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Giant Stone Circles Spotted in Satellite Images May Mark a Sacred Site in Argentina’s Andes
High in Argentina’s Andes, a mountaineer searching satellite images noticed a pattern of circles and passages on a remote mountainside. After two failed attempts to reach the spot, he found the stone structures on the ground. Archaeologists are now investigating whether the complex once held…
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9,000-Year-Old Bones Reveal Moose and Salmon at a Swedish Stone Age Site
A fragment of moose vertebra, a beaver claw and tiny pieces of burned bone are helping archaeologists reconstruct life at a Stone Age settlement in central Sweden. Among the animals identified so far at Laforsen, moose and salmon appear most frequently. The excavators have also…
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4,000-Year-Old Stone Tomb Found in Norway Has No Bones, but Its Soil May Hold Clues
Archaeologists believe a stone grave near Norway’s border with Sweden is about 4,000 years old. They found an amber bead and arrowheads inside, but no human remains—and are now testing the soil for DNA. A grave built from stone slabs weighing hundreds of kilograms has…
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A Roman Coin Was Already 270 Years Old When Someone Buried This Silver Hoard in Germany
A silver coin minted in 148 BC was still part of someone’s savings more than 270 years later. Archaeologists found it among 934 Roman denarii buried in a field near Wesseling, Germany. The newest coin in the hoard dates to AD 124 or 125, raising…
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Volunteers Unearth 2,000-Year-Old Roundhouse in England’s Lake District
A group of volunteers working in England’s Lake District has uncovered a timber doorway, a cobbled yard and traces of ancient crops at a settlement used around 2,000 years ago. The finds offer a closer look at the people who lived and farmed in Deepdale…
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A Burned Gallic Wall Beneath Paris May Reveal the Lutetia Caesar Described
Beneath a hospital in central Paris, archaeologists have uncovered a stone and timber wall scarred by fire. It may be part of the fortified Gallic settlement that Julius Caesar described more than 2,000 years ago—a place whose exact location has remained uncertain despite centuries of…
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Pottery Found During New Search at Türkiye’s “Noah’s Ark” Formation
The pottery fragments were laid out on a table as researchers brought their 2026 field season at the Durupınar Formation to a close. The ship-shaped landform in eastern Türkiye has drawn searches for Noah’s Ark for decades, but the newly reported pieces have a more…
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A 7,000-Year-Old Village Emerges Along a Future Highway in Czechia
The houses are gone, but their outlines remain beneath the fields of central Moravia. Archaeologists working ahead of a highway project near Přerov have identified the plans of about 16 Neolithic longhouses, some reaching 36 meters in length. The discovery is part of a rescue…
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A 3,500-Year-Old Wooden Ladder Found at the Bottom of a Bronze Age Waterhole in England
A wooden ladder driven into the earth nearly 3,500 years ago has been discovered at the bottom of a Bronze Age waterhole in England. Found south of Gloucester, the remarkably preserved structure also contained a timber platform, woven walls and around 150 pieces of waterlogged…