What Did People Sleep On 2,000 Years Ago? Graves in Poland May Hold the Answer
What did a comfortable bed look like nearly 2,000 years ago in northern Europe? An unusual discovery inside ancient graves in Poland may offer part…
Ancient Textiles
Repaired Viking Brooch Found with Rare 1,300-Year-Old Clothing in a Child’s Grave
A child buried in western Denmark during the Viking Age was laid to rest wearing two oval brooches that preserved fragments of wool and linen…
9,000-Year-Old Reed Mat from Iran Reveals How Neolithic Homes Were Floored
A 9,000-year-old reed mat from Ali Kosh in western Iran preserves direct evidence of how one of the region’s earliest village communities prepared the floors…
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…