

Discovered in 1972 and excavated between 2004 and 2010, High Pasture Cave on the island of Skye has proven to have been an enduring hub of ritual activity for 900 years, from the Bronze Age to the lat

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Published: June 04, 2025

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

There are lots of great ways to get stuck into history and heritage this summer, from new exhibitions and activity days to lectures and conferences. Or, if you’re looking for opportunities to get invo

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Published: June 04, 2025

Go digging!

Following on from our special sections in CA 422 and 423, this selection of summer digging opportunities includes projects in Derbyshire, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, and Stirling.

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Published: June 04, 2025

Words on the wave: Tracing Continental connections in early medieval Ireland

A major new exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland explores how people travelled between early medieval Ireland and continental Europe 1,000 years ago, seeking learning, refuge from Viking raids

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Published: June 04, 2025

2025 AIA Field School Scholarship Winners Announcement

Congratulations to this year’s 16 recipients of the AIA’s Field School Scholarships! These awards support undergraduate juniors, seniors, and first-year graduate students as they attend their first ar

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Published: June 03, 2025

CA Letters 424 – June

Correction: A 64m-Long Roman Building in Sussex? Well, not quite! I’m afraid the structure mentioned on p.22 of CA 423 in ‘A Roman landscape revealed’ suffered from the curse of metric measurements,

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Published: June 03, 2025

Museum news

The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.

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Published: June 03, 2025

Retro Zoomers

Looking for signs of hope that heritage and culture will be safe in the hands of future generations, Sherds spotted a number of media reports recently that claimed to know the minds of young people. R

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Published: June 03, 2025

Taking stock of the the pot: Creating and recreating the Glenfield Iron Age cauldrons

Recent research has shed new light on a rare group of Iron Age cauldrons, culminating in the construction of a full-sized replica. What did this process reveal about how such objects were made, mainta

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Published: June 03, 2025

A tale of two hillforts: Illuminating the inhabitants of Iron Age Leicestershire

An exhibition currently running at the University of Nottingham Museum showcases finds from Breedon Hill and Burrough Hill, hillforts that are both located in the East Midlands where such monuments ar

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Published: June 03, 2025

Roman towns and cities: Excavating the CA archive

Last month’s visit to Chester/Deva got me thinking about the other great urban sites of Roman Britain. I have previously visited Silchester/Calleva (CA 337, April 2018), Wroxeter/Viroconium (CA 338, M

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Published: June 02, 2025

Taking up the tesserae: The Liberty mosaics, Southwark

In 2022, MOLA archaeologists working on the Liberty development site in Southwark on behalf of Landsec, Transport for London (TfL), and Southwark Council, uncovered a pair of striking Roman mosaics. T

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Published: June 02, 2025

Ancient India: living traditions

An elegantly designed new exhibition at the British Museum traces the artistic traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. Carly Hilts visited to learn more.

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Published: June 02, 2025

Finds Tray – Disc brooch

This is a cloissonné disc brooch dating from the late Anglo-Saxon period (c.AD 970-1100) and was recently found by a metal-detectorist on farmland near Winscombe and Sandford in North Somerset. While

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Published: June 01, 2025

Science Notes: Mind your own beeswax – Insights into the composition of the Nimrud writing tablets

In ‘Science Notes’, we often talk about how new technologies are revolutionising our approach to archaeology. And while this is most certainly still the case, the reliability of previous methods can s

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Published: June 01, 2025

Rare paintings discovered at Tudor lodge in Castle Sowerby

Restoration work at a former Tudor hunting lodge – the Ashes in Cumbria – has revealed beautiful paintings lurking beneath the failing plasterwork. The paintings were discovered in the primary upstair

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Published: June 01, 2025

World News

Roman battlefield burial uncovered A mass grave was discovered in autumn last year during construction work being carried out in Simmering, a district of Vienna, Austria. The subsequent excavation of

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Published: June 01, 2025

Roman lime kiln found in Gloucester

A Roman lime kiln – possibly one of the first to be excavated in Gloucestershire – was discovered during excavations at Horsbere Brook at the Centre Severn development in Barnwood, a suburb

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Published: June 01, 2025

Iron Age settlement and dog found at Fonmon Castle

As excavations continue on the Fonmon Castle estate, north-west of Cardiff Airport, more intriguing details have been revealed, including the remains of an Iron Age settlement. Over the past couple of

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Published: June 01, 2025

New thoughts on the Thetford Hoard

Found in 1979 on Gallows Hill in Thetford, Norfolk, the Thetford Hoard was originally believed to have been buried in the second half of the 4th century AD. Now Ellen Swift from

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Published: June 01, 2025

Titans of tin? The south-west as a powerhouse of tin-production in the Bronze Age

Recent research carried out by Project Ancient Tin, an initiative led by Benjamin Roberts and R Alan Williams from the University of Durham (published in Antiquity: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.4

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Published: June 01, 2025

Surviving Palaeolithic Skye

Two locations on the Isle of Skye have recently revealed evidence for occupation during the Late Upper Palaeolithic (LUP). Now new research (published in the Journal of Quaternary Science: https://doi

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Published: June 01, 2025

UK news in brief

Rare photographs of Second World War filmmaking revealed To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Historic England’s Archive has released a collection of photographs capturing behind-the-scenes stills

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Published: June 01, 2025

The Swash Channel Wreck: An Archaeological Investigation of a 17th-Century Armed Dutch Merchantman

REVIEW BY MARK BEATTIE-EDWARDS It was with some delight that I received an email to write this review, as I had literally only one hour before I purchased my own copy. Over

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Published: May 31, 2025

Archaeological Stones and their Macroscopical Identification

REVIEW BY ROB IXER ‘No provenance is better than wrong provenance’ should be tattooed on the forehead of anyone embarking on a career in lithic studies. Forgoing that, buying this book would

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Published: May 31, 2025

Rural Baths in Roman Britain: A colonisation of the senses

REVIEW BY JO DAY Imagining Roman baths conjures up scenes of mosaics and frescoes, perfumes, hot rooms and cold pools, and steamy air thick with watery sounds and chattering. These structures were

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Published: May 31, 2025

Boathouses of Britain

REVIEW BY KK Opening with a brutal account of fratricide between the sons of the pioneering physician who first described Down’s syndrome, this book about boathouses is unexpectedly gripping. The rest

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Published: May 31, 2025

On the Edge, Above the Vale

REVIEW BY RP Cotswold Archaeology’s latest monograph (free to download at http://www.cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/publication) covers excavations that took place ahead of the construction of the Collecti

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Published: May 31, 2025

US Archaeology’s Imperiled Future

US Archaeology’s Imperiled Future

Dear Friends, Tuesday, May 27, was a rollercoaster, whipsaw day for those of us who support the myriad efforts to protect places that are important to Indigenous culture, history, and ecology. Midday,

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Published: May 30, 2025

2025 Spring Society Outreach Grant Winners

Athens, GA – Archaeo-Cinema Night The Athens, GA Society was awarded a grant for their upcoming October event. The Society will be hosting this event in collaboration with the University […] The post

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Published: May 29, 2025

Report on CPAC Public Hearing, May 20-23, 2025

The Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) met from May 20-23. The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), represented by its Vice President for Cultural Heritage Ömür Harmanşah, expressed str

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Published: May 28, 2025

Continuing Coverage and Commentary: Threats to Our Public Lands

Continuing Coverage and Commentary: Threats to Our Public Lands

Dear Friends, The Statewide Historic Preservation Conference (Preserve AZ) was held in Phoenix last week, and Archaeology Southwest showed up in force: Preservation Anthropologist Aaron Wright, Preser

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Published: May 24, 2025

The Met returns three antiquities to Iraq

The Met returns three antiquities to Iraq

Source: Manhattan DA New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned three antiquities to Iraq ( Manhattan DA Press Release ). The three pieces are: a. a Sumerian gypsum alabaster vessel supported

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Published: May 22, 2025

Germany’s Stonehenge?

Germany’s Stonehenge?

Between fields of grain and potatoes in the middle of Germany, about 18km south east of Magdeburg, near the town of Schönebeck, lies one of the most important archaeological landscapes in Germany. The

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Published: May 22, 2025

CWA 131 – out now

CWA 131 – out now

In the 1990s, an aerial photograph captured a circular feature in the fields near the village of Pömmelte, Germany, sparking the beginning of an extraordinary archaeological endeavour. The feature pro

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Published: May 22, 2025

Continuing Coverage & Commentary: Extreme Shake-Up at NSF

Continuing Coverage & Commentary: Extreme Shake-Up at NSF

Dear Friends, Some folks hate to fly on airplanes. I enjoy it. In spite of all the hassle, I can sit back and marvel at the fact that humans have created machines that move at 550 miles per hour. I al

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Published: May 16, 2025

House Committee Votes to Sell Off Public Lands

House Committee Votes to Sell Off Public Lands

Dear Friends, The assault on all we hold near and dear continues, led by an unelected shadow government hired by the very people who howled about the presence of a sinister and so-called “deep state.”

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Published: May 09, 2025

Preserving Chile, Costa Rica, Italy, Morocco, and Vietnam

Your experience matters! Join our letter writing campaign to save a place you love. February’s meeting to discuss recent requests from Chile, Italy, and Morocco to renew their bilateral agreements […]

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Published: May 07, 2025

Introducing the 2025 AIA Fellowship Cohort

Here at the AIA we are unleashing the power of archaeology to provide a better understanding of the past and present and to create a brighter future. The 2025 Fellowship […] The post Introducing the 2

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Published: May 06, 2025

Ironwood Forest National Monument May Be Opened to Industry

Ironwood Forest National Monument May Be Opened to Industry

Dear Friends, It has been a ridiculously busy couple of weeks! At this time last week most of our staff were headed to Denver for the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. I am

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Published: May 02, 2025

Archaeology Southwest at SAA 2025: Where to Find Us

Sara Anderson, Director of Outreach Banner image: R0uge, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (April 23, 2025)—As we head to the Society for American Archaeology’s annual meeting in Denver this week, I

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Published: April 23, 2025

Archaeology Southwest Prepares to Fight Unlawful Grant Termination

DOGE-rescinded award supported regional nonprofit’s collaborative project with Tribes to document culturally important animal and plant species Tucson, Ariz. (April 22, 2025)—On April 2, Tucson-based

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Published: April 22, 2025

AIA Announces New Public Engagement Award

The AIA’s Outreach and Education Committee invites nominations for the inaugural Archaeological Institute of America Public Engagement Award. This award recognizes the broad and important range of out

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Published: April 15, 2025

AIA Support for the National Endowment for the Humanities

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is deeply concerned about recent news of funding cuts and staff reductions at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The mission of the […] The

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Published: April 12, 2025

SHA Special Publication and Author Perspective

SHA Special Publication and Author Perspective

By Mary L. Maniery, PAR Environmental Services, Inc., President; SHA Co-Publications Associate Editor Wreck Divers & Archaeologists: A History of Maritime Archaeology in California (2024), Thomas N. L

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Published: April 04, 2025

2025 AIA Fellowship Spotlight: John R. Coleman Traveling Fellowship

To celebrate our 2025 Fellowship recipients, we contacted our winners to learn about their projects and and share their unique experiences in the world of archaeology. We’re thrilled to announce […] T

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Published: April 02, 2025

Spoils of war?

Spoils of war?

A cache of Roman and British coins found in the Netherlands seems to be associated with the emperor Claudius’ invasion of Britain in AD 43. Study of the hoard is shedding new light on the circumstance

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Published: March 20, 2025

CWA 130 – out now

CWA 130 – out now

A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by Rome and a powerful ruler in Britain: Cunobelin. This e

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Published: March 20, 2025