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Swiss Archaeologists Uncover Glimpses of a Thriving Roman Settlement

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/switzerland-roman-settlement-augusta-raurica-2641405

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**Bronze Age leprosy hitched rides along ancient copper and pottery trade route**

“_4000-year-old scarred jaws in Oman hub mark oldest cases outside South Asia_”

https://www.doi.org/10.1126/science.ztgnjuy.

#Archaeology #Archaeodons #BronzeAge #Leprosy @archaeodons

**From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean?**

“_Results from the shipwrecks near Israel strongly suggest that the ‘bronzization’ of the East Mediterranean, occurring 1500–1300 BC, was primarily driven by European tin sources, particularly from south-west Britain, rather than Central Asian sources. Tin ore finds from settlements across Cornwall and Devon suggest a decentralised production model in prehistory, with agriculture still dominant alongside numerous small alluvial tin workings._”

Williams, R.A. et al. (2025) ‘From Land’s End to the Levant: did Britain’s tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean?’, Antiquity, pp. 1–19. doi: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.41.

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**The National Museum confirms: Shipwrecks in Costa Rica are Danish slave ships**

https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/14369930/the-national-museum-confirms-shipwrecks-in-costa-rica-are-danish-slave-ships.

#Archaeology #Archaeodons #CostaRica #Denmark #History #Slavery #Shipwrecks @archaeodons

**Vikings on the Silk Roads**

Neil Price

“_The viking presence in Europe is well known, extending east to Constantinople and the rivers of western Russia and Ukraine, alongside the settlement of the North Atlantic islands and ultimately a landfall on the coast of Newfoundland. But a key question remains: how far did that diaspora extend, especially to the south and east? How far did the vikings really travel?_”

https://aeon.co/essays/the-viking-age-is-undergoing-a-revisionist-transformation.

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**At the far end of everything: A likely Ahrensburgian presence in the far north of the Isle of Skye, Scotland**

“_ he people who made these artefacts originated in the mainland of northwest Europe, crossed Doggerland into what is now Britain, and eventually reached the far north of the Isle of Skye. Here, they adapted to live in a fragmented, fluctuating, and volatile environment amid melting glaciers, mountains, and oceans—vastly different from the low-lying environments of their homelands on the northwestern edge of the Great European Plain._”

Hardy, K., Barlow, N.L.M., Taylor, E., Bradley, S.L., McCarthy, J. and Rush, G. (2025), At the far end of everything: A likely Ahrensburgian presence in the far north of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. J. Quaternary Sci. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3718.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Archaeology #Archaeodons #History #Ahrensburgian #Climate #YoungerDryas #Scotland #Europe @archaeodons

In the book chapter "Trapped in Time: Gender Representation in Archaeological Museum Exhibitions in Europe", Laura Coltofean and Ana Cristina Martins assess 'the extent to which gender-informed narratives exist in archaeological exhibitions in Europe in the twenty-first century'.

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-68157-8_10

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#Histodons #Archaeodons #GenderStudies #Archaeology #ArchaeologicalExhibitions #GenderInArchaeology #Arqueologia #EstudosDeGénero #ExposiçõesArqueológicas

**Pharaonic inscription of Ramses III discovered in southern Jordan**

“_A hieroglyphic inscription bearing the royal cartouche of Pharaoh Ramses III (1186–1155 BC) has been discovered in the Wadi Rum Reserve in southern Jordan, marking what officials described as a significant archaeological breakthrough._”

https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/pharaonic-inscription-ramses-iii-discovered-southern-jordan

#Archaeology #Archaeodons #Jordan #Pharaoh #WadiRum @archaeodons

**Thirty Years’ War camp unearthed in Germany reveals daily life and mysteries**

https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/thirty-years-war-camp-unearthed-in-germany/

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**Tel Shiqmona during the Iron Age: A first glimpse into an ancient Mediterranean purple dye ‘factory’**

“_It is the only site in the Near East or around the Mediterranean—indeed, in the entire world—where a sequence of purple-dye workshops has been excavated and which has clear evidence for large-scale, sustained manufacture of purple dye and dyeing in a specialized facility for half a millennium, during the Iron Age (ca. 1100–600 BCE)._”

Shalvi G, Sukenik N, Waiman-Barak P, Dunseth ZC, Bar S, et al. (2025) Tel Shiqmona during the Iron Age: A first glimpse into an ancient Mediterranean purple dye ‘factory’. PLOS ONE 20(4): e0321082. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321082.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #DOI #Article #Ancient #Culture #Archaeology #Archaeodons #IronAge #Mediterranean #Academia #Academics @archaeodons

**The Amorites: Rethinking Approaches to Corporate Identity in Antiquity**

https://anetoday.org/amorites-corporate-identity/.

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**Long-term hunter-gatherer continuity in the Rhine-Meuse region was disrupted by local formation of expansive Bell Beaker groups**

“_We document an exception to this pattern in the wider Rhine-Meuse area in communities in the wetlands, riverine areas, and coastal areas of the western and central Netherlands, Belgium and western Germany, where we assembled genome-wide data for 109 people 8500-1700 BCE. Here, a distinctive population with high hunter-gatherer ancestry (∼50%) persisted up to three thousand years later than in continental European regions, reflecting limited incorporation of females of Early European Farmer ancestry into local communities._”

Olalde, I. et al. (2025) 'Long-term hunter-gatherer continuity in the Rhine-Meuse region was disrupted by local formation of expansive Bell Beaker groups,' bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) [Preprint]. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.24.644985.

#Preprint #Science #Biology #Genetics #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Anthropology #Europe @archaeodons

**Large scale and regional demographic responses to climatic changes in Europe during the Final Palaeolithic**

“_Our study also shows that during the Final Palaeolithic, the climatic cooling of GS-1 coincides with a pronounced population decline in most parts of the study area. An apparent increase in population density occurs only in north-eastern Central Europe and north-eastern Italy. Our estimates suggest that the total population was reduced by half._”

Schmidt I, Gehlen B, Winkler K, Arrizabalaga A, Arts N, et al. (2025) Large scale and regional demographic responses to climatic changes in Europe during the Final Palaeolithic. PLOS ONE 20(4): e0310942. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310942

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**Discovery of ancient garden beneath Jesus’ burial site backs up Biblical account**

“_The discovery of 2,000 year-old olive trees and grapevines are believed to reflect the Gospel of John's account of where Jesus was buried_”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/ancient-garden-jesus-burial-discovery-bible-b2726147.html.

#Ancient #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Jerusalem #Christianity #Bible @archaeodons

**Decipherment of the Indus script: new angles and approaches**

Part one: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=68508

Part two: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=68648

Part three: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=68723

#Indus #Language #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Writing #History #Culture #Epigraphy @archaeodons

**New Find Links the Sutton Hoo Helmet to Denmark**

“_A stamp found with a metal detector on the Danish island of Tåsinge indicates that the iconic helmet from Sutton Hoo in England could have been made in the South Funen archipelago._”

https://via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddelelse/14323210/new-find-links-the-sutton-hoo-helmet-to-denmar.

#History #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Denmark #SuttonHoo #Europe @archaeodons

**Archeologists find surprise signs of British rule in Florida**

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/florida-america-archeologists-dig-spain-b2723477.html.

#History #Florida #America #Spain #UK #UnitedKingdom #Archeaology #Archaeodons @archaeodons

**Qaryat al-Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl**

“_Despite his name being recorded in various texts and inscriptions on numerous objects that confirm his role as the city's patron god, scant information exists regarding his attributes or sphere of influence. Nonetheless, clues on some of his characteristics can be gleaned from coins bearing his likeness._”

de Lara, J. (2024). Qaryat al-Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, 35, 136–154. https://doi.org/10.1111/aae.12249.

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**Antiquity - Including the “East” As “Western Identity”**

_“In this book, the reader will access debates on intercultural experiences from the perspective of Phoenician colonists in Spain; the formation of a particular Greek identity built by Greek colonists in Sicily; the dramatic social and cultural transformations in the southern Levant following the regional transition to the Bronze Age; the integration of pre-Islamic Somalia in a trade network connected to the Mediterranean, from the Bronze to Iron ages; the multicultural influences inspiring the Book of Genesis; the cultural identity of early Christians as the New Testament is developed under the influence of Near Eastern traditions; and the complex multi-cultural and multi-ethnic dialogue behind the process of formation of Koine Greek during Byzantine times.”

Antiquity - including the “East” as “Western identity” [Working title] (2023) IntechOpen eBooks. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104678.

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**‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds**

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy

#News #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Iraq #MiddleEast #Asia #BritishMuseum #Museum #Cuneiform #Bureaucracy #Empire #Ancient #Mesopotamia #GirsuProject @archaeodons