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The MRP is excited to announce our 2026 archaeological field season dates:
Session 1: June 1st to June 14th, 2026
Session 2: June 15th to June 28th, 2026
Session 3: July 6th to July 19th, 2026
Enrollment is open and scholarships are available!
www.mayaresearchprogram.org
Session 1: June 1st to June 14th, 2026
Session 2: June 15th to June 28th, 2026
Session 3: July 6th to July 19th, 2026
Enrollment is open and scholarships are available!
www.mayaresearchprogram.org
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Happy #WinterSolstice ❄️
In Chaco Canyon in the US Southwest, ancient monumental roads align with the winter solstice sunrise over Mount Taylor. Features of both land and sky were (and still are) ritually important to the region's Indigenous people.
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In Chaco Canyon in the US Southwest, ancient monumental roads align with the winter solstice sunrise over Mount Taylor. Features of both land and sky were (and still are) ritually important to the region's Indigenous people.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Happy #WinterSolstice ❄️
In Chaco Canyon in the US Southwest, ancient monumental roads align with the winter solstice sunrise over Mount Taylor. Features of both land and sky were (and still are) ritually important to the region's Indigenous people.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
In Chaco Canyon in the US Southwest, ancient monumental roads align with the winter solstice sunrise over Mount Taylor. Features of both land and sky were (and still are) ritually important to the region's Indigenous people.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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On 12 June 2025, over 1300 French archaeologists came together to demonstrate against the Government’s proposed exemption of designated ‘national priority’ building projects from any prior preventive archaeology measures. The very next day, the Government withdrew its proposal 1/2
December 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
On 12 June 2025, over 1300 French archaeologists came together to demonstrate against the Government’s proposed exemption of designated ‘national priority’ building projects from any prior preventive archaeology measures. The very next day, the Government withdrew its proposal 1/2
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, representing the first major legal challenge to President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom addition.
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Read more: https://wapo.st/4iR882N
December 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, representing the first major legal challenge to President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom addition.
Read more: https://wapo.st/4iR882N
Read more: https://wapo.st/4iR882N
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📰 The earliest known instance of human-made fire in the world, dating back 400,000 years and likely made by Neanderthals, has been uncovered in eastern England 🔥
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @cnn.com
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🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @cnn.com
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Archaeologists find earliest known fire made by humans
A field in eastern England has revealed evidence of the earliest known instance of humans creating and controlling fire, a significant find that archaeologists say illuminates a dramatic turning point in the human story.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📰 The earliest known instance of human-made fire in the world, dating back 400,000 years and likely made by Neanderthals, has been uncovered in eastern England 🔥
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @cnn.com
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🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @cnn.com
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#FridayLidar map of Cerro Patlachique, south of Teotihuacan, annotated with locations of monuments.
Depictions of the Mesoamerican Storm God & Water Goddess are prevalent, suggesting the mountain's summit was a place of convocation with water deities.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Depictions of the Mesoamerican Storm God & Water Goddess are prevalent, suggesting the mountain's summit was a place of convocation with water deities.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
December 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#FridayLidar map of Cerro Patlachique, south of Teotihuacan, annotated with locations of monuments.
Depictions of the Mesoamerican Storm God & Water Goddess are prevalent, suggesting the mountain's summit was a place of convocation with water deities.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Depictions of the Mesoamerican Storm God & Water Goddess are prevalent, suggesting the mountain's summit was a place of convocation with water deities.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Our December issue is out now! Featuring great #archaeology such as:
🔵 The oldest blue mineral pigment use in Europe
⛰️ Mesoamerican mountain monuments and water worship
🐚 Playing the shell trumpets of Neolithic Catalonia
& much more! 🏺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🔵 The oldest blue mineral pigment use in Europe
⛰️ Mesoamerican mountain monuments and water worship
🐚 Playing the shell trumpets of Neolithic Catalonia
& much more! 🏺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Our December issue is out now! Featuring great #archaeology such as:
🔵 The oldest blue mineral pigment use in Europe
⛰️ Mesoamerican mountain monuments and water worship
🐚 Playing the shell trumpets of Neolithic Catalonia
& much more! 🏺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🔵 The oldest blue mineral pigment use in Europe
⛰️ Mesoamerican mountain monuments and water worship
🐚 Playing the shell trumpets of Neolithic Catalonia
& much more! 🏺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Some 13,000 years ago, the Clovis culture dug flint from the Alibates Quarries in Texas, and the stone from these hills has been prized ever since. Archaeologists are now examining the site.
archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2021/off-the-grid/otg-alibates-national-monument-texas/
archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2021/off-the-grid/otg-alibates-national-monument-texas/
December 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Some 13,000 years ago, the Clovis culture dug flint from the Alibates Quarries in Texas, and the stone from these hills has been prized ever since. Archaeologists are now examining the site.
archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2021/off-the-grid/otg-alibates-national-monument-texas/
archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2021/off-the-grid/otg-alibates-national-monument-texas/
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In 2025, at the Maya metropolis of Caracol, archaeologists discovered the tomb of Te’ Kab Chaak, founder of the kingdom’s ruling dynasty. Excavators even found his jade-and-shell death mask.
