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A Giant ‘Death Jar’ in Laos Held the Remains of 37 People for Generations
A Laos death jar has revealed something archaeologists had long suspected but rarely seen so clearly: at least one of the great stone vessels of the Plain of Jars was used to hold the dead. Inside a massive stone jar at Site 75 in northern Laos, researchers found the disarticulated remains of at least 37…
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Rare Rock Carvings Found in Oman Show Animals and Human-Like Figures Cut Into Stone
On a rock surface in northern Oman, ancient marks still hold their shape: animals, human-like figures, and geometric signs cut directly into stone. Oman’s Ministry of Heritage and Tourism has documented a newly registered archaeological site at Hajar Al Sinanat, in the Wilayat of Al Khaboura, North Al Batinah Governorate. The site preserves a group…
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Archaeologists Find Teotihuacan-Era Tombs and 47 Miniature Vessels Near Tula
Beneath the floors of an ancient domestic complex near Tula, archaeologists have found a burial world tied to the age of Teotihuacan. The discovery includes human remains, shell ornaments, shaft tomb-like graves, and 47 miniature ceramic vessels placed beside the dead. The excavation, carried out near the community of Ignacio Zaragoza in Mexico, is part…
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A Dark Glass Bead Emerges From a 1,600-Year-Old Village Buried Beneath a Saxon Gravel Pit
A large, dark glass bead decorated with pale wave-like bands has become the most striking find from a 1,600-year-old settlement uncovered at a gravel extraction site in Saxony, Germany. The discovery was made near Belgern-Schildau, where archaeologists from the State Office for Archaeology of Saxony examined the area before the planned expansion of an open-pit…
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2,300-Year-Old Scythian Tomb Opened in Moldova Reveals Rare Incense Burner and Mysterious Ritual Stone
A 2,300-year-old Scythian tomb has been uncovered beneath a burial mound near Gura Bîcului in eastern Moldova. Inside the burial chamber, researchers found ceramic vessels, arrowheads, beads, a knife with its sheath, a rare incense burner, and a worked stone that may have served as a small ritual altar. The discovery was made in a…
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Pompeii Victim Fleeing Vesuvius May Have Been a Roman Doctor
A Pompeii victim who died while fleeing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 may have been a Roman doctor, according to new scans of objects preserved inside his plaster cast. The small case, coins and tools found with the man suggest he may have carried the equipment of a medicus during the city’s…
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112-Centimeter Saber Found in Russia Raises New Questions About a 13th-Century Warrior Burial
A 112-centimeter saber has emerged from a 13th-century grave near Russia’s lower Volga, still preserved inside the wooden scabbard that protected it for centuries. The weapon was discovered at the Orlinoye Gnezdo settlement and ground burial cemetery in the Astrakhan region, where archaeologists have been examining a medieval burial ground in Krasnoyarsky District. Its size…
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1,300-Year-Old Avar Warrior Buried with His Horse Unearthed on Romania Bypass Route
An Avar warrior grave uncovered on a modern bypass route in western Romania is offering a rare look into the world of early medieval mounted elites, where power could be buried with a horse, precious metal objects, and the memory of a warrior’s rank. The burial was discovered during archaeological investigations on the route of…
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302 Roman Coins Found in Croatia May Mark the Last Pay of a Danube Watchtower Garrison
The first coin appeared in the soil of a defensive ditch. Then another surfaced. Within a small area near the village of Mohovo in eastern Croatia, archaeologists soon realized they were not dealing with ordinary lost change, but with a concentrated hoard of 302 Roman coins buried beside a frontier watchtower on the Danube. The…