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10,500-Year-Old Wooden Remains Found 20 Meters Beneath a German Lake
Deep beneath a lake in northern Germany, archaeologists have found remarkably preserved wooden remains dating back some 10,500 years. The discovery could provide rare evidence of how Mesolithic hunter-gatherers built and organized the places where they lived. The wooden remains were discovered in Lake Arendsee in Saxony-Anhalt, according to the State Office for Heritage Management…
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Archaeologists Unearth Giant 6,000-Year-Old Pottery Kiln in Europe
A giant 6,000-year-old pottery kiln unearthed at Ursoaia in north-eastern Romania is revealing just how large and technically sophisticated ceramic production had become in prehistoric Europe. With a working surface of about 7.5 square metres, it is the largest securely documented kiln of its type in the Cucuteni–Trypillia world. Excavated in 2025, the bicameral structure…
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6,500-Year-Old Czech Sanctuary Tracked the Sun and Moon 1,000 Years Before Stonehenge
More than 6,500 years ago, prehistoric communities in what is now the Czech Republic created a vast circular sanctuary whose entrances appear to have been deliberately arranged around important movements of the Sun and Moon. Archaeologists led by the University of West Bohemia say the monument near Chleby in Central Bohemia is one of the…