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Archaeology News :verified: @archaeology@mstdn.social
· 1w ago
More than 1 tonne of Iron Age iron bars found in Austria is Europe’s largest assemblage A huge pile of rusted iron bars found beside the Danube in Austria is the largest such find in Europe. Workers uncovered the mass of iron in 2019 during gravel extraction at Deinham in Upper Austria. The find lay in a silted-up branch of the Danube River. Researchers have now dated the bars to the Late Iron Age... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/1-tonne-of-iron-age-iron-bars-found-in-austria/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #ironage
More than 1 tonne of Iron Age iron bars found in Austria is Europe’s largest assemblage | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeology News Online Magazine

More than 1 tonne of Iron Age iron bars found in Austria is Europe’s largest assemblage | Archaeology News Online Magazine

More than 1,000 kg of Iron Age iron bars found in Austria reveal the scale of Late Iron Age production and trade.

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Archaeology News :verified: @archaeology@mstdn.social
· 1w ago
Medieval Norman castle thought lost found hidden inside Dublin university building A medieval castle long thought to have vanished has been found inside a modern building at University College Dublin. Researchers identified substantial remains of Roebuck Castle, a Norman fortress once located along one of the main roads into medieval Dublin... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/medieval-castle-inside-dublin-university-building/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #medieval #castle
Medieval Norman castle thought lost found hidden inside Dublin university building | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeology News Online Magazine

Medieval Norman castle thought lost found hidden inside Dublin university building | Archaeology News Online Magazine

A Norman castle thought lost for centuries has been found beneath a modern building at University College Dublin.

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Archaeology News :verified: @archaeology@mstdn.social
· 1w ago
1,800-year-old Roman building and metalworking site emerges in Ligornetto, Switzerland A Roman building linked to craft work and farming has emerged at an archaeological site in Ligornetto, where excavations are underway near Via Mastri. The main find is a Roman building dating from the second and third centuries CE. The structure stood beside a small road and formed part of a wider area used for craft work and farming... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/roman-building-and-metalworking-site-in-ligornetto/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology
1,800-year-old Roman building and metalworking site emerges in Ligornetto, Switzerland | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeology News Online Magazine

1,800-year-old Roman building and metalworking site emerges in Ligornetto, Switzerland | Archaeology News Online Magazine

A Roman building, iron slag and bronze waste reveal craft activity at a 2nd to 3rd century CE site in Ligornetto, Switzerland.

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Rick Gaehl @RickGaehl@mstdn.social
· 1w ago
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I came across this piece of restored flooring recently. It's a 1,000-year-old stretch of medieval tiling from a Benedictine abbey. What makes it especially interesting is that the monks made their floor from repurposed Roman tiles and hypocaust bricks that they found on site. This seems, to me, to have been a practical, attractive, and environmentally sound arrangement, and I was much taken with it. #Photography #History #Archaeology #Church #Tiles #Romans
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Nina Willburger @ninawillburger@social.anoxinon.de
· 1w ago
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A #Roman glass model of a #boat, dating 2nd c. AD. It was found in St. Aldegund in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six of such boats are known. We don't know their function: Were they used as women's urinals, as components of water clocks and sundials, as drinking cups? Further information on glass boats: https://web.archive.org/web/20221013071226/https://www.cmog.org/article/roman-glass-boats?s=09 or https://www.academia.edu/resource/work/23687699 📷 GDKE Rheinland-Pfalz #archaeology #RomanArchaeology
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All About Glass | Corning Museum of Glass

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Archaeology News :verified: @archaeology@mstdn.social
· 1mo ago
400-year-old grave of feared young woman reveals rare anti-vampire burial ritual in Poland A 400-year-old grave in northern Poland has given archaeologists a rare look at how fear shaped burial practices in the 17th century. The remains of a young woman were found with an iron sickle across her neck and a padlock attached to her left big toe... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/grave-of-woman-anti-vampire-ritual-in-poland/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #anthropology #vampire #bioarchaeology
400-year-old grave of feared young woman reveals rare anti-vampire burial ritual in Poland | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeology News Online Magazine

400-year-old grave of feared young woman reveals rare anti-vampire burial ritual in Poland | Archaeology News Online Magazine

A 400-year-old Polish grave reveals a rare anti-vampire ritual, with a sickle across a young woman's neck and a padlock on her toe.

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Nina Willburger @ninawillburger@social.anoxinon.de
· 2w ago
New discovery: 900 Roman silver coins found by a detectorist on a field in Wesseling, south of Cologne. He called the authorities once his detector kept going off and he realized he’d found something bigger. The hoard dates back to the era of Emperor Hadrian. https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/koeln-sondengaenger-findet-auf-acker-silberschatz-aus-der-roemerzeit-a-ea5f270f-d89d-432d-b812-ead4a92e3593 #archaeology#RomanArchaeology
Köln: Sondengänger findet auf Acker Silberschatz aus der Römerzeit
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Köln: Sondengänger findet auf Acker Silberschatz aus der Römerzeit

Mehr als 900 Silbermünzen lagen fast zwei Jahrtausende unentdeckt auf einem Acker südlich von Köln. Dann schlug eine Metallsonde an. Fachleute halten den Fund für sensationell.

