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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 4h

A new #AI tool applies forensic analysis to early #human fossils, revealing not only whether the individuals were eaten by animals, but also identifying the specific species responsible. #evolution

Were early humans hunters — or hunted?

Rice University anthropologist among first to use AI to uncover new clues that early humans were prey, not predators.

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 1d

Centuries-old horse and #donkey bones unearthed in Jamestown, Virginia, reveal that colonists brought these animals to North #America. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...

Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 2d

The Varangians in the Greek East (10th-12th c.), #lecture at the Norwegian Institute at Athens (hybrid).

The Varangians in the Greek East

Lecture by Assoc. Prof. Paschalis Androudis (Associate Professor of Byzantine and Islamic Art and Archaeology).

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 3d

What was Alexander the Great’s favorite music? We know little about the sounds and dances of ancient Macedon — but a new conference aims to change that, by exploring music, dance, and soundscapes in Alexander’s world through archaeology and text.
#Music #AlexanderTheGreat #Archaeology #History

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It aims to provide a training pathway designed to supply the tools, methods and skills necessary for research in the Egyptological field.

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 3d

Advanced Training Course in #Egyptology in #Rome. Lessons will be held in Italian while students will attend a special visit to the exhibition Tesori dei Faraoni. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...

Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 6d

New architectural and pottery helps #archaeologists to define the stratigraphy and lifespan of Chalcolithic Erimi-Pamboula in #Cyprus. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 6d

Environmental Approaches to the Eastern Mediterranean Landscape, 1750-1920 , #cfp www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 7d

New #research shows that after the extreme dryness of the Last Glacial Maximum, early humans settled in northern #Arabia’s interior, following the return of seasonal water. They left behind a remarkable legacy in the form of rock art dating12,800-11,400 years ago www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 7d

Through seven thematic sessions, the conference presents new discoveries while also addressing long-standing issues related to the production, distribution, and use of amphoras. www.archaiologia.gr/wp-content/u...

Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 7d

What more can be said for someone who literally redefined humankind? #JaneGoodall. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...

Jane Goodall passed away at age 91

Dr. Goodall’s life and work not only made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees, but also of humankind...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 8d

Recent excavations in the hitherto unexplored part of #Pompeii's Villa of the Mysteries, have brought to light a waiting bench, situated on the street opposite the main entrance to the villa. The bench was used by clients waiting to meet the villa's master www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 9d

Excavations in iconic Scottish Highlands castle reveals beauty secrets if its last medieval inhabitants. A rare 13th century tool used for parting hair precisely which was called a "gravoir" was found in the castle and is now at the Natiopnal Museums of Scotland. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 9d

Posting a reminder as it is approaching. Beyond Methodological Nationalism - #conference, Society for the Study of the Past. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/agenta/...

Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 9d

Mollusc shells from #Saqqara provide with new insights into the customs, beliefs, and daily life of ancient #Egyptians. #archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 13d

Portuguese sites Monte Clérigo and Praia do Telheiro are the first two hominin tracksites found in the southwesternmost region of Europe. Finds from there demonstrate Neanderthal navigation tricks, dietary preferences and ecological interactions. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 13d

A team from the University of Cádiz has unearthed one of the most monumental and best-preserved funerary structures in Teba (Málaga, Spain). #Dolmen I in La Lentejuela necropolis is a tomb dating back more than 5,000 years, and features a complex internal layout www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 14d

The Palaeolithic site of La Roche-à-Pierrot, Saint-Césaire, France, features the oldest shell jewellery workshop identified to-date. It dates back 42,000 years at the time the first Homo sapiens interacted with Neanderthals. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 14d

Rare #Mesolithic mass burial discovered during gas pipeline construction near the village of Orłowo in #Poland. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 15d

The original #drawing of the dog appearing in #Rembrant's Night Watch has been identified as the work on an early 17th-century work by #artist, poet and publisher Adriaen van de Venne (1590–1662). www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 16d

Specialists restore Costa Rica’s mysterious spheres. Τhey focus on spheres carved in conglomerate limestone since the material is rare in the region and complex to work with — suggesting a deliberate, uet unknown choice of material by the people who made them, www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 16d

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 17d

Many #BronzeAge individuals buried in the mounds of Seddin, #Germany, were not locals, strontium based study finds.Objects from elsewhere in Europe were known from around Seddin, but now we know that, at least members of the elite, had also come from abroad. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 20d

Immersive εμπειρία με θέμα τη Φρίντα Κάλο στη Θεσσαλονίκη

Οι σημαντικότερες στιγμές στη ζωή της εμβληματικής γυναίκας και δημιουργού αναβιώνουν με μοναδικό τρόπο στη νέα στέγη παραστατικών και ψηφιακών τεχνών της Θεσσαλονίκης.

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Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 20d

Ancient Egyptian bracelet stolen and sold to be melt. The authorities tracked and arrested four suspects, which included a Cairo Museum conservator. #archaeology, #heritage, www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Archaeology & Arts @archaeoarts.bsky.social · 21d

Classics and #Race: New book on an exploratory intellectual history of the complex relationships between #Classics and racist/anti-racist thought-systems. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

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