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Antiquity is a bimonthly review of world archaeology edited by Professor Robin Skeates. Please be aware that we sometimes share relevant images of human remains. https://antiquity.ac.uk/
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Oct 7
Our October issue is out now! Featuring great #archaeology such as:

🐴 The medieval taboo of horse consumption
🦁 The Chinese origins of Venice's iconic Winged Lion statue
🧊 Tattooed ice mummies of the Siberian Altai

& much more! 🏺

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Cover of the October 2025 issue of Antiquity, featuring archaeologists excavating at an unmarked grave site.
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In the Swash Channel, Dorset, UK lies a 17th century shipwreck. Likely salvaged after it sank, few material remains survive. The researchers' detective work and protection efforts are now published and the book features in our #NewBookChronicle 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology
Cover of the book, depicting an underwater shipwreck.
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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NEW Fragments of glass vessels from Khirbet al-Khalde, Jordan: an important site along a major #Roman roadway, the Via Nova Traiana, that integrated past Nabataean sites, such as #Petra, with wider Roman trade networks across the province of Arabia 1/2

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Several pieces of different-coloured glass (credit: Cristina Boschetti, Khirbet al-Khalde Archaeological Project).
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Proud to share our new debate paper in @antiquity.ac.uk, in which we address the preservation crisis of European peatland archaeology and highlight pathways for a more sustainable future.

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Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology
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November 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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The Treaty of Granada was signed #OnThisDay in AD 1491, ultimately leading to the Emirate of Granada, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty, ceding sovereignty to Spain.
Known for the iconic Alhambra, the Nasrids made use of architecture to display their power.

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Panoramic view of the Alhambra (a fortified palatine town) and the Generalife (summer palace) with forest and gardens in between.
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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It's both #NationalNaturalFibresDay & #TextileTuesday, so check out these microscopic images of a textile fragment from 2000–1200 BC Beycesultan Höyük 🇹🇷
Variations in the weave and colour reflect the diversity of textile production in Bronze Age Anatolia.

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Above: black-and-white Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) image of several fibres running alongside each other. Below: black-and-white SEM image of cross-sections of some of the fibres, with a thin hole running through the centre of each.
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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The iconic Andean monument Monte Sierpe/Band of Holes has been variously interpreted as built for gardening, defense, storage and more #MonumentsMonday

New research proposes it was part of an Indigenous system of accounting and exchange.

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Aerial view of a large row of precisely aligned holes running downhill towards a river.
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Interested in ancient trade & connections? Our collection has free research like:

🦁 How Venice's iconic Winged Lion may originate in China
🪙 Ancient economic connections from Bangladesh to Vietnam
⛏️ How British tin shaped Mediterranean civilisations

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Globe overlaid with the text 'Trade and Connections, Antiquity'.
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Excavating horse remains from the Iron Age burial mound of Tunnug 1, Siberia. At least 18 horses were sacrificed and deposited in association with animal-style artefacts, indicating the burial is an early example of Scythian funerary rituals.

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Archaeologist excavating the remains of a sacrificed Early Iron Age horse (credit: Egor Mazurkevich).
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Fancy some #Roman sardines this #NationalSardinesDay? You're in luck! 🐟
DNA analysis of sardines used to make the Roman fish sauce garum found they used European sardines (Sardina pilchardus), which are still present in Atlantic Europe today

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Fish remains from the bottom of a fermentation vat: a) mixed together; b) spines; c) vertebrae; d) scales.
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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😊It is with great pleasure that I am sharing our new article published in @antiquity.ac.uk about #burialpractices and #archaeothanatology in #Byzantine #Ephesos !

with @oeai.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social @mnhn.fr UMR7206 Ecoanthropology and @pacea.bsky.social

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Burial practices in Byzantine Ephesos: new archaeothanatological data from the Church of Mary cemetery | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Burial practices in Byzantine Ephesos: new archaeothanatological data from the Church of Mary cemetery
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November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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📰 Jewel "worthy of a duke" uncovered at 13th century AD Castle Kolno, Poland

🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @heritagedaily.bsky.social

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Jewel “worthy of a duke” unearthed at Castle Kolno
Researchers from the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Wroclaw have unearthed a jewel “worthy of a duke” at Castle Kolno, located between the Stobrawa and Budkowiczanka rivers in Stare…
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November 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Charles Darwin visited Stonehenge not too long after this, in 1877. He was more interested in the worms than the monument, however, speculating that worms' gradual shifting of the earth over time would eventually bury Stonehenge 1/3
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This is the oldest known family photo taken at Stonehenge. c 1865, back when you could picnic on the great sarsens themselves.

The original photo is owned by Queen Guitarist Brian May!

#stonehenge #wiltshire #stonecircle
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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NEW Local bronze coins and imitations of Roman aurei (gold coins) from Tell Abraq, UAE. Occupied for over three millennia, recent discoveries at the site indicate widespread trade and connections over both land and sea as early as the Bronze Age.