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/collection/return-of-the-king/top-10-discoveries-of-2025/
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/collection/return-of-the-king/top-10-discoveries-of-2025/
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In 2025, at the Maya metropolis of Caracol, archaeologists discovered the tomb of Te’ Kab Chaak, founder of the kingdom’s ruling dynasty. Excavators even found his jade-and-shell death mask.
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/collection/return-of-the-king/top-10-discoveries-of-2025/
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/collection/return-of-the-king/top-10-discoveries-of-2025/
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We publish on new research, ongoing projects, contentious issues and novel methods from all periods across the entire world, so, no matter what you're researching, there is an Antiquity article type for you.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Send us your #archaeology! 🏺
We publish on new research, ongoing projects, contentious issues and novel methods from all periods across the entire world, so, no matter what you're researching, there is an Antiquity article type for you.
Learn more and submit:
We publish on new research, ongoing projects, contentious issues and novel methods from all periods across the entire world, so, no matter what you're researching, there is an Antiquity article type for you.
Learn more and submit:
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Roman urbanism was bad for health, new study confirms
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Roman urbanism was bad for health, new study confirms
Analysis of skeletal remains from England before and during Roman occupation confirms theories that the population's health declined under Roman occupation, but only in the urban centers, suggesting p...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Great story in local CBC New Brunswick news about an archival artefact collection and the collaboration between U New Brunswick and Wolastoqey First Nation 🏺https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/bailey-collection-unb-artifacts-wolastoqey-collaboration-9.6991802
How a UNB artifact collection has sparked archeological collaboration and innovation | CBC News
The Bailey Collection sat untouched for decades on the University of New Brunswick campus. Now researchers and the Wolastoqey Nation are working together to document the artifacts and chart new ways f...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Great story in local CBC New Brunswick news about an archival artefact collection and the collaboration between U New Brunswick and Wolastoqey First Nation 🏺https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/bailey-collection-unb-artifacts-wolastoqey-collaboration-9.6991802
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Prospective students: there are now over 30 doctoral studentship places open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities at King’s. Information at:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu...
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Arts & Humanities Doctoral School launches new studentships programmes | King's College London
Over 30 Doctoral studentship places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities at King’s.
www.kcl.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Prospective students: there are now over 30 doctoral studentship places open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities at King’s. Information at:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu...
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Monument from the mountain Cerro Patlachique, south of Teotihuacan. It likely depicts a fire priest #FolkloreThursday
Fire priests were religious and political authorities, indicating the sacred mountain was controlled by the Mesoamerican city-state.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Fire priests were religious and political authorities, indicating the sacred mountain was controlled by the Mesoamerican city-state.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Monument from the mountain Cerro Patlachique, south of Teotihuacan. It likely depicts a fire priest #FolkloreThursday
Fire priests were religious and political authorities, indicating the sacred mountain was controlled by the Mesoamerican city-state.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Fire priests were religious and political authorities, indicating the sacred mountain was controlled by the Mesoamerican city-state.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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💫Now Available💫
The reviews are in on Las Tierras del Mayathan. Exploring Maya culture in the Northern Lowlands across time - from pre-Hispanic to present - this volume brings together research on archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, calendars, astronomy, mural art, and codices. 🏺
The reviews are in on Las Tierras del Mayathan. Exploring Maya culture in the Northern Lowlands across time - from pre-Hispanic to present - this volume brings together research on archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, calendars, astronomy, mural art, and codices. 🏺
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
💫Now Available💫
The reviews are in on Las Tierras del Mayathan. Exploring Maya culture in the Northern Lowlands across time - from pre-Hispanic to present - this volume brings together research on archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, calendars, astronomy, mural art, and codices. 🏺
The reviews are in on Las Tierras del Mayathan. Exploring Maya culture in the Northern Lowlands across time - from pre-Hispanic to present - this volume brings together research on archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, calendars, astronomy, mural art, and codices. 🏺
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So proud to see our new paper out in PNAS spearheaded by @emilypigott.bsky.social She found a tiny 46,000 yr old Neanderthal bone at Starosele (Crimea). DNA work revealed long-distance connections across Eurasia, supported by stone tool evidence @heasvienna.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
So proud to see our new paper out in PNAS spearheaded by @emilypigott.bsky.social She found a tiny 46,000 yr old Neanderthal bone at Starosele (Crimea). DNA work revealed long-distance connections across Eurasia, supported by stone tool evidence @heasvienna.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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"I hope that more broadly, people recognize that Indigenous peoples are core to the story of this land, and always have been."
In “We Survived the Night,” author Julian Brave NoiseCat touches on family history, community, and Indigenous life across North America.
In “We Survived the Night,” author Julian Brave NoiseCat touches on family history, community, and Indigenous life across North America.