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Gizmodo @gizmodo@robot.villas
· 2w ago
This Skeleton May Prove That Imperial China Really Did Cut Off Noses as Punishment https://gizmodo.com/imperial-china-chopped-off-the-noses-of-criminals-archaeologists-might-have-finally-found-evidence-2000815013 #History #Archaeology #Culture
This Skeleton May Prove That Imperial China Really Did Cut Off Noses as Punishment
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This Skeleton May Prove That Imperial China Really Did Cut Off Noses as Punishment

Researchers say the woman received medical attention after the procedure but was eventually buried in shame.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @ArchaeoBasti@mastodon.online
· 2w ago
📢 Worth your abstract: ConTrA 2027 – Reconstructing Antiquity, Cologne, 19 Feb 2027. The first edition in April 2026 had a board game keynote and four of seven papers on games. This is not a token games slot 🎲🎮 A volume is in preparation with Archaeopress. Deadline: 15 Nov 2026, 400 words. My write-up 👇 https://itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/09/18/antiquity-reconstructed-a-call-for-papers-worth-your-attention/ #Archaeogaming #Archaeology #GameStudies #Antiquity
Antiquity, Reconstructed: A Call for Papers Worth Your Attention - It's more of a comment...
It's more of a comment...

Antiquity, Reconstructed: A Call for Papers Worth Your Attention - It's more of a comment...

ConTrA 2027 in Cologne asks how we reconstruct antiquity. Why archaeogaming belongs there, what the 1st edition delivered, and the volume.

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Archaeology News :verified: @archaeology@mstdn.social
· 2w ago
Huge Iron Age salt-mining complex found beneath Hallstatt in Austria Archaeologists have found a huge network of Iron Age salt-mining chambers beneath Hallstatt, Austria. The chambers extend for at least 300 meters and offer new evidence about how prehistoric miners worked deep inside the mountain... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/iron-age-salt-mining-complex-beneath-hallstatt/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #saltmine #ironage
Huge Iron Age salt-mining complex found beneath Hallstatt in Austria | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeology News Online Magazine

Huge Iron Age salt-mining complex found beneath Hallstatt in Austria | Archaeology News Online Magazine

A huge Iron Age salt-mining complex in Hallstatt, Austria, stretches 300 meters and preserves tools, textiles, food remains and DNA.

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Archaeology News :verified: @archaeology@mstdn.social
· 2w ago
Burials inside Italian Paleolithic cave date to medieval period, 1302-1489 CE, radiocarbon dating shows Three people buried inside Grotta Romanelli in southern Italy lived during the medieval period, new radiocarbon dates show. The finding adds a later phase of human use to one of the Mediterranean’s key Paleolithic sites. Researchers dated skeletal remains from one adult and two children... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/burials-inside-italian-paleolithic-cave-date-to-medieval-period/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #paleolithic #medieval
Burials inside Italian Paleolithic cave date to medieval period, 1302-1489 CE, radiocarbon dating shows | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeology News Online Magazine

Burials inside Italian Paleolithic cave date to medieval period, 1302-1489 CE, radiocarbon dating shows | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Radiocarbon dating shows three people were buried in Italy’s Grotta Romanelli between CE 1302 and 1489.

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Archaeology News :verified: @archaeology@mstdn.social
· 2w ago
Massive limestone blocks hint at a monumental Etruscan building at ancient port in Italy Archaeologists working at Gravisca, the ancient port of Tarquinia, have uncovered massive limestone blocks buried beneath later Roman structures. The find points to a large Etruscan building whose purpose is still unknown... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/limestone-blocks-hint-at-a-etruscan-building-in-italy/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanempire #etruscan
Massive limestone blocks hint at a monumental Etruscan building at ancient port in Italy | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeology News Online Magazine

Massive limestone blocks hint at a monumental Etruscan building at ancient port in Italy | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Massive limestone blocks found at Gravisca may mark the foundations of a large Etruscan building buried beneath Roman remains.

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rogue_corq @rogue_corq@mas.corq.co
· 2w ago
Cave markings discovered in Ireland could transform understanding of when humans first settled there https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/18/cave-markings-discovered-in-ireland-could-transform-understanding-of-when-humans-first-settled-there?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Discoveries #Archaeology
Cave markings discovered in Ireland could transform understanding of when humans first settled there
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Cave markings discovered in Ireland could transform understanding of when humans first settled there

Researchers believe that humans may have walked across the sea from Wales during the last Ice Age and made art

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Nina Willburger @ninawillburger@social.anoxinon.de
· 3w ago
The Venus of Willendorf: A 29,500‑Year‑Old Masterpiece and one of the most iconic works of Paleolithic art. Standing just 11.1 cm tall, the figurine was carved from oolitic limestone and originally coated with red ochre, a pigment that still leaves faint traces today. Over the decades, scholars have proposed many interpretations: A fertility figure, amother goddess, a good‑luck totem, an aphrodisiac, a self‑portrait, made by a woman looking down at her own body. 📷 me #archaeology
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Anthropology.net @anthropology@sciences.social
· 3w ago
More than 2 million Indigenous people likely lived in Australia in 1788, over seven times the figure used for a century, and numbers fell by over 90 percent by 1861. #Archaeology #IndigenousAustralia #PopulationGenetics https://www.anthropology.net/p/australia-was-home-to-22-million
Australia Was Home to 2.2 Million Indigenous People in 1788
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Australia Was Home to 2.2 Million Indigenous People in 1788

DNA, radiocarbon dates and climate models put 1788 Aboriginal Australia at over seven times the old estimate, with excess deaths near 2 million by 1861.

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