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Left: four green-coloured bronze coins, two gold coins and a silver bracelet in situ. Right: three gold coins with embossed designs on both sides.
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Cool research by Ula Wicenciak and collegues! Congrats!
#Tyre #SmellsLikePhoenicianSpirit?
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NEW #Phoenician small ceramic bottles were traditionally thought to hold perfumes and medicines. Residue analysis found chemical traces of wine, resins, pitch and palm oil, indicating their uses were much more multifunctional than expected.

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Small ceramic bottles being sampled for residue with a Dremel rotary tool (A) and a dental tool (B).
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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A new #blog by Charlotta Hillerdal to accompany @antiquity.ac.uk article ‘#Nunalleq Digital Museum: multi-vocal narration of a Yup’ik past’ is out now: ➡️ https://cup.org/4hVkWEZ

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#indigenousheritage
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How climate change is threatening Indigenous Yup’ik heritage « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
On 12 October, 2025, Typhoon Halong reached the shores of Southwestern Alaska, with devastating consequences for many of the Indigenous communities living here. Whole villages were destroyed and force...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Any ancient game recommendations the #GameandPuzzleWeek? 🎲
Someone in the Early Modern prison of Noto Antica, Sicily clearly loved the classics, carving a gameboard for Nine Men's Morris onto their cell wall!

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Left: illustration of a Nine Men's Morris board, made up of three concentric squares with circles on each corner and in the centre of each line. Right: Annotated photos of the stone wall of a prison cell, engraved with a similar shape.
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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The façade of the Sudan National Museum, both before the current war, and after its liberation from the Rapid Support Force (RSF) in July 2025, following 20 months of control, showing the extensive damage caused to the museum building and grounds 🏺 #Archaeology 1/2
Front of a brick and glass building with a stone pavement leading up to it, lined with statues of lions (photograph by Marc Maillot © Section Française de la Direction des Antiquités du Soudan 2012). Front of the same building, brick damaged and glass smashed. The pavement is overgrown with shrubbery and the lion statues missing pieces (photograph by Gasim Hassan Nasir, National Committee for Assessment and Protection of Khartoum Museums, NCAM, July 2025).
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Want to stay up-to-date on the latest #ArchaeologyNews? Check out our news webpage, where we report on new discoveries, upcoming events and follow-up on past research from the world of Antiquity 🏺 #Archaeology
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November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Can we identify real #pirates in the #archaeological record? What can material remains teach us about their lives? 🏴‍☠️
'Dead Man's Chest' explores both the entertaining tales and cruel reality of piracy. Read our review in the latest #NewBookChronicle 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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Cover of the book reviewed, depicting four gold coins and an illustration of two red cutlasses, crossed.
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Say hello to this ancient greeting from a Late Iron Age terracotta relief at El Cerrón 🇪🇸 for #WorldHelloDay
A female figure or deity greets a charioteer. Possibly holding a spear, they may indicate connections to Phoenician gods Melqart and Baal

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Digital photo, filtered photo and artistic rendering of an oblong piece of terracotta. On its surface, two charioteers, a figure wearing a conical hat and holding a spear (or bâton de commandment) and a griffin are depicted in relief.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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📰 Settlement in the United Arab Emirates highlights 2000 years of commercial and cultural exchanges between Mesopotamia, India, and Arabia from the Bronze Age to the pre-Islamic period

🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @labrujulaverde.bsky.social
A 2,000-Year-Old Sanctuary Discovered Where Merchants Traveling Between Mesopotamia, India, and Arabia Made Offerings Before Crossing the Persian Gulf
On the western coast of the United Arab Emirates, a mound of earth known as Tell Abraq holds a millennia-old secret: more than 3,000 years of continuous human history, an exceptional testament to how…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Tablet displaying the cover of 'Antiquity' journal with the text 'User Survey' set on a textured surface, featuring an archaeological site in the background.
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Reminds us of this graffiti from an early modern prison on Sicily, depicting Maltese galleys used by the Order of St. John (aka Knights Hospitaller). It may foretell the prisoners' fates as galley rowers, or have been used to recount tales of Mediterranean privateering

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Left: a painting and digital illustration of a Maltese galley; a wooden ship with a low-lying hull, triangular lanteen sails and oars. Right: stone wall with markings engraved on it. Digital enhancement reveals striking similarity to the galleys, including a flag flown with the cross of the Order of St. John.
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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The shattered visage of Hatshepsut, one of Egypt’s few female pharaohs, portrays a story of political persecution. However, research in Antiquity suggests the destruction of her statuary had more complex motivations than simple hostility.

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Stone sculpture of a pharaoh's head. A large crack runs across the face from the top left to bottom right, across an eye. Photograph by Harry Burton (1929). (© Department of Egyptian Art Archives, the Metropolitan Museum of Art).
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Lithics from the site of Cueva Grande in the central Iberian Meseta, thought uninhabited during the Upper Palaeolithic #FlintFriday
They indicate the inhospitable Iberian highlands were in fact occupied during the Late Pleistocene.

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Four lithic artefacts (1, large blade; 2, retouched blade; 3 & 4, microgravettes).
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM