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SACRIFICIAL COMPLEX IN THE SOUTHERN URALS REVEALS NOMADIC RITUALS DIG UNCOVERS 6,000 YEARS OF HISTORY BENEATH PALACE OF WESTMINSTER 2,700-YEAR-OLD NOBLEWOMAN’S BURIAL EXCAVATED IN GREECE ‘LONG-LOST’ TROY STORY DEPICTED ON ROMAN MOSAIC IN RUTLAND, UK THE BIRTH OF WRITING THE TEN LOST TRIBES FINDING MY WAY ACROSS MANY TRAILS REMAINS OF SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIERS RECOVERED FROM DMZ 2026 AIA AWARDS SPOTLIGHT – JAMES R. WISEMAN BOOK AWARD FOA WEBINAR: MICHAEL HUNDLEY 2026 AIA AWARDS SPOTLIGHT – ANNA MARGUERITE MCCANN AWARD FOR FIELDWORK REPORTS 2026 AIA AWARDS SPOTLIGHT – OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD 2026 AIA AWARDS SPOTLIGHT – AIA-«TELESTES» AWARD FOR MATERIAL CULTURE RESEARCH IN ANCIENT MUSIC AND DANCE NEOLITHIC SHELL TRUMPETS FROM SPAIN STUDIED 3D MAP OF EASTER ISLAND QUARRY OFFERS CLUES TO MOAI CONSTRUCTION 2025 DANA GRANT REPORT: ERBIL PLAIN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY WORCESTER: MAKING JEWELRY WITH ZAHRA ALMAJIDI 2025 ASOR HONORS & AWARDS MASSIVE ANCIENT ROMAN WATER BASIN IN THE CITY OF GABII WAS HIDDEN FOR CENTURIES THE CYRUS CYLINDER WHAT IS THE BEST BIBLE TRANSLATION? CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY 430 RENDLESHAM REDISCOVERED: EXPLORING LANDSCAPES OF POWER IN EARLY MEDIEVAL EAST ANGLIA ROMAN PET MONKEYS EVALUATED GENETIC STUDY OFFERS NEW THOUGHTS ON CAT DOMESTICATION CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY LIVE! 2026 STONE TOOL CACHE UNCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA SCIENCE NOTES: REVISITING VIKING AGE ART USING MICROWEAR ANALYSIS PEOPLE OF THE PAST: BUILDING A FUTURE FOR SCOTLAND’S ARCHAEOLOGICAL HUMAN REMAINS MAPPING TROY’S LUWIAN CONTEXT YOUNG GIRL DISCOVERS EGYPTIAN SCARAB CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGY’S DECEMBER LISTINGS: EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS, AND HERITAGE FROM HOME WHAT IS THE GIANT NEOLITHIC CIRCULAR STRUCTURE NEAR DURRINGTON WALLS HENGE? 3,500-YEAR-OLD BURIAL DISCOVERED IN SUDAN FROM ROYAL HALL TO CANNONBALLS: REDISCOVERING THE MANY LIVES OF THE WOOLWICH ROTUNDA FIRST ANCIENT ‘CUBE-SHAPED’ SKULL DISCOVERED IN TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO WHY DID THE MAGI BRING GOLD, FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH? FIRST PERSON: DID THE KINGDOMS OF SAUL, DAVID AND SOLOMON ACTUALLY EXIST? INTERNATIONAL VISITORS WILL FACE MUCH HIGHER NPS ENTRY FEES BIRD-BEAKED MASKS GREAT PREHISTORIC SITES: FAMOUS CAVES – EXCAVATING THE CA ARCHIVE 10,000-YEAR-OLD HUMAN FACE RELIEFS DISCOVERED AT SEFERTEPE, TÜRKIYE AMAZING ANCIENT UNDERWATER TREASURES RECOVERED FROM LAKE LEDNICA, POLAND – GIFTS TO THE GODS OR WEAPONS USED IN A BATTLE? CONSERVING THE CEILING OF ST MARY’S CHURCH: GRANDTULLY, PERTHSHIRE REDISCOVERING THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS DNA AND GENDER AT POMPEII CA 430 LETTERS – DECEMBER HISTORY IN THE SHALLOWS: EXPLORING INTERTIDAL AND INLAND SITES BRONZE AGE: BOAT DISCOVERIES AT MUST FARM FINDS TRAY: ZOOMORPHIC FIGURINES HUNDREDS OF PROJECTILES UNCOVERED AT CULLODEN SECTION OF HADRIAN’S WALL DISCOVERED AT DRUMBURGH BIG YEAR AT BREMENIUM FORT PREHISTORIC FINDS EXCAVATED AT DERRYGONNELLY CASTLE DEATH AMONG THE DUROTRIGES IRON AGE HILLFORT EXCAVATED NEAR PERTH WORLD NEWS UK NEWS IN BRIEF MUSEUM NEWS THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII: THE IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION COMMUNITY, TECHNOLOGY AND TRADITION: A SOCIAL PREHISTORY OF THE GREAT ORME MINE FLOREAT SALOPIA: A CELEBRATION OF SHROPSHIRE’S HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY CAT TALES: A HISTORY LIVING AND DYING IN A LANCASHIRE COTTON TOWN LANDSCAPES OF KINGSHIP