Michael Gartley
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Michael Gartley
@michaelgartley.bsky.social
Chair, Provenance Integrity Institute. All views my own. https://provenanceii.org 𓅞
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@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social's Remote Sensing journal unveils previously undiscovered internal structures of the Great Pyramid of Giza using Synthetic Aperture Radar Doppler Tomography.
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New calls for research funding: bit.ly/44d2mTb

Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research.

Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: current programmes - RHS
The Society currently invites applications for the following six schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with closing dates from 23 January to 6 March 2026. For ...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom. Researchers analyzed artifacts tied to Pharaoh Ahmose, gaining rare access to museum materials."

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists reveal a surprising new timeline for ancient Egypt
A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom. Researchers analyzed artifacts tied to Pharaoh Ahmose, gaining rare access to mu...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
"Researchers from Cairo University and TUM working with the ScanPyramids project have uncovered two hidden air-filled spaces inside the third-largest pyramid at Giza."

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Hidden Chambers Found in Menkaure Pyramid: Researchers Uncover Two Mysterious Void Spaces
New imaging data uncovered two concealed voids in the Menkaure Pyramid, offering strong evidence for a potential second entrance.
scitechdaily.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"Together with archaeologist Aline Thomas of France’s National Museum of Natural History, Chambon recently surveyed all the evidence to have emerged from these Passy-type tombs since they were first discovered in the 1980s."

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Letter from France - Neolithic Cultural Revolution - Archaeology Magazine - January/February 2026
How farmers came together to build Europe’s most grandiose funerary monuments some 7,000 years ago
archaeology.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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"Explore a unique museum - a digital space to learn, connect with and share the stories of stolen cultural heritage."

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UNESCO Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects
Discover the UNESCO Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects.
museum.unesco.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Here they are—the Top 10 Discoveries of 2025! Our new issue is online now. We’ve got a Roman emperor’s perplexing monument, an Andean temple of stone gods, and of course, the year’s most exciting discoveries in archaeology. You won’t want to miss ‘em!

archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/
December 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"The seven footprints, found amidst a clutter of hundreds of prehistoric animal prints, are estimated to be 115,000 years old."

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Archaeologists Found 115,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where They Shouldn’t Be
Archaeologists found 115,000-year-old human footprints where they shouldn't be—and they just might rewrite the history of human migration.
www.yahoo.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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"As its name suggests, the library was created by Ashurbanipal, who ruled from 669 until his death in 631 B.C.E."

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How the World's Oldest Library Survived an Empire's Fall
Pretty much everything we know about the ancient Assyrian Empire, is thanks to the Library of Ashurbanipal.
news.artnet.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"As no single technology can answer all the questions; multiple types of geophysics equipment was used to establish the size and shape of the pits.”

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trend...
Stonehenge just got stranger: Archaeologists confirm massive man-made ring of pits underground - The Times of India
Archaeologists confirm the discovery of a monumental ring of pits beneath Stonehenge, suggesting complex rituals and advanced engineering by Neolithic societies.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (IEEE/ICES) Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Electric, Magnetic and Electromagnetic Fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz)

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November 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"A new study published November 26, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One reports that the well-known stone figures of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) were created by many separate carving groups."

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
New 3D scan reveals a hidden network of moai carvers on Easter Island
A high-resolution 3D model of Rano Raraku shows that the moai were created in many distinct carving zones. Instead of a top-down system, the statues appear to have been produced by separate family gro...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"He said that until recently it was assumed that settled life started with agriculture and animal husbandry but the project indicated that these people were still hunter-gatherers but had become settled."

www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Discovery of ancient statues rewrites prehistoric human history
Experts say the find sheds light on death rituals in the Neolithic age
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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"The funding will help arXiv – which is maintained and operated by Cornell Tech – finish migrating to cloud infrastructure and modernizing its code."

