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4,000-Year-Old Stone Tomb Found in Norway Has No Bones, but Its Soil May Hold Clues
Archaeologists believe a stone grave near Norway’s border with Sweden is about 4,000 years old. They found an amber bead and arrowheads inside, but no human remains—and are now testing the soil for DNA. A grave built from stone slabs weighing hundreds of kilograms has emerged from an excavation near Halden, Norway. Its builders secured…
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Volunteers Unearth 2,000-Year-Old Roundhouse in England’s Lake District
A group of volunteers working in England’s Lake District has uncovered a timber doorway, a cobbled yard and traces of ancient crops at a settlement used around 2,000 years ago. The finds offer a closer look at the people who lived and farmed in Deepdale Valley from the late Iron Age into the Roman period.…
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A 7,000-Year-Old Village Emerges Along a Future Highway in Czechia
The houses are gone, but their outlines remain beneath the fields of central Moravia. Archaeologists working ahead of a highway project near Přerov have identified the plans of about 16 Neolithic longhouses, some reaching 36 meters in length. The discovery is part of a rescue excavation along the planned D55 route between Kokory and Přerov.…
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A 3,500-Year-Old Wooden Ladder Found at the Bottom of a Bronze Age Waterhole in England
A wooden ladder driven into the earth nearly 3,500 years ago has been discovered at the bottom of a Bronze Age waterhole in England. Found south of Gloucester, the remarkably preserved structure also contained a timber platform, woven walls and around 150 pieces of waterlogged wood. Radiocarbon dating places the structure in the Middle Bronze…
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The Sword Is Gone, but Its 1,000-Year-Old “Shoe” Survived in Poland
A small metal fitting found almost on the surface of the ground in Poland may be the last surviving part of an 11th-century warrior’s sword equipment. The weapon and its sheath have disappeared, but the object that once protected the scabbard’s lower end survived for approximately 1,000 years. The artefact was discovered in the Masovian…
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A Faulty Headset Led Detectorists to a 700-Year-Old Gold Ring Linked to an English Countess
A frustrating morning in a Suffolk field took an extraordinary turn when two metal detectorists uncovered a medieval gold seal ring. Its inscription and proximity to two religious houses have raised an intriguing possibility: the ring may once have belonged to Matilda of Lancaster, Countess of Ulster. The 13th- or 14th-century object was found in…
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Anglo-Saxon Girl Was Buried with Garnets from India and Sri Lanka 1,400 Years Ago
A teenage girl buried in eastern England around 1,400 years ago wore a necklace containing garnets that had travelled thousands of miles from India and Sri Lanka. Her grave, the richest in a previously unknown Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Lincolnshire, reveals how even a small rural community was connected to trade networks extending far beyond Britain.…
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A 3,000-Year-Old Village Beneath an Italian Lake Is Revealing Its Bronze Treasures
Archaeologists working beneath the murky waters of Lake Mezzano have uncovered collapsed wooden structures surrounded by pottery and bronze objects, opening a new window onto a village occupied in Italy more than 3,000 years ago. The position of the finds at different depths may now help researchers separate centuries of activity along the changing lakeshore.…
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11-Year-Old Girl Finds a 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Gold Coin Within Ten Minutes
An 11-year-old metal detectorist named Darcey made a discovery she is unlikely to forget when she uncovered a Celtic gold coin just ten minutes into a weekend rally at Cirencester, England. The small coin has been provisionally identified as a Selsey Dahlia gold quarter stater, a type generally dated to the first century BC. According…