IN EARLY MEDIEVAL IRELAND, AD 400-1150 DEFINED BY STONES: 50 EXTRAORDINARY ROCKY PLACES THAT CONNECT OUR PREHISTORIC ANCESTORS TO NORTHERN LANDSCAPES THE C F A VOYSEY SOCIETY FIRST-EVER 3D MODEL ALLOWS YOU TO EXPLORE THE ICONIC EASTER ISLAND STATUES UP CLOSE TWO LOTS WITHDRAWN FROM BONHAM'S SALE MORE THAN DROUGHT BEHIND ANCIENT MAYA CIVILIZATION’S COLLAPSE ANCIENT ASTRONOMICAL STRUCTURE PREDATING THE SOLAR OBSERVATORY OF CHANKILLO DISCOVERED IN PERU NDEE TRAILS CONTINUING COVERAGE: PROTECTING THE CHACO PROTECTION ZONE UNEARTHING ANATOLIA’S ANCIENT CITY OF LYSTRA WHERE HISTORY AND FAITH CONVERGE ARCHAEOLOGY RESOURCES, PATHWAYS, AND IMPACT FAIR AT AIA ANNUAL MEETING ANNOUNCING THE AIA’S 2026 AWARD WINNERS CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE MIDLANDS AND ABROAD CONFERENCE A LIFE LESS WEALTHY CWA 134 – OUT NOW CURRENT WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY 134 A LIFE LESS WEALTHY: THE ORDINARY LIVES OF NABATAEAN PETRA TRAIL MEMORIES CORINTH’S GREATEST TREASURE REDRAWING THE FAMILY TREE INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY DAY AT THE NATIONAL ARTS CLUB: TRADE AND CULTURAL CONNECTIONS IN THE BALTIC EXPLORING 8,000 YEARS OF WATER HISTORY: IAD AT THE AIA-GAINESVILLE SOCIETY ARCHAEOLOGY DAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA: A DAY OF HANDS-ON HISTORY SMALL RINGS, GREAT POWER: ASSESSING THE VIMOSE MAIL COAT HUMAN ANCESTORS CREATED TOOLS CONTINUOUSLY FOR 300,000 YEARS THE CHANGING FACES OF EASTER ISLAND: REVEALING THE SECRETS OF SHAPE-SHIFTING FIGURINES PYLOS: FROM PRINCES TO A PALACE IN MESSENIA KEA: SETTLEMENT AND SCULPTURE ON A CYCLADIC ISLAND MOTHER OF INVENTION IN THE SEINE THE LONGUE DURÉE AT DION BRONZE WARRIOR FIGURINE ANALYSING AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GENOME REFRAMING THE ‘DESERT FRONTIER’: STUDIES IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND NORTHERN ARABIA IN HONOUR OF DAVID KENNEDY ICE AGE ART NOW BETWEEN TWO RIVERS: ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA AND THE BIRTH OF HISTORY CWA 134 CROSSWORD, AND ANSWERS TO CROSSWORD #133 AN ANCIENT SOLAR OBSERVATORY AN ANALYSIS OF THE STERN COLLECTION OF CYCLADICISING ART HECHT FRAGMENT RETURNS TO ITALY PROTECTING THE CHACO PROTECTION ZONE FURTHER RETURNS TO GREECE FROM THE MET LIONS FROM THE ARCHAIC PANIONION BYZANTINE CAPITAL RETURNED TO TÜRKIYE RETURNS TO GREECE FROM NEW YORK'S METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART CHACO ZONE IN JEOPARDY, AGAIN SUNZIA DAWNING CWA PHOTO COMPETITION 2026 KOONALDA CAVE CWA 133 – OUT NOW VOLUME 129 (2025) INDEX MORTALITY CRISIS AT AKHETATEN? AMARNA AND THE BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE LATE BRONZE AGE MEDITERRANEAN EPIDEMIC AŠŠUR’S NEWCOMERS: EVIDENCE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF POPULATION IN IMPERIAL ASSYRIAN CAPITALS THROUGH RESETTLEMENT EVENTS THE MYTH OF HELLENIZATION: THE EARLY TO MIDDLE HELLENISTIC PERIOD (CA. 300–150 BCE) IN SAGALASSOS AND PISIDIA (SOUTHWEST ANATOLIA) HORNS, CRENELLATIONS, AND SNAKES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EGYPTIAN CENSERS IN THE HOUSES OF POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM MARBLE DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS IN THE EARLY BYZANTINE SOUTHWESTERN LEVANT: QUANTITATIVE AND SPATIAL APPROACHES AN UNPRECEDENTED MUSEOLOGICAL ENDEAVOR: THE FIRST KINGS OF EUROPE EXHIBITION ANDREW COLIN RENFREW (1937–2024) T. LESLIE SHEAR, JR. (1938–2022) BRILL’S COMPANION TO WARFARE IN THE BRONZE AGE AEGEAN FAYA PALAEOLANDSCAPE BECOMES ONLY SITE IN THE ARAB WORLD TO BE AWARDED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS IN 2025
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Sacrificial Complex in the Southern Urals Reveals Nomadic Rituals

