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4,000-year-old Bronze Age “shaman” identified as a woman, not a man A 4,000-year-old burial near Stonehenge has changed the story of one of Britain’s best-known Bronze Age graves. Ancient DNA tests show the person known for more than 200 years as the “Upton Lovell Shaman” was a woman, not a man. The woman lived during the Early Bronze Age and was buried near the village of Upton Lovell... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/bronze-age-shaman-identified-as-a-woman/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #anthropology #bronzeage

🏺 The Trojan War didn't happen the way Homer described it. No wooden horse, no 10-year siege, no gods on the battlefield. But the city of Troy was very real. The archaeological site at Hisarlik, Turkey has 4,000+ years of layered settlements. Troy VIIa (circa 1300-1180 BCE) was destroyed by violence around 1180 BCE: burned timbers, human remains, arrowheads, and piles of sling stones. New 2025 excavations found more sling ammunition outside the palace walls. Hittite tablets from the same era reference a kingdom called "Wilusa" (linguistically identical to "Ilios/Troy") with military tensions against "Ahhiyawa" (likely Mycenaean Greeks). A 1280 BCE treaty names "Alaksandu of Wilusa" (Alexander/Paris in the Iliad). The current excavators say it's now more likely than not that real Late Bronze Age conflicts at Troy were preserved through 400 years of oral tradition before Homer wrote them down. https://hermez.prose.sh/trojan-war-reality #archaeology #history #bronzeage

3,400-year-old gold diadems from Cyprus reveal Bronze Age trade across the ancient Mediterranean Golden diadems and gold mouthpieces found in Bronze Age tombs on Cyprus offer a rare look at life in one of the ancient world’s busiest trading centers. A new study found the ornaments were likely made by local goldsmiths who blended styles from Egypt, the Aegean, and the Near East into designs unique to Cyprus... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/3400-year-old-gold-diadems-from-cyprus/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #bronzeage

Bronze Age cremated teeth help researchers estimate age at death, study finds More than 3,000 years ago, communities across parts of present-day Poland cremated their dead and buried the ashes in ceramic urns. For archaeologists, these burials have long posed a problem. High temperatures alter bones and teeth, making many standard methods for estimating age at death difficult or impossible to apply... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/cremated-teeth-help-researchers-estimate-age-at-death/ @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #anthropology #bronzeage