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Scientists Find the Oldest Wooden Tools to Date in Greece

01/29/2026

Two objects unearthed at an archeological site in southern Greece are the oldest wooden tools yet found, according to a paper published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The objects came from the site …

Метки : археологиядревние орудиянаходкиплейстоценинструментыгреция

2024 Was a Record Year for Archeological Finds Made by UK Citizens

01/21/2026

The British Museum announced today that 2024 was a record year for archeological discoveries made in the UK by members of the public, with 79,616 finds recorded. Of those, 1540 were “treasure” as defined by the UK’s 1996 Treasure Act, …

Метки : археологиянаходкибританский музейсокровищаметаллодетекторыистория.

Archaeologists Find an Unusual 2500-year-old Stylus in Sicily

01/14/2026

An archeological operation conducted in advance of a construction project in Gela, Sicily, has uncovered an unusual carved bone stylus—a sharp tool used to inscribe clay before firing—that, according to excavation director Gianluca Calà, may have had a symbolic purpose. …

Метки : археологиясицилияискусстводревнегреческая культуранаходки

National Museum of Natural History Acquires Dinosaur Skull

12/19/2025

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has added a new, rare fossil to its collection: a dome-shaped skull of a Pachycephalosaurus, a type of dinosaur that lived about 67 million years ago. The fossil was donated to the museum …

Метки : музейископаемыединозаврыпахицефалозаврсмитсоновский музейнаходки

Blenheim Palace Conservators Search For Writers of Century-Old Graffiti

12/12/2025

Conservators currently at work restoring paintings in Blenheim Palace said they found the names of 11 people written in the ceiling decades ago, with the oldest dated to 1843. Blenheim Palace is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough, and …

Метки : бленхеймский дворецвосстановлениеискусствоистория.граффитинаходки

20,000 Medieval Coins Discovered by Man Digging for Worms

10/15/2025

A man digging for worms during a stay at his summer house near Stockholm unearthed something else instead: a cache of up to 20,000 silver coins from the Early Middle Ages, as well as pearls, pendants, and rings. The haul …

Метки : сокровищаархеологияистория.стокгольмсредневековьенаходки

Ancient Roman Tombstone Discovered in New Orleans Backyard

10/07/2025

Even if you’ve never seen an episode of Antiques Roadshow, daydreaming about discovering a valuable or historically significant object in the basement or at a local Goodwill is a common enough fantasy. Something similar occurred earlier this year to an …

Метки : мистиканаходкиискусствоархеологиянью-орлеанистория.

Treasures Recovered from Titanic Sister Ship Britannic Off Greek Coast

09/25/2025

The HMHS Britannic, the sister ship to the much more notorious RMS Titanic, suffered notoriety of its own when it sank off the coast of Greece in 1916, four years after the Titanic went down. Designed as a luxury liner …

Метки : hmhs britannicнаходкимузейдайверыгрецияистория.

Artifacts From 2,000-Year-old Sunken City Lifted Out of the Sea

08/28/2025

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities recently retrieved underwater ruins from a sunken city off the coast of Alexandria. On August 21, divers and cranes retrieved ancient statues from the site, located in the waters of Abu Qir bay. Egypt’s …

Метки : египетархеологиядревностизатонувший городалександриянаходки

$15.5 M. Project Uncovers Stone Age Settlement on Seabed Near Denmark

08/27/2025

A six-year $15.5 million international research project has discovered a Stone Age settlement deep beneath the Bay of Aarhus near northern Demark, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The project, funded by the European Union, has been mapping the seabed across …

Метки : находкиархеологиянаукамореистория.исследования

Thracian Warrior Tomb With Horse Discovered in Bulgaria

08/13/2025

Archaeologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) have uncovered a 2nd century BCE tomb near the Bulgarian village Kapitan Petko Voivoda in the Topolovgrad region, which they are calling the richest-known Hellenistic-era burial found in the country, according to …

Метки : археологияфракийцыкультурное наследиеистория.находкиартефакты

Well-Preserved Ancient Roman Council Building Unearthed in Turkey

08/09/2025

A well-preserved Roman council building has been identified by archaeologists in the ancient city Laodicea or present-day Denizli in southwestern Turkey, reported Anadolu Agency. The building is thought to have been the administrative and judicial center of Laodicea, where elders, …

Метки : лаодикеяархеологияримистория.находкикультурное наследие

Denver Museum Discovers 67.5 Million-Year-Old Fossil Under Parking Lot

07/23/2025

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science announced last week that it discovered a 67.5 million year old dinosaur fossil under its parking lot. The partial-bone fossil, idenified as a Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) ornithischian dinosaur bone, was found 763 feet …

Метки : динозаврынаходкигеологияденвермузейископаемые

Ancient Roman Settlement Discovered in France

06/25/2025

The remains of a Gallo-Roman site overlooking the French city of Alès have been identified by archaeologists, the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) announced on Tuesday. Excavations conducted between February and June this year revealed the remains of …

Метки : археологиягалло-римская культурамозаиканаходкинекропольфранция