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A Giant Trapezoidal Monument in Germany Reveals a 5,500-Year-Old Grave
A rare Neolithic burial monument in Germany has emerged along the route of a new pipeline, revealing a vast trapezoidal structure built around a single grave more than 5,000 years ago. Archaeologists discovered the monument near Döhlen in Saxony’s Leipzig district during investigations preceding the construction of a district-heating and hydrogen pipeline between Leuna and…
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Remarkably Preserved Woman Found in 2,000-Year-Old Xiongnu Tomb
Archaeologists excavating a Xiongnu cemetery in eastern Mongolia have uncovered the remarkably well-preserved skeleton of a woman inside a monumental tomb dating to around 2,000 years ago. The burial, discovered at Bulgan Uul in Khentii Province, also contained fragments of a painted coffin, parts of a horse-drawn vehicle, bronze and ceramic vessels, and an object…
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Complete 2,300-Year-Old Skeleton Found at Hattusa with Knife Beside the Shoulder
Archaeologists at Hattusa have uncovered a 2,300-year-old burial containing a complete human skeleton, with a knife lying beside the deceased’s right shoulder. The grave was discovered on the northwestern slope of the ancient city in central Türkiye and dates to the late 4th or 3rd century BC. That places it long after Hattusa’s famous role…
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Five-Ton Roman Sarcophagus Found Sealed Beneath Cavtat After 1,500 Years
A five-ton Roman sarcophagus discovered beneath Cavtat, Croatia, was found still closed, sealed with lime mortar, and untouched after more than 1,500 years. The stone coffin, dated to the 4th–6th centuries A.D., was uncovered three meters below the surface in the necropolis of ancient Epidaurum, a Roman colony on the Adriatic coast. A sealed tomb…
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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 Intact Roman Grave Found Beneath Croatian Market Opens a Window Into Ancient Cibalae
A rare intact Roman grave in Vinkovci has transformed a modern market reconstruction project in eastern Croatia into a striking encounter with ancient Cibalae, one of the most important Roman cities of southern Pannonia. Archaeologists working ahead of the €3.8 million reconstruction of Vinkovci’s open-air city market have identified 44 Roman graves at the site.…
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Teen with Cleft Lip Lived and Was Accepted in Qing China, First Archaeological Case Reveals
The first archaeological case of a cleft lip in China has been identified in a Qing Dynasty burial, revealing that a teenager born with a visible facial condition was not pushed aside, but cared for and accepted within his community. The discovery, published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, comes from the Wenchi Cemetery in…
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Bronze Age Burial with Amber Beads and Copper Dagger Goes on Display at Corinium Museum
A newly opened display at the Corinium Museum is bringing an extraordinary Early Bronze Age burial into public view, offering a rare insight into ritual practices and social hierarchy in prehistoric Britain. The artifacts were uncovered during excavations at Lechlade Memorial Hall in 2017 and include amber beads, a copper dagger and fire-lighting flints. All…
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The Noblewoman of Lake Kifisida: An Archaic-Era Tomb Reveals a Woman Buried with an Upside-Down Bronze Diadem
The quiet landscape north of Lake Kifisida has yielded one of the most evocative burials uncovered in central Greece in recent years. Archaeologists working for the Ephorate of Antiquities of Phthiotis and Evrytania have brought to light an Archaic-period cemetery in which a young noblewoman was interred with a richly decorated bronze diadem—deliberately placed on…