Sacrificial Complex in the Southern Urals Reveals Nomadic Rituals

ORENBURG, RUSSIA—According to the Greek Reporter, the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) announced the discovery […] The post Sacrificial Complex in the Southern Urals Reveals Nomadic Rituals appeared

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Published: December 06, 2025

Dig Uncovers 6,000 Years of History Beneath Palace of Westminster

Dig Uncovers 6,000 Years of History Beneath Palace of Westminster

LONDON, ENGLAND—Famous today for housing England’s Houses of Parliament, archaeological excavations beneath London’s Palace of […] The post Dig Uncovers 6,000 Years of History Beneath Palace of Westmi

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Published: December 06, 2025

2,700-Year-Old Noblewoman’s Burial Excavated in Greece

2,700-Year-Old Noblewoman’s Burial Excavated in Greece

ATHENS, GREECE—Traces of a fortified settlement and a cemetery containing about 40 graves dating to […] The post 2,700-Year-Old Noblewoman’s Burial Excavated in Greece appeared first on Archaeology Ma

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Published: December 06, 2025

‘Long-Lost’ Troy Story Depicted On Roman Mosaic In Rutland, UK

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have provided new insights into the Ketton mosaic in Rutland, hailed as one of the most significant Roman mosaics found in the UK. Their findings reveal t

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Published: December 05, 2025

The Birth of Writing

The Birth of Writing

Undoubtedly, writing is one of humanity’s most significant inventions, emerging in the ancient Near East, in both Mesopotamia and Egypt, nearly simultaneously. In Mesopotamia, the […] The post The Bir

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Published: December 05, 2025

The Ten Lost Tribes

The Ten Lost Tribes

“So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day.” This is how the Book of 2 Kings summarizes the Assyrian conquest […] The post The Ten Lost Tribes appeared first on Biblical Archa

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Published: December 05, 2025

Finding My Way across Many Trails

Finding My Way across Many Trails

Today’s post is the third in our Trails series, a companion to our year-end fundraising campaign. We’ll have weekly essays from now until the New Year. Thanks for your support! Amy Gillaspie, BIA NAGP

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Published: December 05, 2025

Remains of South Korean Soldiers Recovered from DMZ

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA—According to a Stars and Stripes report, the remains of 25 people and […] The post Remains of South Korean Soldiers Recovered from DMZ appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

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Published: December 05, 2025

2026 AIA Awards Spotlight – James R. Wiseman Book Award

Congratulations to all the individuals, projects, and publications honored with AIA Awards! These outstanding contributors to our field will be formally celebrated at the 2026 AIA Awards Ceremony duri

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Published: December 05, 2025

FOA Webinar: Michael Hundley

The post FOA Webinar: Michael Hundley appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: December 05, 2025

2026 AIA Awards Spotlight – Anna Marguerite McCann Award for Fieldwork Reports

Congratulations to all the individuals, projects, and publications honored with AIA Awards! These outstanding contributors to our field will be formally celebrated at the 2026 AIA Awards Ceremony duri

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Published: December 05, 2025

2026 AIA Awards Spotlight – Outstanding Public Service Award

Congratulations to all the individuals, projects, and publications honored with AIA Awards! These outstanding contributors to our field will be formally celebrated at the 2026 AIA Awards Ceremony duri

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Published: December 05, 2025

2026 AIA Awards Spotlight – AIA-«Telestes» Award for Material Culture Research in Ancient Music and Dance

Congratulations to all the individuals, projects, and publications honored with AIA Awards! These outstanding contributors to our field will be formally celebrated at the 2026 AIA Awards Ceremony duri

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Published: December 05, 2025

Neolithic Shell Trumpets from Spain Studied

Neolithic Shell Trumpets from Spain Studied

CATALONIA, SPAIN—The Guardian reports that conch shells unearthed at Neolithic sites in northeastern Spain may […] The post Neolithic Shell Trumpets from Spain Studied appeared first on Archaeology Ma

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Published: December 05, 2025

3D Map of Easter Island Quarry Offers Clues to Moai Construction

3D Map of Easter Island Quarry Offers Clues to Moai Construction

BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK—According to a SciNews report, Carl Lipo of Binghamton University and his colleagues […] The post 3D Map of Easter Island Quarry Offers Clues to Moai Construction appeared first o

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Published: December 05, 2025

2025 Dana Grant Report: Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey

The post 2025 Dana Grant Report: Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: December 05, 2025

Worcester: Making Jewelry with Zahra Almajidi

Worcester: Making Jewelry with Zahra Almajidi

On November 16th, the Worcester Society of the AIA hosted a Society Outreach Event in collaboration with the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester and the College of the Holy Cross. […] The post Worces

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Published: December 04, 2025

2025 ASOR Honors & Awards

The post 2025 ASOR Honors & Awards appeared first on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) .

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Published: December 04, 2025

Massive Ancient Roman Water Basin In The City Of Gabii Was Hidden For Centuries

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In the ancient Roman city of Gabii, just 11 miles east of Rome, a remarkable discovery has come to light. Under the guidance of University of Missouri professor Marcell

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Published: December 04, 2025

The Cyrus Cylinder

The Cyrus Cylinder

The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the best-known surviving texts from the Achaemenid Persian Empire (c. 550–332 BCE), due almost entirely to its proposed connection […] The post The Cyrus Cylinder appeared

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Published: December 04, 2025

What Is the Best Bible Translation?

What Is the Best Bible Translation?

