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https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/new-discovery-at-gobeklitepe-sheds-light-on-where-people-may-have-lived-3226003?s=1...
13/08/2026

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/new-discovery-at-gobeklitepe-sheds-light-on-where-people-may-have-lived-3226003?s=1
Because the remains were located immediately below the surface, archaeologists were able to gain an early picture of both the buildings' plans and the way they were arranged within the settlement. In some cases, excavators also reached floor levels relatively quickly.

New rectangular buildings uncovered at Gobeklitepe may have served as homes, offering fresh evidence of residential life at the ancient settlement

https://www.sciencealert.com/lesson-for-modern-societies-this-4000-year-old-city-defied-the-rules-of-history The new ana...
12/08/2026

https://www.sciencealert.com/lesson-for-modern-societies-this-4000-year-old-city-defied-the-rules-of-history
The new analysis of property sizes gives experts some solid data on just how equally resources were shared out at Mohenjo-daro – and how this changed over time.

There was something notable about Mohenjo-daro, the largest city of the Indus civilization that settled across parts of Pakistan and India between 2600-1900 BCE: it flipped the normal rules of history in one specific way.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74gxlew79eoGeorge Box was just 11 when he ducked under the ropes during an archaeol...
11/08/2026

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74gxlew79eo
George Box was just 11 when he ducked under the ropes during an archaeological dig at Glastonbury Abbey in 1956 and "helped himself" to a bone from an opened tomb.

The kneecap was stolen by a schoolboy while on a trip to Glastonbury Abbey in 1956.

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-ancient-colombians-built-huge-centralized.htmlTheir raised field system managed huge quant...
11/08/2026

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-ancient-colombians-built-huge-centralized.html
Their raised field system managed huge quantities of water during heavy rains, gradually redirected it in drier months and buffered against both droughts and floods.

Communities living in Colombia thousands of years ago achieved an engineering wonder of the world based on cooperation among family groups without top-down government, a new study shows. Archaeologists argue that policymakers in Colombia should now adopt a similar strategy to solve the country's cur...

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10/08/2026

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The Golden Lion pub in Birmingham has been restored! 🙌

Dating from the 17th century, it was originally built as a house close to the city centre.

In the early 1900s, the timber-framed building was threatened with demolition, but after a successful public campaign, it was dismantled and moved to Cannon Hill Park in 1911, where it became a cricket pavilion and shelter.

It was later listed at Grade II, protecting it for future generations.

Recently, the building has been in poor repair, disused and steadily decaying, but a grant from our Heritage at Risk Capital Fund has helped repair the structure.

This relic of old Birmingham is now secure for the future, where it can be used by the local community.

https://partner.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-niku/from-sacred-site-to-community-this-island-surprises-researcher...
09/08/2026

https://partner.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-history-niku/from-sacred-site-to-community-this-island-surprises-researchers-yet-again/2695733
Researchers don’t know whether it can be linked to the Benedictine monastery, the bishopric established on Selja in the 11th century, or the earliest phase of the sacred site associated with the cult of the Selja Men.

For centuries, Selja has been known as Norway’s oldest pilgrimage site. Researchers have now uncovered the remains of yet another previously unknown structure outside the monastery complex.

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-oldest-giant-scallop-bead-california.htmlRadiocarbon dating places one of the beads at rou...
09/08/2026

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-oldest-giant-scallop-bead-california.html
Radiocarbon dating places one of the beads at roughly 8,500 years old, making it the oldest ever discovered. More unusually, they were found more than 42 miles (68 kilometers) from the nearest coast, extending the known range of these ornaments from the Channel Islands to the California interior.

Archaeologists have discovered two giant rock scallop beads that push back the clock on the first appearance of these high-status ornaments. The discovery shows that these prized marine beads were traded hundreds of miles from the California coast thousands of years earlier than previously thought.

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