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Stone Links Henry VIII???s Lost Sandown Castle to Dover Castle
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (443+ words) Researchers have confirmed that stone from Henry VIII's Sandown Castle, which had been lost from history, was used in the Victorian extension constructed at Dover Castle. Dr. Christopher Moore has developed an argument for the reuse of masonry from the…...
Neanderthals Reached Arabian Deserts 55,000 Years Ago
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (280+ words) Representation of a Neanderthal with a tool. (Martyman/CC BY-SA 3.0) The new modelling offers a way to resolve long-standing questions about technological diversity in Arabian Middle Palaeolithic assemblages. Population history, rather than purely environmental factors, appears to explain much of…...
Bear Claws, Swords and Jewelry Unearthed in 1,400-Year-Old Elite Burials
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (245+ words) As the team reported, “Bear claws, or more precisely, brown bear claw phalanges, have been discovered in seven burials to date.” This indicates that they likely held a significant symbolic meaning for the southeastern Baltic communities during the early Middle…...
9,000-Year-Old Incised Arrowheads Deepen a Neolithic Mystery
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (285+ words) Arrowhead #8 with incisions composed of two repeated V-shaped lines on the mesial section of the ventral face. (Vinet and Guilbeau, PLOS One, CC BY 4.0) Drawings of the 12 incised arrowheads from Tepecik-Çiftlik, with the added lines marked in red. (Vinet and…...
6,500-Year-Old Czech Sanctuary Predates Stonehenge, Shares Characteristics
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (257+ words) Archaeologists and visitors beside an excavation trench at the Chleby sanctuary. (University of West Bohemia) The site lies near Chleby, east of Prague. According to the University of West Bohemia’s excavation report, the almost circular enclosure measures about 230 meters across…...
3,600-Year-Old Saudi Pottery Shows How Ancient Brands Began
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (290+ words) A distinctive painted pottery tradition from a Saudi Arabian oasis may represent one of the earliest examples of ancient branding yet identified in ceramic production. New research places its beginnings at Qurayyah Oasis around 3,600 years ago, where potters developed a…...
1,500-Year-Old Roman Tax Scandal Exposed in Stone
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (350+ words) New inscription fragments from western Turkey reconstruct a 15-year Roman tax scandal ending in an imperial threat of death. The Stratonikeia pieces belong to a legal decision issued in AD 480, showing how local collectors manipulated receipts, concealed revenue and defied…...
Hope is High for Finding Charles I Treasure Wreck Located in Scotland
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (370+ words) The cargo reportedly included royal jewelry, textiles, coins, and precious-metal plate valued at about £100,000 at the time. Later accounts linked it to a gold and silver dinner service associated with Henry VIII. No complete inventory has ever been established. Ian…...
The 4,000-Year-Old Enigmatic Tablet No One Can Decode
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (403+ words) This rare tablet emerged during the third week of the 2026 excavation campaign from a charcoal-rich layer designated US 1015. This find is only the third enigmatic tablet recovered from Lucone’s Site D, the area currently under excavation. Its intact survival is…...
Shattered Skeleton Reveals Medieval Trebuchet Trauma
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (278+ words) A skeleton found beneath Stirling Castle in Scotland may be the earliest-known archaeological victim of a trebuchet. Researchers say the remains of a man aged between 22 and 34 bear more than 160 blunt-force fractures, probably caused by one high-velocity impact during Edward…...