What is the best Bible translation? It’s a simple question, but the answer is far from straightforward. There are dozens of modern English translations and […] The post What Is the Best Bible Translat

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Published: December 04, 2025

Current Archaeology 430

Rendlesham rediscovered: landscapes of power in early medieval East Anglia People of the past: Scotland’s archaeological human remains Rediscovering the many lives of the Woolwich Rotunda Exploring in

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Published: December 04, 2025

Rendlesham rediscovered: Exploring landscapes of power in early medieval East Anglia

Over the last two decades, evidence of a high-status early medieval settlement has been emerging just four miles from Sutton Hoo. What can Rendlesham tell us about the evolution and exercise of royal

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Published: December 04, 2025

Roman Pet Monkeys Evaluated

WARSAW, POLAND—Analysis of monkey remains unearthed at the Roman port of Berenice on Egypt’s Red […] The post Roman Pet Monkeys Evaluated appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

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Published: December 04, 2025

Genetic Study Offers New Thoughts on Cat Domestication

Genetic Study Offers New Thoughts on Cat Domestication

ROME, ITALY—Gizmodo reports that analysis of DNA samples taken from 70 cats who lived in […] The post Genetic Study Offers New Thoughts on Cat Domestication appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

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Published: December 04, 2025

Current Archaeology Live! 2026

In partnership with: Our upcoming conference, Current Archaeology Live! 2026, will be held on Saturday 28 February. We are delighted to be returning once more to University College London’s Institute

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Published: December 04, 2025

Stone Tool Cache Uncovered in Australia

Stone Tool Cache Uncovered in Australia

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA—A cache of some 60 tools was found protruding from the soil in northwest […] The post Stone Tool Cache Uncovered in Australia appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

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Published: December 04, 2025

Science Notes: Revisiting Viking Age art using microwear analysis

Archaeologists are increasingly revisiting long-held theories about the past and highlighting how these ideas need to be updated in light of evolving evidence. This is especially the case with many ar

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Published: December 03, 2025

People of the past: Building a future for Scotland’s archaeological human remains

National Museums Scotland holds one of the largest collections of archaeological human remains from Scotland. Following the creation of cutting-edge facilities to care for and study these remains, as

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Published: December 03, 2025

Mapping Troy’s Luwian Context

Mapping Troy’s Luwian Context

For some, the first thing the name “Troy” brings to mind is the 2004 Brad Pitt film, if not the ancient Homeric epic, the Iliad, […] The post Mapping Troy’s Luwian Context appeared first on Biblical A

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Published: December 03, 2025

Young Girl Discovers Egyptian Scarab

Young Girl Discovers Egyptian Scarab

While walking with her family at Tel Qana near Tel Aviv, a young girl made a fantastic find: a small stone in the shape of […] The post Young Girl Discovers Egyptian Scarab appeared first on Biblical

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Published: December 03, 2025

Current Archaeology’s December Listings: exhibitions, events, and heritage from home

There are lots of great ways to get involved with history and archaeology over the next few months, including exhibitions, lectures, and conferences exploring a wide range of subjects. If you would pr

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Published: December 03, 2025

What Is The Giant Neolithic Circular Structure Near Durrington Walls Henge?

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During a geophysical survey conducted around the Durrington Walls Henge in Wiltshire, UK, scientists identified a substantial Neolithic pit structure. Situated to the

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Published: December 03, 2025

3,500-Year-Old Burial Discovered in Sudan

KERMA, SUDAN—Phys.org reports that a Kerma culture burial radiocarbon dated to between 1775 and 1609 […] The post 3,500-Year-Old Burial Discovered in Sudan appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .

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Published: December 03, 2025

From royal hall to cannonballs: Rediscovering the many lives of the Woolwich Rotunda

Currently on the Historic England Heritage at Risk Register and described as being in ‘very bad’ condition, the Woolwich Rotunda is supported by a web of scaffolding and faces an uncertain future. Chr

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Published: December 02, 2025

First Ancient ‘Cube-Shaped’ Skull Discovered In Tamaulipas, Mexico

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During recent excavations in the northern Huasteca region, archaeologists uncovered a cube-shaped ancient skull that once held significant cultural value in Mexico. The

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Published: December 02, 2025

Why Did the Magi Bring Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh?

Why Did the Magi Bring Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh?

Were the gifts of the magi meant to save Jesus from the pain of arthritis? It’s possible, according to researchers at Cardiff University in Wales who have been studying the medical uses of frankincens

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Published: December 02, 2025

First Person: Did the Kingdoms of Saul, David and Solomon Actually Exist?

First Person: Did the Kingdoms of Saul, David and Solomon Actually Exist?