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$7M grant from NASA, Schmidt Sciences to upgrade arXiv | Cornell Chronicle
The funding will help arXiv – which is maintained and operated by Cornell Tech – finish migrating to cloud infrastructure and modernizing its code.
news.cornell.edu
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"It’s remained intact for a staggering 6,000 years. It is nearly 1,500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza and 1,000 years older than Stonehenge."

www.zmescience.com/science/news...
This 6,000-year-old Megalith in Spain Predates Stonehenge by Over a Thousand Years and It's Still Standing —Here’s How It Was Made
This ancient structure remarkable lasted through the millennia.
www.zmescience.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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"...more detailed than bathymetric maps collected by traditional multibeam sonar (bottom). 3D at Depth’s lidar technology can resolve the seafloor to one-centimeter resolution, even revealing the soft tissues of animals living on the ocean floor. Image: © 2019"

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November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"The journal Antiquity published a geo-archaeological study that traced the origins of the Karnak Temple complex to Egypt’s Old Kingdom, roughly 2591-2152 BCE."

www.jpost.com/archaeology/...
Origins of Egypt’s Karnak Temple revealed | The Jerusalem Post
"The new research provides unprecedented details about the evolution of the Karnak Temple - from a small island to one of the defining institutions of ancient Egypt."
www.jpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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"We’re continuing to make Discord the best, most reliable platform to talk and play for players on PC, mobile, and console. Perhaps some intergalactic domination on the side, who knows?"

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November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Their findings revise a century of scholarly interpretation and highlight the mathematical genius embedded in the 1,000-year-old Dresden Codex, one of the oldest surviving books in the Americas."

thedebrief.org/ancient-maya...
Ancient Mayan Astronomers Perfected a 700-Year System for Eclipse Prediction, New Study Reveals
New research reveals how Mayan astronomers built a precise eclipse prediction system using complex lunar mathematics.
thedebrief.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"Researchers identified the first Neanderthal footprints in Portugal at two sites along the Algarve: Praia do Monte Clérigo, where the rocks date back around 78,000 years, and Praia do Telheiro, which dates to about 82,000 years ago."

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First Neanderthal Footprints Found on Portugal’s Coast Rewrite What We Know About Early Humans
A newly discovered Neanderthal site on Portugal’s Algarve coast has revealed the first fossilized footprints of these ancient humans in the region. A new international study published in Scientific Re...
scitechdaily.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"According to a Live Science report, a 2,200-year-old gold coin was discovered by a metal detectorist in eastern Germany."

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News - Gold “Rainbow Cup” Unearthed in Eastern Germany - Archaeology Magazine
GUNDORF, GERMANY—According to a Live Science report, a 2,200-year-old gold coin was discovered by a […]
archaeology.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"The discovery of the structure was made last June during the construction of a radar system for the New International Airport of Heraklion, Crete."

thedebrief.org/4000-year-ol...
4000-Year-Old Labyrinth Discovery, Dubbed “One of the Most Important Archaeological Finds” of the Century, Brings New Life to the “Myth of the Labyrinth”
A remarkable discovery in Crete has reinvigorated debate over the origins behind the ancient Greek myth of the labyrinth.
thedebrief.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"This finding comes from a study published on October 29, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Quanbao Ma of the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China, and his research team."

scitechdaily.com/new-study-de...
New Study Decodes the 4,000-Year-Old Mystery of China’s Tomb Locations
Scientists have uncovered clues to a 4,000-year-old mystery — the hidden logic behind where ancient Chinese built their tombs.
scitechdaily.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
'...“but what excites us most is what these paintings reveal — the creativity, spirituality, and complexity of a people who lived nearly 3,000 years ago.”'

arkeonews.net/archaeologis...
Archaeologists Unearth 3,000-Year-Old Urartian Murals Hidden in a Mysterious Underground Structure Beneath Garibin Tepe - Arkeonews
Archaeologists uncover one of the best-preserved Urartian mural complexes deep under Van, Türkiye
arkeonews.net
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"The temporal depth revealed by stratigraphic evidence is striking. The ochre-bearing layers span from approximately 100,000 to 33,000 years ago."

www.ancient-origins.net/news-history...
Neanderthals Crafted Ochre Crayons 70,000 Years Ago | Ancient Origins
Neanderthals in shaped ochre crayons 70,000 years ago for symbolic art. New analysis of 16 ancient pigments reveals sophisticated cognitive abilities and cultural practices.
www.ancient-origins.net
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM