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The Roman villa was uncovered in Oxfordshire.
Red River Archaeology Group
‘Remarkable’ Roman villa discovered under housing development
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Pianpian Wei
Ancient DNA reveals intriguing details about a sixth century Chinese emperor
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Home renovation frozen in time reveals Roman building technique
Researchers identified 16 different microplastic polymer types across both contemporary and archived samples.
York Archaeology
Archaeologists are now finding microplastics in ancient remains
The painted decoration of the tomb of Seneb-nebef at Dahshur/Egypt.
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Colorful paintings of daily life uncovered in 4,300-year-old Egyptian tomb
The 1,000 year-old brain of an individual excavated from the c. 10th Century churchyard of Sint-Maartenskerk (Ypres, Belgium). The folds of the tissue, which are still soft and wet, are stained orange with iron oxides.
Alexandra L. Morton-Hayward
‘Extraordinary’ archive of ancient brains could help shed light on mental illness
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Cambridge Archaeological Unit
Remains of an ancient dinner still sit in a Bronze Age village 2,850 years later
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The genius Roman creations that still amaze us today
Recovered Inca ceramics are displayed at the Foreign Ministry in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. According to Peru's Foreign Ministry, some 6,400 pieces were returned to Peru from the U.S., Germany, Italy, Portugal and Swiss. (AP Photo/Miguel Paredes Haro)
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Peru recovers 4,600 culturally significant items from across US and Europe
Projectile points from a Middle Stone Age archaeological site, Shinfa-Metema 1, in the lowlands of northwest Ethiopian dating from the time of the Toba supereruption at 74,000 years ago provide evidence for bow and arrow use prior to the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa.
Blue Nile Survey Project
One of the largest eruptions in Earth’s history could have wiped out humans. Here’s how scientists say some survived
The vial was made from a greenish chlorite, with carved decoration.
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4,000-year-old vial contains ancient red lipstick, archaeologists say
Scroll. The FBI has recovered 22 Japanese artefacts that were discovered tucked away in an attic of a private residence in Massachusetts: six painted scrolls from the 18th-19th centuries (three of which were one piece and appear to have been divided into three pieces), a hand-drawn map of Okinawa dating back to the 19th century, and various pieces of pottery and ceramics.
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FBI returns looted artifacts found in Massachusetts attic to Japan
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Kaswan and Roy
Asian elephants bury their dead, study suggests
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Ancient lord’s tomb found filled with gold and multiple sacrificial bodies
Neolithic stone bead excavated from a grave at Boncuklu Tarla, Türkiye in 2023.
Emma L. Baysal
‘They’re quite like us’: Scientists reveal groundbreaking finding on Stone Age piercings — and who wore them