In BAR, Hershel Shanks examines a recent article published by archaeologist Amihai Mazar. Mazar contends that while the Biblical narratives were written hundreds of years after the reigns of Saul, Dav

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Published: December 02, 2025

International Visitors Will Face Much Higher NPS Entry Fees

Hi Everyone, Kate here. Please indulge me for a few words about Archaeology Southwest’s year-end campaign on this Giving Tuesday. Your gifts wholly fund this weekly newsletter and so many other aspect

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Published: December 02, 2025

Bird-beaked masks

During the Black Death of 1347 to 1352, doctors wore bird-beaked masks filled with various herbs that were designed to protect the wearer from breathing poisoned air – or so we have been led to believ

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Published: December 02, 2025

Great prehistoric sites: famous caves – Excavating the CA archive

For my third and final column on the Palaeolithic, I will clamber into some of the most famous caves in the country. Even better – as I will outline at the end of this selection – the majority are ope

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Published: December 02, 2025

10,000-Year-Old Human Face Reliefs Discovered At Sefertepe, Türkiye

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Recent excavations at Sefertepe in Türkiye have led archaeologists to discover two human face reliefs estimated to be approximately 10,000 years old. These findings p

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Published: December 01, 2025

Amazing Ancient Underwater Treasures Recovered From Lake Lednica, Poland – Gifts To The Gods Or Weapons Used In A Battle?

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ostrów Lednicki, the largest of five islands on Lake Lednica, located between Gniezno and Poznan in Poland, is of significant historical importance and has been a centr

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Published: December 01, 2025

Conserving the ceiling of St Mary’s Church: Grandtully, Perthshire

The ceiling of St Mary’s Church in Grantully, Perthshire, is intricately painted with coats of arms, images of saints, and proverbs, with a central panel depicting what is thought to be the

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Published: December 01, 2025

Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls

Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls

Lost Words and Forgotten Worlds: Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls By Andrew Perrin (Bellingham: Lexham Press, 2025), 348 pp., 66 figs. (color & b/w photos, […] The post Rediscovering the Dead Sea Sc

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Published: December 01, 2025

DNA and Gender at Pompeii

DNA and Gender at Pompeii

In 79 CE, the Roman town of Pompeii was covered in volcanic ash, courtesy of Mt. Vesuvius. While the bodies of the dead decomposed long […] The post DNA and Gender at Pompeii appeared first on Biblica

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Published: December 01, 2025

CA 430 Letters – December

Football fact-checking It was good to see some football archaeology being reported in CA 429 (‘Cathkin Park commemorated’). However, the article is misleading when it says that after Queen’s Park move

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Published: December 01, 2025

History in the shallows: Exploring intertidal and inland sites

Underwater archaeology is not all deep-sea diving. Artefacts and historic remains are periodically exposed on the shoreline before vanishing as the tide rises again, and can be found further inland in

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Published: December 01, 2025

Bronze Age: Boat Discoveries at Must Farm

A new exhibition at Flag Fen Archaeology Park, near Peterborough, brings the area’s prehistoric past to life – including a trio of Bronze Age and Iron Age log boats. Carly Hilts visited to learn more.

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Published: December 01, 2025

Finds Tray: Zoomorphic figurines

This is a trio of zoomorphic figurines that was recently acquired by Worthing Museum thanks to the kindness of the finder and landowner, who both agreed to waive their value. They were

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Published: December 01, 2025

Hundreds of projectiles uncovered at Culloden

Excavations on Culloden Battlefield, near Inverness, this past October have recovered more than 100 projectiles in an area of the site that had not previously yielded any archaeological discoveries. T

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Published: November 30, 2025

Section of Hadrian’s Wall discovered at Drumburgh

Excavations at Drumburgh, 10 miles (16km) from Carlisle, have unearthed a section of Hadrian’s Wall – the best-preserved part of the frontier fortification to be revealed west of the city. At the

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Published: November 30, 2025

Big year at Bremenium Fort

Further news from the frontier zone comes from Bremenium Fort – at High Rochester, north of Hadrian’s Wall – where recent excavations have revealed a wealth of finds to add to our

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Published: November 30, 2025

Prehistoric finds excavated at Derrygonnelly Castle

A community excavation exploring the remains of Derrygonnelly Castle, a 17th-century fortification in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, has revealed unexpected evidence of extensive prehistoric sett

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Published: November 30, 2025

Death among the Durotriges

For more than 15 years, archaeologists from Bournemouth University have been excavating a number of sites around Winterborne Kingston, near Bere Regis in Dorset. This long-running project has revoluti

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Published: November 30, 2025

Iron Age hillfort excavated near Perth

Excavations just north of Perth have revealed the remains of an Iron Age hillfort that appears to have been inhabited for close to 600 years before it was finally abandoned around the

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Published: November 30, 2025

World news

Mass graves and migration in Neolithic France Recent isotopic analysis of human remains from Neolithic mass graves found at Bergheim and Achenheim in Alsace, France, have shed new light on the life

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Published: November 30, 2025

UK news in brief

Blue plaque unveiled for Reverend Wilbert Awdry Historic England has unveiled a National Blue Plaque honouring children’s author and creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, the Reverend Wilbert Awdry. The

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Published: November 30, 2025

Museum news

The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.

