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Metal Detectorist Unearths Bronze Age Jewelry in Swiss Carrot Field (www.smithsonianmag.com)

Researchers suspect the trove may have belonged to a “rich woman with a passion for collecting”...

'Christ' tattoo discovered on 1,300-year-old body in Sudan (www.livescience.com)

A tattoo referencing Christ was found on the 1,300-year-old body of an individual in what is now Sudan.

Attila the Hun: The Warlord Who Challenged Rome (www.ultra-unlimited.com)

Zounds! A Renovation at a U.K. Theater Uncovers 600-Year-Old Floorboards Believed to Have Been Trod on by Shakespeare (news.artnet.com)

The Bard himself performed at the venue in the 1590s....

Florida road crew unearths unusual find from 1800s in highway [a shipwreck] (www.foxnews.com)

Road crews found an intact, centuries-old shipwreck embedded in a Florida highway during routine construction work earlier this month....

Unearthing History: Greatest Hidden Treasure Troves of the Ancient World (www.ultra-unlimited.com)

Researchers help study and catalog museum's ancient Greek coins (phys.org)

An associate professor in the department of classics in the Faculty of Arts & Science, Akrigg is working with a team of scholars and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) to study, catalogue and publish information on more than 2,000 ancient Greek coins through the ROMkomma project.

Exploring the Mysteries of Tartaria: A Journey Through Fact, Speculation, and Meaning — Ultra Unlimited (www.ultra-unlimited.com)

An opulent ancient Egyptian tomb containing 5,000-year-old wine may have belonged to a long-forgotten female pharaoh (www.businessinsider.com)

Archaeologists find a rare reliquary belonging to a medieval knight (www.heritagedaily.com)

Archaeologists conducting excavations of a knights stronghold have uncovered a rare cross-shaped reliquary.

Strangely Engraved Rock Is Giant 'Treasure Map', Archaeologists Say (www.sciencealert.com)

A piece of rock with mysterious markings that lay largely unstudied for 4,000 years is now being hailed as a “treasure map” for archaeologists, who are using it to hunt for ancient sites around north-western France.

Dawn of the Bathroom (daily.jstor.org)

The bathroom didn’t become a thing until the nineteenth century, and most working-class US homes added plumbed-in amenities in piecemeal fashion over time.

Historical New England Photos Destined for the Trash Saved by Photographer (petapixel.com)

A documentary photographer and photo preservationist painstakingly restored thousands of glass plate photographs that reveal what life was like in New England 160 years ago.

Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas (apnews.com)

From Hunted to Hunter: Neanderthals Preyed on Cave Lions, Study Finds (www.nytimes.com)

A lady of leadership: 3D-scanning of runestones in search of Queen Thyra and the Jelling Dynasty | Antiquity | Cambridge Core (www.cambridge.org)

10 inventions of the Industrial Revolution which shaped the future (www.worldhistory.org)

Looking back at the 1st Industrial Revolution, do you feel like we are also going through a new Digital Revolution considering new technologies like AI, Virtual Reality, 3D printing etc?

AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time (www.nature.com)

Machine-learning technique reveals Greek words in CT scans of rolled-up papyrus.

See The Secrets Of The Roman Octagonal Room Of Domus Aurea: Nero's Ancient Banquet Hall (www.thetravel.com)

The Golden House or Domus Aurea was an incredibly luxurious Roman palace that was lost for centuries.

4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle (www.thecollector.com)

Many Roman Emperors secured their reputations on the battlefield, but not all of them came away unscathed. Discover which emperors lived and died by the sword....

EXCAVATION UNCOVERS EARLY MEDIEVAL “FOLDING CHAIR” MADE FROM IRON (www.heritagedaily.com)

Archaeologists have uncovered a “folding chair” from the 7th century AD during excavations in the village of Endsee, located in Middle Franconia, Germany.

700-year-old coin depicting Jesus and medieval king discovered in Bulgaria (www.livescience.com)

Archaeologists in Bulgaria have discovered a medieval silver coin that features a Serbian king and a saint on one side and Jesus on the other.

Did ancient Romans invent unbreakable glass? (www.ancientpages.com)

Did ancient Romans invent unbreakable glass? If they did, their secrets would be long lost because the Roman Emperor Tiberius beheaded the inventor of flexible glass. Whether the story is just a myth or there is some truth behind it, it is impossible to say. The Pax Romana (‘Roman Peace’) was a period of relative peace and...