Forwarded from The Chad Pastoralist: History
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Links for May/June 2024
The Treasure of Villena - A stash of Bronze Age artefacts from Iberia has been successfully dated to 1400-1200 BC. Two artefacts contain meteoritic iron, making them the first two pieces attributable to meteoritic iron in the Iberian Peninsula. https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-metal-from-beyond-our-planet-found-in-ancient-treasure-stash
New Bronze Age haul - A sword believed to have been ritualistically broken into three parts has been found in Dorset. The hilt, though cast in bronze, was shaped to mimic a wooden handle. https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/30/detectorist-unearths-bronze-age-haul-after-getting-lost-on-treasure-hunt
Ramses II sarcophagus - The sarcophagus of one of the most famous Egyptian pharaohs has finally been found, three millennia after his death. https://www.gbnews.com/science/archaeology-breakthrough-sarcophagus-finally-discovered
Pre-Viking Ship Burial - On the Norwegian island of Leka, archaeologists have unearthed the earliest known ship burial in Scandinavia, dated to 700 AD. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/science/archaeology-vikings-ship-burial.html
Neolithic Ireland - Elongated earthworks, wooden posts, and a batch of new Neolithic monuments have been discovered in Ireland. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/unique-neolithic-monuments-discovered-ireland-2476484
Temple of the Emperors - The Greek Ministry of Culture declared that fresh discoveries had been made during archaeological excavations at the ancient Nikopolis Agora in the northern Greek region of Epirus. Recent excavations in the ancient city of Nikopolis have uncovered the building of the Sebasteion (“temple of the emperors”) in the agora, the square that constituted the town’s urban center. https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-temple-of-the-emperors-in-the-agora-of-the-ancient-city-of-nikopolis-greece/
Roman Centurion letter - On the western outskirts of Berenike, an ancient port located on the Red Sea coast of Egypt, archaeologists have discovered papyrus fragments correspondence between Roman military commanders. https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-roman-centurions-letters-ancient-animal-cemetery-1906378
Links for May/June 2024
The Treasure of Villena - A stash of Bronze Age artefacts from Iberia has been successfully dated to 1400-1200 BC. Two artefacts contain meteoritic iron, making them the first two pieces attributable to meteoritic iron in the Iberian Peninsula. https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-metal-from-beyond-our-planet-found-in-ancient-treasure-stash
New Bronze Age haul - A sword believed to have been ritualistically broken into three parts has been found in Dorset. The hilt, though cast in bronze, was shaped to mimic a wooden handle. https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/30/detectorist-unearths-bronze-age-haul-after-getting-lost-on-treasure-hunt
Ramses II sarcophagus - The sarcophagus of one of the most famous Egyptian pharaohs has finally been found, three millennia after his death. https://www.gbnews.com/science/archaeology-breakthrough-sarcophagus-finally-discovered
Pre-Viking Ship Burial - On the Norwegian island of Leka, archaeologists have unearthed the earliest known ship burial in Scandinavia, dated to 700 AD. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/science/archaeology-vikings-ship-burial.html
Neolithic Ireland - Elongated earthworks, wooden posts, and a batch of new Neolithic monuments have been discovered in Ireland. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/unique-neolithic-monuments-discovered-ireland-2476484
Temple of the Emperors - The Greek Ministry of Culture declared that fresh discoveries had been made during archaeological excavations at the ancient Nikopolis Agora in the northern Greek region of Epirus. Recent excavations in the ancient city of Nikopolis have uncovered the building of the Sebasteion (“temple of the emperors”) in the agora, the square that constituted the town’s urban center. https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discovered-temple-of-the-emperors-in-the-agora-of-the-ancient-city-of-nikopolis-greece/
Roman Centurion letter - On the western outskirts of Berenike, an ancient port located on the Red Sea coast of Egypt, archaeologists have discovered papyrus fragments correspondence between Roman military commanders. https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-roman-centurions-letters-ancient-animal-cemetery-1906378