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Published: November 30, 2025

The Last Days of Pompeii: the immersive exhibition

A new exhibition in London uses cutting-edge technology to recreate the streets of Pompeii – and the explosive events that turned a thriving Roman settlement into an archaeological time capsule. Carly

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Published: November 30, 2025

Community, Technology and Tradition: a social prehistory of the Great Orme Mine

REVIEW BY PAUL T CRADDOCK This is a very thorough description of every aspect of the prehistoric copper mines on the Great Orme at Llandudno. It is also an attempt to recreate

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Published: November 29, 2025

Floreat Salopia: a celebration of Shropshire’s history and archaeology

REVIEW BY BRANDON BRAUN The Latin motto for Shropshire – Floreat Salopia, ‘may Shropshire flourish’ – has been used since at least the 17th century, so it is a fitting title for

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Published: November 29, 2025

Cat Tales: A History

REVIEW BY CH Dogs may be ‘man’s best friend’, but cats also share a long relationship with humans – a tale (tail?) that archaeologist Jerry Moore recounts in this absorbing overview, covering

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Published: November 29, 2025

Living and Dying in a Lancashire Cotton Town

REVIEW BY REBECCA GOWLAND The town of Blackburn in Lancashire was a key player in Britain’s industrial cotton boom, which saw a quadrupling of its inhabitants during the first half of the

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Published: November 29, 2025

Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1150

REVIEW BY FINBAR McCORMICK This book is the first interdisciplinary analysis of early Irish kingship based on both historical and archaeological sources; it was formerly the preserve of just historian

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Published: November 29, 2025

Defined by Stones: 50 extraordinary rocky places that connect our prehistoric ancestors to northern landscapes

REVIEW BY ROB IXER This is the second landscape book by Jackson to be published this year and is in many respects a prequel to his earlier Rocks on the Edge of

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Published: November 29, 2025

The C F A Voysey Society

In his speech of thanks for the dinner that was given to mark his 70th birthday in 1927, the architect and designer C F A (Charles) Voysey (1857-1941) declared: ‘my work was

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Published: November 29, 2025

First-Ever 3D Model Allows You To Explore The Iconic Easter Island Statues Up Close

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Easter Island (Rapa Nui), situated in the heart of the South Pacific and thousands of miles from the nearest continent, is renowned as one of the world’s most remote in

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Published: November 28, 2025

Two lots withdrawn from Bonham's sale

Two lots withdrawn from Bonham's sale

Becchina Archive Source: Christos Tsirogiannis. Dr Christos Tsirogiannis has identified two lots that were due to be auctioned at next week's sale of antiquities at Bonham's (4 December 2025). Both fe

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Published: November 28, 2025

More Than Drought Behind Ancient Maya Civilization’s Collapse

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Between 750 and 900 CE, the Maya lowlands in Central America underwent a significant demographic and political decline. Scientific studies have long linked this colla

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Published: November 27, 2025

Ancient Astronomical Structure Predating The Solar Observatory Of Chankillo Discovered In Peru

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Peruvian archaeologists have uncovered an astronomical structure in the Casma Valley, Ancash region, that predates the renowned Chankillo solar observatory—previously

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Published: November 27, 2025

Ndee Trails

Ndee Trails

Today’s post is the second in our Trails series, a companion to our year-end fundraising campaign. We’ll have weekly essays from now until the New Year. Thanks for your support! John R. Welch, Vice Pr

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Published: November 26, 2025

Continuing Coverage: Protecting the Chaco Protection Zone

Dear Friends, A short edition today. First, some sad news. We have learned that legendary ethnobotanist and archaeologist Suzanne K. “Suzy” Fish passed away last week. We have no other information at

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Published: November 26, 2025

Unearthing Anatolia’s Ancient City Of Lystra Where History And Faith Converge

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Finally, excavation work has begun at Lystra, a site of profound importance not just for Konya and Anatolian history, but also for world heritage, religious tradition

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Published: November 25, 2025

Archaeology Resources, Pathways, and Impact Fair at AIA Annual Meeting

Join us in San Francisco on Thursday, January 8 from 12-2 for an Archaeology Resources, Pathways, and Impact Fair! Sponsored by the Research and Academic Affairs Committee and its subcommittee […] The

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Published: November 25, 2025

Announcing the AIA’s 2026 Award Winners

The Archaeological Institute of America would like to congratulate the following individuals, projects, and publications for the exemplifying contributions they make to the field of archaeology. They

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Published: November 25, 2025

Current Archaeological Research in the Midlands and Abroad Conference

This two-day conference will spotlight the dynamic intersection of archaeological research conducted by Mercian Archaeological Services and Nottingham Trent University, covering investigations across

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Published: November 21, 2025

A life less wealthy

A life less wealthy

When imagining the ancient city of Petra, it is the awe-inspiring façade of the monument known today as the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) that first captures the eye and imagination – its ornate classical car

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Published: November 20, 2025

CWA 134 – out now

CWA 134 – out now

The monuments carved into the rose-red rock faces at Petra can be counted among the most renowned archaeological remains on the planet. Yet, for all their familiarity, we know comparatively little abo

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Published: November 20, 2025

Current World Archaeology 134

Building Petra: ordinary lives and extraordinary architecture Mycenaean Pylos: from princes to a palace in Greece The changing faces of Easter Island: shape-shifting figurines Small rings, great power

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Published: November 20, 2025

A life less wealthy: The ordinary lives of Nabataean Petra

Petra is renowned for its extraordinary tomb architecture, but little is known about the builders of these mausolea. George H Nash, Genevieve von Petzinger, Lina Alrabab’h, and James Nash examine this

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Published: November 20, 2025

Trail Memories

Trail Memories

Today’s post kicks off our Trails series, a companion to our year-end fundraising campaign. We’ll have weekly essays from now until the New Year. Thanks for your support! Skylar Begay (Diné, Mandan an

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Published: November 20, 2025

Corinth’s greatest treasure

In the first of a two-part piece, Richard Hodges visits Corinth for a conversation with its legendary excavator Charles K Williams.

