Looking for an archaeological field school this spring? Come join the @cancic.bsky.social excavations in Oxfordshire and/or Northumberland! Full details on our website #aechaeology #ancientsky 🏺

Video for ESCONI October 2025 General Meeting – “Great Zimbabwe among its peers: Exploring the height of ancient civilizations in southern Africa” The October 2025 General Meeting was held on Friday, October 10th, 2025 at 8:00 via Zoom. Foreman Bandama with the Field Museum presented on African archaeology and anthropology. His presentation is titled “Great Zimbabwe among its peers: Exploring the height of ancient civilizations in southern Africa” There are over twenty-five great African civilizations, besides Egypt. How many of these do you know?

Video for ESCONI October 2025 General Meeting – “Great Zimbabwe among its peers: Exploring the height of ancient civilizations in southern Africa” #aechaeology #africa #history

New evidence of long-distance travellers in Seddin during the Bronze Age

#idw #aechaeology New evidence of long-distance travellers in #Seddin during the Bronze Age

Recent research suggests that many of the Bronze Age people buried in Seddin, Germany, were not locals but came from outside the region. idw-online.de/en/news858010

Huge fossil from one of the largest dinosaurs found in Texas national park A fossil from one of the largest dinosaurs to live in North America was discovered in a national park in Texas.

Huge fossil from one of the largest dinosaurs found in Texas national park

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A Sino-Tibetan folded book printed in Beijing in 1410, with dhāranīs in Sanskrit written in Tibeto-Nepali characters and woodcuts of protective mantra-diagrams and deities, block printed on heavy white paper. Breathtakingly detailed printing in red ink.

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3rd century BC mosaic excavated in the ancient city of Antioch. The skeleton leaning against a wine jug and a serving of bread, holding a glass with a bone in one hand, has a simple message to its viewers: "Be cheerful, enjoy life."

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Almost 2,000 years old Roman children's shoes. The object was found in the ruins of Palmyra (central Syria).

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A Passerby Went for a Casual Stroll—and Stumbled Upon a 1,000-Year-Old Viking Artifact The perfect conditions of s Swedish wetland kept the fragile treasure preserved for centuries.

A Passerby Went for a Casual Stroll—and Stumbled Upon a 1,000-Year-Old Viking Artifact

The perfect conditions of s Swedish wetland kept the fragile treasure preserved for centuries.

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