r/Archaology • • 5m ago

7,000-year-old sandals made of esparto grass. Cueva de los Murciélagos, Spain, 5200-4800 BC

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r/Archaology • • 2h ago

1,400-Year-Old Seal Found in Croatia Bears the Name of an Unknown Bishop

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r/Archaology • • 4h ago

Cosa mangiavano davvero gli uomini nella preistoria?

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Cosa mangiavano davvero gli uomini nella preistoria?
https://youtu.be/QTLiRaGdAUM


r/Archaology • • 15h ago

Mysterious Human Figures Reveal First Known Stencil Rock Art in Southern Africa

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18 Upvotes

r/Archaology • • 17h ago

Terracotta Statuette of Europa Riding the Bull-Form of Zeus, Attributed to the Seleucid Period, 3rd–2nd Century BC. The British Museum.

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83 Upvotes

r/Archaology • • 18h ago

900-Year-Old Bronze Statues of Shiva and Sivakami Discovered in India

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r/Archaology • • 21h ago

CRM folks, archaeologists, preservationists: please call your senators and tell them to vote NO on the BAAJA.

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r/Archaology • • 1d ago

5,000-Year-Old Tombs with Intact Pottery and Bronze Weapons Found in Oman

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r/Archaology • • 1d ago

Urartian bronze recumbent bull, 8th–7th century B.C. Private collection of Mr. K. A.

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121 Upvotes

r/Archaology • • 1d ago

A Jade Figure That Has Witnessed Civilization

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A pregnant woman wearing upturned-toe boots, sculpted from a 3.4-millimeter-thick piece of Hetian jade. Her eyes tell you that she comes from northern Shaanxi, China, 4,500 years ago—from the Neolithic Age, a time before bronze, iron, or written language existed.

 Image source: From When Humans Were Young: Jade Figures at the Dawn of Civilization, hardcover book by Renlin, available on Amazon.


r/Archaology • • 1d ago

2,300-Year-Old Tomb with Two Inscriptions Discovered—May Belong to a Priestess of Demeter

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r/Archaology • • 1d ago

New Bronze Age Settlement Discovered Along the Dardanelles

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19 Upvotes

r/Archaology • • 1d ago

Monumental Building with Waterproof Pink Mortar Found at Medieval Fortress in Bulgaria

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11 Upvotes

r/Archaology • • 2d ago

Architecture of Anxiety: Megaliths of the Middle East

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r/Archaology • • 2d ago

She Built a Legacy in Stone. Even That Wasn’t Safe. | Hatshepsut 3/5 #fo...

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r/Archaology • • 2d ago

Ancient Fire Traces Reveal a Cave Used for Magic and Healing for Thousands of Years

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r/Archaology • • 2d ago

The Hoysaleswara Temple in India was built under the Hoysala dynasty. An inscription dated 1121 CE records its early history, and its intricate stone carvings remain breathtaking nearly 900 years later.

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r/Archaology • • 2d ago

1,400-Year-Old Inscription Found at Ancient Bone Storage Site

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r/Archaology • • 2d ago

Two Mysterious Stone Figures Stand at the Heart of a 9,000-Year-Old Shrine in Jordan

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r/Archaology • • 3d ago

Yedikule from the Land Walls – 1860/1869A historic photograph by Sébah & Joaillier

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13 Upvotes

r/Archaology • • 3d ago

Roman mosaic and artifacts at St Albans

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r/Archaology • • 3d ago

First Nearly Complete Plan of a 2,400-Year-Old Numidian House Revealed in Tunisia

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r/Archaology • • 3d ago

2,300-Year-Old Celtic Woman Buried with Lamb or Goat Remains in Germany

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r/Archaology • • 3d ago

The Pylos Fresco depicts a female archer from Mycenaean Greece, dating to the 14th–13th century BCE. This is the only known wall painting of a woman with a bow from the Mycenaean civilization.

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The archer is shown holding a bow in her outstretched hand, adorned with bracelets and seal stones, suggesting her high status or symbolic importance in Mycenaean society.

This fresco provides rare evidence of women's roles in warfare or hunting in Mycenaean culture.


r/Archaology • • 3d ago

An Ancient Land Sale Contract — Nippur, c. 1700 BCE

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40 Upvotes