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Published: November 20, 2025

Redrawing the family tree

Human beings may have suddenly doubled their age thanks to some recent research on a group of fossilised skulls from China, known as Yunxian 1 and 2. Previously classified as Homo erectus, they have n

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Published: November 20, 2025

International Archaeology Day at the National Arts Club: Trade and Cultural Connections in the Baltic

The National Arts Club celebrated International Archaeology Day with a special presentation by Ambassador Andreas von Uexküll, Sweden’s Deputy Representative to the United Nations. Ambassador von Uexk

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Published: November 19, 2025

Exploring 8,000 Years of Water History: IAD at the AIA-Gainesville Society

The AIA-Gainesville Society celebrated International Archaeology Day with a special Lecture and Lunch with the Lecturer event at the University of Florida. This activity was part of a focused effort [

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Published: November 19, 2025

Archaeology Day at the University of Alberta: A Day of Hands-On History

Archaeology Day at the University of Alberta, hosted by the AIA-Edmonton Society, was full of excitement and discovery! The atrium was buzzing with activity thanks to 12 tables hosted by […] The post

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Published: November 19, 2025

Small rings, great power: Assessing the Vimose mail coat

An extraordinary survival plucked from a Danish bog sheds light on the technical virtuosity available in the Roman Iron Age. Olympia Bobou, Ilaria Bucci, and Rubina Raja examine the significance of a

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Published: November 19, 2025

Human Ancestors Created Tools Continuously for 300,000 Years

Human Ancestors Created Tools Continuously for 300,000 Years

Goodness gracious, Friends, do I love the science of tree-ring dating! My dissertation research, which I published in 1997 as Time, Trees, and Prehistory, explored the 15-year-long effort, from 1914 t

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Published: November 19, 2025

The changing faces of Easter Island: Revealing the secrets of shape-shifting figurines

Easter Island did not just produce monumental stone sculptures. It was also home to talented woodcarvers making an extraordinary range of figurines. Paul Horley, Rafal Wieczorek, Catherine Orliac, and

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Published: November 19, 2025

Pylos: From princes to a palace in Messenia

Over the last century, Messenia in Greece has produced an extraordinary range of archaeological riches. Together, these finds showcase sumptuous burials and flourishing settlements, and shed vivid lig

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Published: November 19, 2025

Kea: Settlement and sculpture on a Cycladic island

A visit to Kea allows Martin J P Davies to dip into the archaeology of a charming island.

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Published: November 18, 2025

Mother of invention

If you happen to be among the many people who are born and raised in the countryside, chances are that you have found yourself at some point in your life quarrelling about city people who seemed to im

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Published: November 18, 2025

In the Seine

An exhibition in Paris explores the history of the city through the objects recovered from the river at its heart.

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Published: November 18, 2025

The longue durée at Dion

On 1 August 1960, I visited Mycenae for the first time. In my diary I described it as a terribly moving experience, seeing the shaft graves and the famed treasuries of Atreus and Clytemnestra. Looking

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Published: November 18, 2025

Bronze warrior figurine

The statuette… is intricate and highly detailed… What is it? This small, bronze figurine, which measures 7.5cm tall and weighs 55g, depicts a warrior standing in a lunging pose. He holds a

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Published: November 17, 2025

Analysing an ancient Egyptian genome

A recent study has successfully carried out full genome sequencing of a person from ancient Egypt for the first time.

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Published: November 17, 2025

Reframing the ‘Desert Frontier’: studies in the ancient Near East and northern Arabia in honour of David Kennedy

REVIEW BY MATTHEW SYMONDS This volume honours Professor David Kennedy, a pioneering scholar of ancient Arabia and Rome’s eastern frontier, by bringing together 21 scholarly contributions examining bot

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Published: November 17, 2025

Ice Age art now

REVIEW BY OSCAR MORO ABADIA This publication was created to accompany the British Museum Partnership Exhibition Ice Age art now, held at Cliffe Castle Museum in summer 2025. The exhibition showcased t

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Published: November 16, 2025

Between Two Rivers: ancient Mesopotamia and the birth of history

REVIEW BY TIMOTHY MATNEY The academic world inhabited by Sumerologists and Assyriologists is highly specialised and largely inaccessible for even the hardiest lovers of history. The texts themselves a

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Published: November 16, 2025

CWA 134 crossword, and answers to crossword #133

Across 8 US state containing the Last Supper Cave archaeological site (6)9 Persian dynasty founded by Ardashir I (8)10 US state, location of the Hell Island archaeological site (8)11 Military governor

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Published: November 16, 2025

An ancient solar observatory

Iván Ghezzi, Alcides Alvarez, and Cecilia Camargo discuss the unique site of Chankillo in Peru.

