Weekend Roundup: Day of Archaeology, Anyone?

The heat promises to break (just a bit!) this weekend, so why not get out and about and enjoy? Here are some events and things to do on this perfect summer weekend. Enjoy! Tonight: Enjoy a Free Summer Concert Series at the National Museum of the Marine …

Uncovering an Archaeology of U.S. Empire in Panama

Mason was right to be concerned. Many conclusions about the Playa Venado graves, not just made by amateurs, but also by professional archaeologists, hypothesized that individuals had been brutally murdered and sacrificed. For decades, these results fueled …

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Ancient DNA from Stone Age burials in Turkey has finally put to rest a decades-long debate about whether the 9,000-year-old proto-city of Çatalhöyük was a matriarchal society. The research finally confirms what experts have long suspected: Women and girls …

Holy Ground: The Faith-Fueled Science Behind the Birth of Biblical Archaeology

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Seven giant funeral urns dating to pre-Columbian times have been found deep in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. A fisher who works in this little-known waterlogged area of the middle Solimões region, along the upper course of the Amazon River, made the …

Archaeology: Gold coin dating from 6th century Eastern Roman emperor Justin II found in Bulgaria

A gold coin said to date from the time of Eastern Roman emperor Justin II, who ruled from 565 to 578 CE, has been found in the remains of the early Byzantine fortress Tuida, according to the Sliven Regional Historical Museum. Tuida is on the Hislarlaka …

'Incredible' archaeology breakthrough as three ancient cities discovered

In a groundbreaking archaeological triumph, three ancient cities forming a triangle have been uncovered in Guatemala, each five kilometres apart and dating back to 1000-400 BC, a period known as the "middle preclassic" era. The most prominent of …

'Magnificent' archaeology discovery unearths three huge ancient cities

02:00 ET, 26 Jun 2025Updated 03:07 ET, 26 Jun 2025 A trio of cities has been located in a triangle formation roughly five kilometres apart and the Guatemalan settlements span from roughly 1000 to 400 BC in an era scientists describe as the "middle …

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An unusual mammoth tusk boomerang discovered in a cave in Poland is 40,000 years old — making it Europe's first example of this complex tool and possibly the oldest boomerang in the world, a new study finds. "The ivory object has all the features …

UWF archaeology uncover secrets of Molino and Luna settlement site

They dug Luna. Now, University of West Florida archaeology students are digging, very carefully, and investigating the nearly 300-year-old remnants of San Joseph de Escambe, a mission constructed in 1741 in present-day Molino near the Escambia River. The …