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Artifacts Help Archaeologists Identify When Egyptian Pharaoh Ruled

12/02/2025

Two scholars used radiocarbon dating to determine when Pharaoh Nebpehtire Ahmose reigned over Egypt, providing scholars with the ability to better understand events described in the Book of Exodus and a volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea. The study, published …

Метки : археологиядревний египетфараонырадиоуглеродное датированиекнига исходавулкан тера-санторини

Neolithic Pits Near Stonehenge Might Have Channeled the Underworld

12/01/2025

An enormous pit circle near Stonehenge was created by Neolithic-era humans who might have conceived it as a portal to the underworld, according to archaeologists behind a newly published paper. “The architects of Stonehenge may have had the heavens in …

Метки : стоунхенджархеологиянеолитпорталвеликобританиязагадка

Ancient Roman Olive Oil Production Facility Discovered in Tunisia

11/20/2025

An international team of researchers from Spain, Tunisia, and Italy has uncovered an industrial-scale olive oil production facility in Tunisia, near the western border with Algeria. The archaeological site where the mill was discovered, Henchir el Begar, is in the …

Метки : исследованияархеологияоливковое маслоримская империяисторические находкитунис

3,600-Year-Old Bronze Age City Discovered in Central Asia

11/19/2025

Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have uncovered a Late Bronze Age city dating to ca. 1600 BCE. The ancient site, called Semiyarka, covers nearly 250 acres in northeast Kazakhstan, according to a report Antiquity, a world archaeology journal published by Durham University …

Метки : казахстанархеологиябронзовый векдревние цивилизациисемияркаисторическое открытие

Limestone Face Carving Discovered During Maya Train Project Excavation

11/18/2025

The Maya Train construction project has been ongoing since 2020, with the goal of connecting historical sites in the Yucatan and boosting tourism. The first section opened in December 2024. Over the years, the controversial project has unearthed thousands of …

Метки : майяархеологияюкатанискусствоистория.туризм

Photos: 36 Ancient Artifacts the US Repatirated to Egypt

11/11/2025

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced last week that it had recieved 36 artifacts looted from the country and later recovered by US authorities. The pieces, the agency said, are set to be deposited with Egyptian Museum, though it …

Метки : египетархеологиякультурное наследиеартефактыискусствоистория.

Egyptian Ceramic Vessel Found in Ancient Pompeiian Canteen

11/11/2025

A nearly 2,000-year-old ceramic vessel from Egypt has been found during conservation efforts in Pompeii, the Roman city destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. The discovery, published by the Pompeii Archaeological Park’s online journal, offers a window into …

Метки : искусствоархеологияпомпеиегипетистория.#культура

MOWAA Archeological Project Releases Findings

11/05/2025

A little more than a week from today, the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria, will open its MOWAA Institute, the first building to be finished of a planned 15-acre campus that will also include a …

Метки : музейбенинархеологияискусствоистория.#культура

Neanderthals May Have Created Ochre Tools for Drawing, New Study Finds

11/05/2025

A recent analysis of ochre fragments from several Neanderthal sites indicated that Neanderthals used ochre for drawing and marking surfaces. It has been long-believed that Neanderthals used the iron-rich pigment to adorn their bodies, clothing, and surfaces. Many ancient civilizations, …

Метки : неандертальцыохраискусствоархеологиясимволизмдревние цивилизации

Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo is Finally Open

11/04/2025

The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, a project nearly 25 years in the making, has finally opened to the public after considerable delays. On November 1, visitors were able to explore all of the museum’s 968,000 square feet of space …

Метки : египетмузейтутанхамонисторические находкиискусствоархеология

Ancient Roman Cremation Process Revealed by Archaeological Find in France

11/04/2025

In what once functioned as an ancient Roman city focused on trade and thermal baths in the south of France, archaeologists have unearthed graves thought to offer new revelations related to Roman burial rites. After Marseille was taken over by …

Метки : археологияримская империяпогребальные обрядыфранцияисторические находкиольбия

Typhoon Scattered Trove of Yup’ik Artifacts Along Alaskan Coast

10/31/2025

An archaeological site near Quinhagak, previously preserved in permafrost, was heavily damaged by Typhoon Halong earlier this month. Rick Knecht, a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen who has long worked in the area, raised the alarm regarding the risks …

Метки : археологияклиматюпикаляска#культурамузей

Armor, Jewelry, and Evidence of Human Sacrifice Found in Korean Tomb

10/28/2025

An excavation project in Hwangnam-dong, an area within the South Korean city of Gyeongju, recently uncovered a tomb complex buried beneath another tomb, which was itself uncovered in 2020. Sim Hyeon-cheol, a researcher with the Gyeongju National Research Institute of …

Метки : археологиясиллараскопкикёнчжуритуалыкультурное наследие

Storied Ancient Egyptian City Wasn't Abandoned Because of a Plague

10/28/2025

A new study, published in the American Journal of Archaeology, aims to show that the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten was abandoned not because of a plague, as many have previously assumed, but for different reasons entirely. Akhetaten, or present-day …

Метки : археологияегипетахетатенэпидемияисследованияисторические находки