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Published: November 16, 2025

An Analysis of the Stern Collection of Cycladicising Art

An Analysis of the Stern Collection of Cycladicising Art

The loan exhibition of the Leonard N. Stern collection of Cycladicising art at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has been drawing much attention. Our detailed analysis has just been published by M

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Published: November 14, 2025

Hecht fragment returns to Italy

Hecht fragment returns to Italy

Source: MMA In January 2024 New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art deaccessioned the foot of an Attic black-figured band cup related to the Lysippides painter (inv. 2017.18 ; BAPD 340463). The fragment

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Published: November 14, 2025

Protecting the Chaco Protection Zone

Hi Friends, As promised, here’s the video/audio (opens at YouTube) of Paul Reed’s recent interview with Four Corners KSJE host Scott Michlin, in which my friend and colleague fiercely defends the 10-m

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Published: November 12, 2025

Further returns to Greece from the Met

Further returns to Greece from the Met

Source: Hellenic Consulate General in New York In September 2025 a number of antiquities were seized from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and at least six formed part of the return to Greece ann

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Published: November 11, 2025

Lions from the archaic Panionion

Lions from the archaic Panionion

Source: MMA In 1992 three terracotta antefixes decorated with the heads of lions were acquired by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (1992.36.1, 2, 3). Their histories were supplied: [With George Z

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Published: November 06, 2025

Byzantine Capital Returned to Türkiye

Byzantine Capital Returned to Türkiye

A marble Byzantine capital showing the archangel Michael has been returned to Türkiye from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. 1983.167) [ JSTOR ]: it has been placed on loan at the museum ( L

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Published: November 06, 2025

Returns to Greece from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art

Returns to Greece from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source: MMA The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that it returned 12 antiquities to the Hellenic Republic of Greece in October. The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that it is return

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Published: November 06, 2025

Chaco Zone in Jeopardy, Again

Chaco Zone in Jeopardy, Again

Hi Folks, Paul Reed here, filling in for Steve this week. One of our most beloved places—Chaco Culture National Historical Park—is once again threatened. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is moving

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Published: November 05, 2025

SunZia Dawning

SunZia Dawning

John R. Welch, Vice President, Preservation & Collaboration (November 3, 2025)—I am not big on fall. In my ledger, arborescent polychromes don’t balance out the shortening days or the calls to abandon

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Published: November 04, 2025

CWA Photo Competition 2026

CWA Photo Competition 2026

Send us your best heritage photos for a chance to win! As summer comes to an end, it is the perfect time to reflect on any heritage-filled travels, archaeological projects, or visits to historical sit

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Published: September 18, 2025

Koonalda Cave

Koonalda Cave

Far below the Nullarbor Plain in Australia lies an extraordinary gallery of rock art. Exploration and research in Koonalda Cave has revealed much about these ancient markings, as well as mining and th

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Published: September 18, 2025

CWA 133 – out now

CWA 133 – out now

Deep beneath Australia’s Nullarbor Plain lies Koonalda Cave. Lakes can be found within its subterranean passages, a matter of no little import in this vast semi-arid landscape. But it was not just wat

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Published: September 18, 2025

Volume 129 (2025) Index

The post Volume 129 (2025) Index appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .

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Published: September 17, 2025

Mortality Crisis at Akhetaten? Amarna and the Bioarchaeology of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean Epidemic

The question of whether the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten (14th century BCE; modern Amarna) was affected by an epidemic has long been debated. Evidence such as the deaths of several Amarna-period

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Published: September 13, 2025

Aššur’s Newcomers: Evidence for the Maintenance of Population in Imperial Assyrian Capitals Through Resettlement Events

Assyrian urban centers in northern Mesopotamia experienced massive growth during the Neo-Assyrian period (950–612 BCE) of the Iron Age. Aššur was the original seat of the Assyrian empire, acting as th

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Published: September 13, 2025

The Myth of Hellenization: The Early to Middle Hellenistic Period (ca. 300–150 BCE) in Sagalassos and Pisidia (Southwest Anatolia)

The spread of Hellenic ideas, practices, and material culture has long been considered a major factor in the urbanization of Hellenistic Anatolia. While this assertion has been criticized and nuanced

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Published: September 13, 2025

Horns, Crenellations, and Snakes: The Significance of Egyptian Censers in the Houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum

This article explores the significance of censers with Egyptian forms or featuring Egyptian-looking motifs found in the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum. I offer the first full publication of seven u

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Published: September 13, 2025

Marble Distribution Patterns in the Early Byzantine Southwestern Levant: Quantitative and Spatial Approaches

This study applies a quantitative and spatial approach to Early Byzantine marble finds from the southwestern Levant, integrating data into a theoretical model of overland transport costs. While the la

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Published: September 13, 2025

An Unprecedented Museological Endeavor: The First Kings of Europe Exhibition

The First Kings of Europe, organized by the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, is the result of unprecedented international collaboration. The multiyear project, cocurated by William Parkinso

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Published: September 13, 2025

Andrew Colin Renfrew (1937–2024)

The post Andrew Colin Renfrew (1937–2024) appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .

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Published: September 13, 2025

T. Leslie Shear, Jr. (1938–2022)

The post T. Leslie Shear, Jr. (1938–2022) appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .

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Published: September 13, 2025

Brill’s Companion to Warfare in the Bronze Age Aegean

The post Brill’s Companion to Warfare in the Bronze Age Aegean appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .

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Published: September 13, 2025

Faya Palaeolandscape becomes only site in the Arab world to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2025

Faya Palaeolandscape becomes only site in the Arab world to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2025

Nestled in the heart of Sharjah, Faya Palaeolandscape emerges from the vast, rugged desert as a hidden treasure, awaiting the world’s attention. The post Faya Palaeolandscape becomes only site in the

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Published: September 09, 2025