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01-11-2019
Archaeological Institute America

New Thoughts on Sinking of Civil War Submarine


CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA—According to a report in The State, researchers led by archaeologist Michael Scafuri of Clemson University suggest the air circulation system aboard the Confederate submarine Hunley was not in use when the vessel and its…
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01-11-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Neolithic Building Discovered in Southeastern Turkey


MARDIN, TURKEY—Yeni Şafak reports that the remains of a building estimated to be 11,300 years old have been uncovered in southeastern Turkey. Ergül Kodaş of Artuklu University said the public structure, which covered an area of about 860 square feet…
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01-11-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Neolithic Temple Discovered in Southeastern Turkey


MARDIN, TURKEY—Yeni Şafak reports that the remains of a temple estimated to be 11,300 years old have been uncovered in southeastern Turkey. Ergul Kodas of Artuklu University said the temple, which covered an area of about 860 square feet, was…
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01-11-2019
Archaeological Institute America

World War II-Era Wreckage Found in Philippine Sea


SEATTLE, WASHINGTON—U.S. Naval Institute News reports that wreckage discovered under more than 20,000 feet of water in the Philippine Sea may be all that is left of the USS Johnston. The wreckage was found by a team of researchers from Vulcan Inc.,…
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31-10-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Infrastructure Design Flaw Led to Khmer City's Decline


ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA—An international team of archaeologists led by Ian Moffat of Flinders University has discovered a flawed water management system that led to the decline of Koh Ker, an ancient Cambodian city that briefly served as the capital of…
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31-10-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Mosses Found with Ötzi the Iceman Identified


BOLZANO, ITALY—When Ötzi the Iceman died around 5,300 years ago in the Italian Alps, he was surrounded by thousands of microscopic fragments of bryophytes, a plant group that includes mosses and the flowerless green plants known as liverworts. Now a…
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31-10-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Nineteenth-Century Witch Bottle Found in England


NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND—A witch bottle dating to the middle of the nineteenth century has been discovered at the site of a former pub near the village of Watford, BBC News reports. The so-called "torpedo" bottle is of a type that came into use in…
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31-10-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Lidar Survey Detects Ring Cairn in Gloucestershire


GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND—A lidar survey has revealed a previously unknown Bronze Age ring cairn in the Forest of Dean, according to a report from BBC News. When archaeologist Jon Hoyle of the Gloucestershire City Council Archaeological Service first…
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31-10-2019
Archaeology Orkney

Programme of Public Talks @UHI Archaeology


Dr. Ragnhild Ljosland, Lecturer at The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, details the public talks which are planned over the next few weeks. The talks are open to everyone and are designed to share some of the… Continue…
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31-10-2019
Museum Crush

The old Yorkshire witch posts of Ryedale Folk Museum


Ryedale Folk Museum’s Rosie Goodwin talks about their rare collection of Witch Posts Ryedale Folk Museum has been awarded a bursary by GEM, the Group for Education in Museums, to explore how museums are engaging visitors with narratives relating to…
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31-10-2019
Museum Crush

The old Yorkshire witch posts of Rydale Folk Museum


Ryedale Folk Museum’s Rosie Goodwin talks about their rare collection of Witch Posts Ryedale Folk Museum has been awarded a bursary by GEM, the Group for Education in Museums, to explore how museums are engaging visitors with narratives relating to…
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31-10-2019
Museum Crush

Faces of the past: The wonderful human images found on medieval pottery


Faces on pots were all the rage in the medieval period and at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham they are celebrating their fascinating local collection of them Depictions of men and women from throughout the medieval period are found on coins, manuscripts…
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31-10-2019
Museum Crush

The Wiener Holocaust Library tells the tragic story of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust


An important exhibition at the Wiener Holocaust Library tells the harrowing history of the Roma and Sinti people during the Nazi holocaust The genocide carried out against the Roma and Sinti communities of Europe by the Nazis and their collaborators…
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31-10-2019
Museum Crush

The Wiener Library tells the tragic story of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust


An important exhibition at the Wiener Library tells the harrowing history of the Roma and Sinti people during the Nazi holocaust The genocide carried out against the Roma and Sinti communities of Europe by the Nazis and their collaborators during…
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31-10-2019
Museum Crush

Decoding the witch marks deep inside the caves at Creswell Crags


Museum Crush takes a deep dive into the dark caves of Creswell Crags to talk witch marks with Heritage Facilitator John Charlesworth We made the announcement of the discovery of witch marks at Creswell Crags back in February 2019 and the very first…
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30-10-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Dating Questions Spark Neanderthal Cave Art Debate


NEW YORK, NEW YORK—The latest round in an ongoing debate over the age and authorship of ancient cave paintings in Spain now revolves around the reliability of a dating technique called U-Th, according to a report in Science News. U-Th, sometimes…
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30-10-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Sandstorms May Have Triggered Akkadian Empire's Fall


FINS, OMAN—A team of paleoclimatolgists led by Hokkaido University’s Takaaki Watanabe has found new evidence for an increase in the dramatic seasonal dust storms known as shamals that may have contributed to the collapse of the Akkadian Empire…
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30-10-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Welsh Mine Was Main Copper Source in Bronze Age Europe


CONWY, WALES—According to a BBC News report, the Great Orme mine in northern Wales was Britain's primary producer of copper during a mining boom that lasted from about 1600 to 1400 B.C. Geoarchaeologist Alan Williams of the University of Liverpool…
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30-10-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Welsh Mine Supplied Copper to Bronze Age Europe


CONWY, WALES—According to a BBC News report, the Great Orme mine in northern Wales was Britain's primary producer of copper during a mining boom that lasted from about 1600 to 1400 B.C. Geoarchaeologist Alan Williams of the University of Liverpool…
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29-10-2019
Archaeological Institute America

Nineteenth-Century Dock Spotted in England


ESSEX, ENGLAND—According to a Press Association report, a team of researchers led by Dan Atkinson of Wessex Archaeology has found traces of a nineteenth-century dock in the mud flats of the River Roach in southeast England using magnetometry, ground…
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