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Hallaton helmet unveiled after nine-year restoration
(Jan 10, 2011)
What has been hailed as one of the most significant recent UK Iron
Age finds is going on display after a nine-year conservation project.
The decorated Roman cavalry helmet was discovered at a site in Leicestershire.
Experts said its date, close to the Roman invasion of 43 AD, meant
it could be evidence of Celtic tribes serving with the Roman army.
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more. Source: BBC |
Stonehenge rocks Pembrokeshire link confirmed
(Dec 19, 2011)
Experts say they have confirmed for the first time the precise origin
of some of the rocks at Stonehenge. It has long been suspected that
rhyolites from the northern Preseli Hills helped build the monument.
But research by National Museum Wales and Leicester University has
identified their source to within 70m (230ft) of Craig Rhos-y-felin,
near Pont Saeson.
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more. Source: BBC |
Archaeologists make new Stonehenge 'sun worship'
find
(Nov 28, 2011)
Two previously undiscovered pits have been found at Stonehenge which
point to it once being used as a place of sun worship before the stones
were erected. The pits are positioned on celestial alignment at the
site and may have contained stones, posts or fires to mark the rising
and setting of the sun. An international archaeological survey team
found the pits as part of the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project.
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more. Source: BBC |
Ancient horses' spotted history reflected in
cave art
(Nov 8, 2011)
Scientists have found evidence that leopard-spotted horses roamed
Europe 25,000 years ago alongside humans. Until now, studies had only
recovered the DNA of black and brown colored coats from fossil specimens.
New genetic evidence suggests "dappled" horses depicted in European
cave art were inspired by real life, and are less symbolic than previously
thought.
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more. Source: BBC |
Old American theory is 'speared'
(Oct 21, 2011)
An ancient bone with a projectile point lodged within it appears to
up-end – once and for all – a long-held idea of how the
Americas were first populated. The rib, from a tusked beast known
as a mastodon, has been dated precisely to 13,800 years ago. This
places it before the so-called Clovis hunters, who many academics
had argued were the North American continent's original inhabitants.
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more. Source: BBC |
Ancient 'paint factory' unearthed
(Oct 14, 2011)
The kits used by humans 100,000 years ago to make paint have been
found at the famous archaeological site of Blombos Cave in South Africa.
The hoard includes red and yellow pigments, shell containers, and
the grinding cobbles and bone spatulas to work up a paste –
everything an ancient artist might need in their workshop. This extraordinary
discovery is reported in the journal Science.
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more. Source: BBC |
Pictish beast intrigues Highland archeologists
(Sep 1, 2011)
A Pictish symbol stone built into the wall of a Highland farm building
has been recorded by archeologists. The markings show a beast, crescent,
comb and mirror. Archeologist Cait McCullagh said it was a mystery
how it had taken until this year for the stone to be officially recorded.
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more. Source: BBC |
Tomb found at Stonehenge quarry site
(Sep 1, 2011)
The remains of the original builders of Stonehenge could have been
unearthed by an excavation at a site in Wales. The Carn Menyn site
in the Preseli Hills is where the initial bluestones used to construct
the first stone phase of the henge were quarried in 2300BC. Organic
material from a tomb there will be radiocarbon dated.
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more. Source: BBC |
Oldest traces of modern European humans found
in Europe
(Jun 22, 2011)
A Ukraininian cave site has yielded evidence of modern Homo sapiens
dating back 32,000 years. The finds include human bones and teeth,
tools, ivory ornaments and animal remains. Interestingly, the human
bones include very few long bones and also show evidence of having
been processed differently than animal bones.
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more. Source: BBC |
Robot explorer finds puzzles inside pyramid
chamber
(May 29, 2011)
Mysterious markings in a secret chamber inside the Great Pyramid of
Giza have been seen for the first time in four-and-a-half thousand
years, thanks to a "micro snake" camera. The markings take the form
of hieroglyphic symbols in red paint as well as lines in the stone
that may have been made by masons when the chamber was being built.
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more. Source: CNN |
Stone tools 'demand new American story'
(Mar 27, 2011)
The long-held theory of how humans first populated the Americas may
have been well and truly broken. Archaeologists have unearthed thousands
of stone tools that predate the technology widely assumed to have
been carried by the first settlers. The discoveries in Texas are seen
as compelling evidence that the so-called Clovis culture does not
represent America's original immigrants.
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more. Source: BBC |
Island tool finds show early settlers' diversity
(Mar 5, 2011)
Caches of tools and animal remains from around 12,000 years ago, found
on islands off the California coast, have given remarkable insight
into the lives of the first Americans. The finds show fine tool technology
and a rich maritime economy existed there. The tools vary markedly
from mainland cultures of the era such as the Clovis.
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more. Source: BBC |
Model gives ancient Iceman Oetzi new face
(Feb 28, 2011)
Oetzi the Iceman has reappeared looking fighting fit – as a
new model on show in the Italian Alps, where he died from an arrow
wound some 5,300 years ago. In 1991 a German couple found Oetzi's
mummified corpse embedded in a glacier, in a high mountain pass. Using
3D images of the corpse and forensic technology two Dutch experts
– Alfons and Adrie Kennis – created a new Oetzi model.
They gave him brown eyes.
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more. Source: BBC |
Roman rise and fall 'recorded in trees'
(Jan 15, 2011)
An extensive study of tree growth rings says there could be a link
between the rise and fall of past civilizations and sudden shifts
in Europe's climate. A team of researchers based their findings on
data from 9,000 wooden artifacts from the past 2,500 years. They found
that periods of warm, wet summers coincided with prosperity, while
political turmoil occurred during times of climate instability.
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more. Source: BBC |
Roman settlement unearthed in Syon Park, west
London
(Nov 18, 2010)
A Roman settlement filled with ancient artefacts and human remains
has been found on a west London building site. Archaeologists excavating
the listed Syon Park site made the discovery of more than 11,000 Roman
items just half a meter below the ground. They were digging on the
land ahead of the construction of a new hotel on the outskirts of
the historical Syon Park Estate, near Brentford.
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more. Source: BBC |
Bronze Age hoard found intact in Essex field
(Nov 2, 2010)
Archaeologists have unearthed a collection of Bronze Age axe heads,
spear tips and other 3,000-year-old metal objects buried in an Essex
field. The items include an intact pottery container with heavy contents
which has been removed undisturbed. The materials are now at a local
museum where archaeologists hope to uncover new insights into Bronze
Age Britain.
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more. Source: BBC |
Stonehenge boy 'was from the Med'
(Oct 2, 2010)
Chemical tests on teeth from an ancient burial near Stonehenge indicate
that the person in the grave grew up around the Mediterranean Sea.
The bones belong to a teenager who died 3,550 years ago and was buried
with a distinctive amber necklace. The conclusions come from analysis
of different forms of the elements oxygen and strontium in his tooth
enamel.
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more. Source: BBC |
Neanderthals were able to 'develop their own
tools'
(Sep 25, 2010)
Neanderthals were keen on innovation and technology and developed
tools all on their own, scientists say. A new study challenges the
view that our close relatives could advance only through contact with
Homo sapiens. The team says climate change was partly responsible
for forcing Neanderthals to innovate in order to survive.
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more. Source: BBC |
Oldest evidence of arrows found
(Aug 26, 2010)
Researchers in South Africa have revealed the earliest direct evidence
of human-made arrows. The scientists unearthed 64,000 year-old "stone
points", which they say were probably arrow heads. Closer inspection
of the ancient weapons revealed remnants of blood and bone that provided
clues about how they were used.
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more. Source: BBC |
Oetzi the Iceman may have been buried, says
team
(Aug 26, 2010)
Oetzi, the 5,000 year old "Iceman" found in the Italian Alps, may
have been ceremonially buried, archaeologists claim. An autopsy showed
that Oetzi had been murdered, dying of an arrow wound. While this
is not disputed, a new study suggests that months after his death,
Oetzi's corpse was carried to the high mountain pass where it was
found.
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more. Source: BBC |
Ancient language mystery deepens
(Aug 11, 2010)
A linguistic mystery has arisen surrounding symbol-inscribed stones
in Scotland that predate the formation of the country itself. The
stones are believed to have been carved by members of an ancient people
known as the Picts, who thrived in what is now Scotland from the 4th
to the 9th Centuries. These symbols, researchers say, are probably
"words" rather than images.
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more. Source: BBC |
Robot to explore mysterious tunnels in Great
Pyramid
(Aug 8, 2010)
For 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid at Giza has enthralled, fascinated
and ultimately frustrated everyone who has attempted to penetrate
its secrets. Now a robotics team from Leeds University, working with
Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, is preparing a machine which
they hope will solve one of its enduring mysteries.
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more. Source: The Independent |
Archaeologists unearth Neolithic henge at Stonehenge
(Jul 22, 2010)
Archaeologists have discovered a second henge at Stonehenge, described
as the most exciting find there in 50 years. The circular ditch surrounding
a smaller circle of deep pits about a metre (3ft) wide has been unearthed
at the world-famous site in Wiltshire. Archaeologists conducting a
multi-million pound study believe timber posts were in the pits.
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more. Source: BBC |
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