Julian Brave NoiseCat's New Book Explores Indigenous Life, Death, and Survival
In "We Survived the Night," NoiseCat touches on family history, community, and Indigenous life across North America.
www.motherjones.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"I hope that more broadly, people recognize that Indigenous peoples are core to the story of this land, and always have been."
In “We Survived the Night,” author Julian Brave NoiseCat touches on family history, community, and Indigenous life across North America.
In “We Survived the Night,” author Julian Brave NoiseCat touches on family history, community, and Indigenous life across North America.
The MRP is excited to announce our 2026 archaeological field season dates:
Session 1: June 1st to June 14th, 2026
Session 2: June 15th to June 28th, 2026
Session 3: July 6th to July 19th, 2026
Enrollment is open and scholarships are available!
www.mayaresearchprogram.org
Session 1: June 1st to June 14th, 2026
Session 2: June 15th to June 28th, 2026
Session 3: July 6th to July 19th, 2026
Enrollment is open and scholarships are available!
www.mayaresearchprogram.org
October 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The MRP is excited to announce our 2026 archaeological field season dates:
Session 1: June 1st to June 14th, 2026
Session 2: June 15th to June 28th, 2026
Session 3: July 6th to July 19th, 2026
Enrollment is open and scholarships are available!
www.mayaresearchprogram.org
Session 1: June 1st to June 14th, 2026
Session 2: June 15th to June 28th, 2026
Session 3: July 6th to July 19th, 2026
Enrollment is open and scholarships are available!
www.mayaresearchprogram.org
June 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Ancient DNA extracted from a sediment core from a high-altitude Pyrenean lake in Spain reveals that fish may have been added to the lake by humans as early as the 7th century AD.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Parasite sedimentary DNA reveals fish introduction into a European high-mountain lake by the seventh century - Nature Communications
Historic documents indicate that fish were introduced to Pyrenean lakes in the 14–15th centuries. Here, the authors examine sedimentary DNA from fish parasites in Lake Redon, suggesting fish were intr...
www.nature.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Ancient DNA extracted from a sediment core from a high-altitude Pyrenean lake in Spain reveals that fish may have been added to the lake by humans as early as the 7th century AD.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A buried altar in Tikal reveals Teotihuacan’s powerful influence on the Maya — from art to ritual to politics. Was it diplomacy, domination, or both? New clues emerge from the jungle. #Maya #Teotihuacan #Archaeology #AncientHistory #Mesoamerica @antiquityj.bsky.social
Echoes of Teotihuacan in Tikal: Unraveling Ancient Mesoamerican Ties
A Subterranean Altar Sheds Light on Cross-Cultural Interactions
www.anthropology.net
April 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A buried altar in Tikal reveals Teotihuacan’s powerful influence on the Maya — from art to ritual to politics. Was it diplomacy, domination, or both? New clues emerge from the jungle. #Maya #Teotihuacan #Archaeology #AncientHistory #Mesoamerica @antiquityj.bsky.social
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Milo Rossi and I appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored to debunk the new viral pyramid conspiracy
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=50CF...
And we will be livestreaming a reaction to it in a bit over an hour with Miniminuteman, right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=28wb...
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=50CF...
And we will be livestreaming a reaction to it in a bit over an hour with Miniminuteman, right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=28wb...
'INCREDIBLE Claim' Giza Pyramids Discovery SPLITS Science World | Feat Miniminuteman
YouTube video by Piers Morgan Uncensored
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March 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Milo Rossi and I appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored to debunk the new viral pyramid conspiracy
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=50CF...
And we will be livestreaming a reaction to it in a bit over an hour with Miniminuteman, right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=28wb...
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=50CF...
And we will be livestreaming a reaction to it in a bit over an hour with Miniminuteman, right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=28wb...
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The Sunrise Dance is a four-day coming-of-age ceremony — a significant and highly spiritual event for the young lady and the Apache community.
Through the 4-day Sunrise Dance, Apache girls transition into womanhood
The Sunrise Dance is a four-day coming-of-age ceremony — a significant and highly spiritual event for the young lady and the Apache community.
www.npr.org
March 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Sunrise Dance is a four-day coming-of-age ceremony — a significant and highly spiritual event for the young lady and the Apache community.
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Maya #Women Reclaim Their Heritage and Livelihood Through Uxmal Archaeological Project
#archaeology
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Maya Women Reclaim Their Heritage and Livelihood Through Uxmal Archaeological Project
A group of Maya women from the village of San Simón have embarked on a journey to reconnect with their ancestral heritage while securing their financial independence.
yucatanmagazine.com
August 1, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Maya #Women Reclaim Their Heritage and Livelihood Through Uxmal Archaeological Project
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yucatanmagazine.com/maya-women-r...
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Maya palace dedicated to the “Stinking One” unearthed near Balamkú. #archaeology #archeology #archeologist #archaeologist
Maya palace dedicated to the "Stinking One" unearthed near Balamkú
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have unearthed a palace complex associated with the Maya city of Balamkú.
www.heritagedaily.com
August 27, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Maya palace dedicated to the “Stinking One” unearthed near Balamkú. #archaeology #archeology #archeologist #archaeologist