All news on the topic: Archaeology

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Chilling 'overlooked' death in Tutankhamun's death mask stuns archaeologists
Tutankhamun's death mask is one of the most recognisable relics of Ancient Egypt, but an 'overlooked' clue suggests that it may have been made for someone else entirely
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Robots explore 600-year-old Viking shipwreck in three feet of water
Experts have recently returned to the site of a sunken medieval shipwreck to carry out a new survey and they are hoping to uncover more of the historic vessel's story
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Medieval cemetery unearthed near castle - but graves leave experts baffled
The graves at the cemetery, unearthed at Fonmon Castle, are between 1,400 and 1,500 years old - but their contents have left archaeologists scratching their heads
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Archaeologists discover 'perfectly preserved' 500-year-old remains of girl, 13
Initially fearing that the girl had frozen in the preceding weeks or months, the tell-tale signs that this wasn't any old body quickly made itself clear, as it turned out this girl was preserved from 500 years ago
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Nan finds 'Loch Ness Monster-style' beast while walking through her back garden
Mrs Aimee Roberts was “overwhelmed” when she realised she had too large fossilised vertebrates in her garden. In the first case of its kind, experts believe they may have died fighting each other
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Incredible 1,400-year-old tomb belonging to elite warrior found under car park
A car park in Japan has now become a site of national significance - after a 1,400-year-old tomb once belonging to a member of the Japanese elite was discovered under a bush
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'Europe's oldest shoes' dug up in remote bat cave where mummified remains found
The grass sandals pre-date the previous oldest pair of shoes ever found in Europe after carbon dating placed them in the Neolithic period at around 6,000 years ago
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'Largest cemetery ever discovered' as 2,000-year-old burial ground unearthed
In what archaeologists say is the largest cemetery ever to be discovered in the Gaza Strip, two Roman-era lead sarcophagi have been unearthed amongst 135 graves
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Strange untouched pool 'full of milk' discovered 700m deep in underground cave
The 'completely pristine' body of liquid was found by thrilled American explorers in New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns National Park some 700m below the earth's surface
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Mummy of 3,000-year-old woman found 'perfectly' preserved inside coffin in Egypt
The sarcophagus was opened before the international media and was one of two coffins found in the incredible discovery five years ago
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Antony and Cleopatra's long lost tomb 'found and is set to be uncovered'
Many historians believe the tomb of the two lovers, who are said to have committed suicide together, is located close to Alexandria in Egypt
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Inside the little-known caves and deep freshwater lake hidden beneath a UK city
Underneath Bristol lies a 190-million-year-old Jurassic cave system more than 200ft down which has claimed the lives of two climbers in the past - and some do not know it is there
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Inside 'mystical' caves along UK coastline with ancient human 'mummies'
When archaeologists started digging at the Covesea Caves range - a series of sea caves near Inverness - they came across "remarkably preserved" human bones strewn across the floor
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Mystery as ancient skull found without a chin could be from new species of human
Scientists have spent the past four years examining the fossilised remains dug up in Hualongdong, China, and the skull belonging to a child could turn out to be an incredible find
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Experts baffled as 25 pits dating back thousands of years found in countryside
Archaeologists are investigating the reason for 25 massive pits that have been found in Bedfordshire and date back up to 8,500 years as they hope to shed light on a little known period
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Painting dating back 2,000 years unearthed in Pompeii - and it features a pizza
Excavations in the Roman city of Pompeii have unveiled an ancient fresco by a bakery which historians say bears an uncanny resemblance to Italy's most beloved and famous export
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Man's ancestors 'were cannibals who were eating each other 1.45M years ago'
A study suggests that at least 1.45 million years ago, our ancestors engaged in cannibalistic behaviour as evidenced by cut marks on a fossilized leg bone, indicating the use of stone tools for butchering each other
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Inside mysterious hidden tunnel and rooms unearthed under 1,500-year-old church
A mysterious network of tunnels and chambers decorated with mosaics and marble have been discovered during excavation work at a church that dates back 1,500 years
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Modern-day Atlantis wiped off map by huge storm is discovered after 700 years
Rungholt, in modern-day Germany, was once a thriving port town that housed people from all over Europe with locals building their lives around the tides of the sea that would one day wipe them off the map
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Lost secret tunnel that locals discovered by accident like the catacombs of Rome
The lost tunnels were first discovered by accident in 2005 by local farmer Peter Waddell, who says the elaborate construction reminded him of the catacombs in Rome
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Grisly mystery of ancient Roman's brain turned into glass in Pompeii eruption
New research has shed light on an extremely unfortunate resident of Herculaneum
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'I've found 3 bodies and an array of items in my years of mudlarking on river'
Mudlarking expert Jason Sandy has found a Roman hairpin, medieval 'knuckle duster', and three dead bodies in his 10 years of mudlarking on the River Thames
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'Once-in-a-lifetime' Roman and Saxon burial site unearthed in rare UK find
It is hoped the previously undiscovered 1,600-year-old burial ground containing Roman and Saxon bones could help 'unlock' the secrets of one of the most important periods in British history
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Sphinx statue 2,000-years-old with smiley face and dimples unearthed in Egypt
The Sphinx-like statue, which is said to be in the likeness of Roman Emperor Claudius, was made near the Dendera Temple complex in Qena, Egypt, an area conquered by the empire after the taking of Carthage in 146BC
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Shipwreck discovered after 128 years tells tragic story of how sailors died
The 191-foot-long Ironton collided with another ship in September 1894 and both vessels sank in the Thunder Bay area of northern Lake Huron in North America
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