Swedish Archaeologists Find a Lost 17th-Century Warship Called the “Äpplet”
Äpplet , port side by lower gun deck Courtesy of Jim Hansson, Vrak / SMTM Swedish marine archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister ship of the Vasa , a 17th-century warship considered one of the Swedish navy’s biggest achievements that sank …
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24 Bronze Statues Discovered by Archaeologists in Tuscan Spa after 2,300 Years
Archaeologists have been excavating ancient thermal baths outside Siena, Italy, since 2019. But just last month, peeking out through the mud and water, small unidentified fragments slowly began to appear: a hand, an elbow, a glimmering coin. Since then, …
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English Archaeologists Discover a Rare 16th-Century Ship
Archaeologists studied the tree ring growth patterns of 100 timbers. Wessex Archaeology While dredging a flooded quarry for gravel, workers in Kent, England, stumbled upon the remains of a ship dating back to the 16th century. Unsure of what they’d unearthed, …
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Rare Gold Pendant Honoring Henry VIII’s First Marriage Found by Metal Detectorist
The gold pendant likely dates to around 1521. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Birmingham Museums Trust under CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons under public domain In June 1520, the rulers of France and England declared their friendship with an over-the-top …
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In Japan, a Seven-Foot Sword Was Found in a 1,600-Year-Old Burial Mound
The dako sword found at Tomio Maruyama AsPJT via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 1.0 Universal Japanese archaeologists have uncovered a 7.5-foot-long iron sword and a bronze mirror from an ancient burial mound near the city of Nara. The weapon, known as a …
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Silver Coins and 1,000-Year-Old Gold Earrings Discovered in the Netherlands
The full treasure includes 4 ear pendants, 39 silver coins and 2 strips of gold leaf. © Archeology West-Friesland / Fleur Schinning Dutch treasure hunter Lorenzo Ruijter had been unsuccessfully scanning the ground for nearly three hours when his …
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The ‘Perfectly Preserved’ Body of the 300-Year-Old-In-A-Day Chinese Mummy Turns Black Hours After Coffin Is Opened, Confounding Experts
A 300-year-old burial area, in which two bodies were reduced to skeletons while one was perfectly preserved, has left Chinese archaeologists baffled. When one of the coffins was opened, the man’s face, experts claim, was perfectly preserved. Within hours, …
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Scientists discovered a mummy that was less than 12 cm tall, half human and half animal, and had long hair
ᴊᴇɴɢʟᴏᴛ ɪs ᴀ ᴍʏsᴛᴇʀɪᴏᴜs ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏʀᴍ ᴏғ ᴀ sᴍᴀʟʟ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʟᴏɴɢ ʜᴀɪʀ sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ғɪʙᴇʀs, ɴᴀɪʟs ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴛᴏᴏᴛʜᴇᴅ, ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʜᴇɪɢʜᴛ ʟᴇss ᴛʜᴀɴ 𝟷𝟸 ᴄᴍ. ɪɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀsᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴀʟᴅ ᴘʀɪɴɢɪs ,,,, ᴊᴇɴɢʟᴏᴛ ʜᴀs ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴅɪᴠᴇʀsᴇ ᴛʏᴘᴇ. Some are shaped exactly like humans, …
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Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the pyramid of the little-known ancient Egyptian queen Neith, rewriting history in the process
A team of archaeologists in Saqqara recently unearthed the pyramid of Queen Neith — who they didn’t even know existed until now. Almost exactly 100 years after the discovery of King Tut’s tomb, archaeologists in Giza made another find that rewrites much …
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Ancient Egyptian pyramid builders’ day-to-day activities
“The grave of the pyramid builders was discovered by a tourist in 1990”. Workers with specialist skills lived nearby, while migrant labourers worked month long shifts. 06:00 AMThe craftsman (stone carver) lives with family in a typical Egyptian house …
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