For more than fifty years the Nottingham Historical and Archaeological Society have been exploring the caves beneath Nottingham and discovering forgotten objects of the past. The cave networks beneath the city are undoubtedly of historical importance, and the society is continuing to piece...
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If I saw one of these in a charity shop and didn't know what it was, I'd pay a couple of quid for it. They're instead extremely old and valuable, 200 B.C. to 300 A.D.
They were funeral/grave offerings with some contemporary collectors reporting paranormal experiences through owning them. Stone...
Picture this: Khagan of theGokturks.
1,500-year-old gold buckles depicting ruler 'majestically sitting on a throne' discovered in Kazakhstan
By Tom Metcalfe published about 19 hours ago
The ornaments contain the earliest known depiction of a Göktürk "khagan," who probably lived in the sixth...
In an extraordinary archaeological discovery in Freising, Germany, experts have unearthed a medieval skeleton equipped with an iron prosthetic hand. The burial, dated to the 15th century, offers compelling evidence of early prosthetic technology and medical innovation.
According to Dr. Walter...
Stuffed with grass, perhaps as an insulator or an early shoe tree, the 5,500-year-old moccasin-like shoe was found exceptionally well preserved—thanks to a surfeit of sheep dung—during a recent dig in an Armenian cave.
About as big as a current women's size seven (U.S.), the shoe was likely...
The lost castle, could be a film in this.
World archaeologists hunt for lost palace in Scottish Borders
Published 2 days ago
By David Knox BBC Scotland Selkirk
An international effort is being made to identify a medieval palace in the Scottish Borders.
Archaeologists and students from...
Archaeologists in southern Russia say they've discovered the ruins of a 2,000-year-old synagogue — a rare discovery given that buildings for Jewish worship from this period are seldom found outside the Holy Land.
The team made the discovery just a few miles east of Crimea on Russia's Taman...
We seem to lack a Goths Thread so here it is. No dark make up found.
Vast Gothic cemetery brimming with grave goods and ornate silver jewelry discovered in Poland
By Sascha Pare published about 18 hours ago
Goths living in northern Poland between the first and fifth centuries were talented...
Was this the first slave plantation?
Plantation slavery was invented on this tiny African island, according to archaeologists
By Kristina Killgrove published 2 days ago
A 16th-century sugar estate on the tiny African island of São Tomé is the earliest known example of plantation slavery.
The...
Not sure where to put this! (Heh, Heh!)
6-inch stone penis was used to sharpen weapons in medieval Spain
By Jennifer Nalewicki published 2 days ago
Archaeologists in Spain unearthed the sword-sharpening stone with an eye-catching shape in a destroyed 15th-century tower.
The penis-shaped...
Rennes (France) (AFP) – Around 40 standing stones thought to have been erected by prehistoric humans 7,000 years ago have been destroyed near a famed archaeological site in northwest France to make way for a DIY store, an angry local historian has revealed.
The stones in Carnac were between...
Archaeologists have unveiled the first known sculptures of human figures made by the Tartessos peoples, a lost civilization that flourished in southern Spain some 3,000 years ago that has been linked to the myth of Atlantis. According to researchers, they are likely depictions of gods and...
Petroglyphs discovered in Saudi Arabia depict hunters with a pack of hounds, some of them on leashes. ... Also, the proximity to the enigmatic structures known as "gates" and similarly dated to at least 9,000 years ago, show that Göbekli Tepe wasn't the only flourishing and coordinated culture...
This is a question asked of me by my son, aged about 7- I was doing A level Archeology at the time and he was browsing my aeriel photographs, home work.
he asked why all the Archeology stuff was buried underground- who buried it? I explained that soil builds up and deposits on buildings and...
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Palace of Westminster: Possible remains of medieval Thames river wall found
Published 6 hours ago
Possible remains of the medieval Thames shoreline have been uncovered by experts restoring the Palace of Westminster.
The...
A hill wasn't recognized as an ancient artificial mound until 2011. Archaeological excavations have uncovered the remains of a "fortress" beneath the mound.
FULL STORY: https://www.livescience.com/mega-monument-burial-mound-cyprus
A survey conducted on a proposed avocado plantation discovered Spain's largest megalithic site, including a variety of stone structures and arrangements.
FULL STORY: https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-megalithic-complex-of-500-standing-stones-is-among-the-largest-in-europe
I heard a really interesting programme on BBC Radio4, the other day.
Various differing interpretations based on the data retrieved from excavations on ancient sites, in this case the enormous Iron Age site of Maiden Castle. The well known British archaeologist Sir Mortimer Wheeler dug the...
Having been a detectorist for quite a few years myself, I am so envious of this chap who stands to earn millions thanks to his actions. He has shown metal detecting in a good light as opposed to Tony Robinsons assertion that we are all vagabonds and no better than thieves. Come on then Tony lets...
Builder found Vikings washed up at pub
Jack Malvern
Archaeologists believe they have found the only intact Viking boat in Britain beneath the patio of a Merseyside pub. The 10th-century vessel was discovered in the 1930s by builders excavating the basement of the Railway Inn on the Wirral...
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Captain Cook's claim questioned by coin find
By Nick Squires in Sydney
Last Updated: 2:55am BST 31/08/2007
An archeologist claims to have found a 16th century European coin in a swamp on Australia’s east coast, raising new questions about whether Captain James Cook was beaten to the...
news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... -nile.html
Link is dead. The first portion of the story (only) can be accessed via the Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080314015418/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/06/060719-gold-nile.html
I've just watched M R James A Warning to the Curious which a friend recorded for me over Christmas. What struck me watching it was that although archaeological excavations present many of the criteria required for a good haunting in fiction I can't recall having heard of any supposed...
Thought it worth having a general thread on this. Some more specific threads on potential fakes:
Crystal skull:
https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/crystal-skulls.394/
King Solomon's treasure:
https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/king-solomons-treasure-is-fake.19581/
Jesus'...
'Lost city' ruins uncovered
Experts believe that they have uncovered the remains of a medieval city which disappeared 700 years ago near Trellech in Monmouthshire.
Archaeologists have unearthed two buildings dating back to the 1200s.
Historical evidence shows that one of the largest...
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Unearthing Mysteries-Radio4
Heard the programme this is from, but I've never heard of these tri-radial cairns before.
Listen to the programme and hear various theories for their 'function'.
Plus plenty of speculation as to how Bronze Age man may have thought of passing into the afterlife.
This is an old interest of mine, although it doesn't seem to have been mentioned on this MB before. New ideas on old Greek mechanism.
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/04/01/1017206183365.html
The article is too long to quote, but in summary it concerns a Roman villa in Herculaneum, partially excavated, which turned out to house the only intact library to have survived from the ancient world. Around 1800 papyri were...
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