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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

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

5,500-Year-Old Ritual Site Found in Jordan

10/23/2025

Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a landscape of megalithic monuments that offer insight into how ancient societies responded to the tumultuous cultural transition into the Early Bronze Age. The discovery was made by a team from the University of Copenhagen …

Метки : археологиямегалиты#культураранний бронзовый векиорданиядревние цивилизации

Remains of a Strategic Roman Bridge Uncovered in Switzerland

09/23/2025

The remains of a Roman bridge were uncovered in Aegerten, about 20 miles northwest of Bern, Switzerland earlier this month, according to the Miami Herald. Experts found more than 300 oak piles well-preserved in waterlogged soil near the Thielle or …

Метки : история.римская археологияшвейцарияархеологические находкидревние цивилизацииискусство

Ancient Silver Coins Suggest New History of Trading in Southeast Asia

08/21/2025

A vast trade network likely linked the ancient inhabitants of Southeast Asia’s jungles and coastlines, a two-millennia-old trove of silver coins suggests. A study led by researchers at the National University of Singapore and published in Antiquity found commonalities in …

Метки : история.юго-восточная азияисследованиямонетыторговлядревние цивилизации

Stonehenge: A Guide to England's Most Famous Ancient Monument

02/26/2025

Each year Stonehenge draws more than a million visitors to a spot in southern England about 90 miles from London and 35 miles from Bath. Many of these visitors flock to the site on solstices and equinoxes: On those four …

Метки : стоунхенджархеологиянеолитисторические памятникидревние цивилизациимистерия

Petra: A Guide to Jordan's 'Rose City' in the Desert

02/25/2025

At the end of the Siq—a narrow, winding gorge through ruby-red sandstone in southwestern Jordan—lies one of the most jaw-dropping sights in archaeology: an open plaza dominated by Al-Khazneh, an elaborate, colonnaded tomb cut directly out of the vermilion cliffs. …

Метки : петраархеологиянабатейцыдревние цивилизациинаследие юнескотайны