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Remains of people with modified skulls uncovered

25 May 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Remains of people with modified skulls uncovered

Remains of seven individuals with intentionally modified skulls making them flatter and elongated were uncovered during excavations at Ali Kosh in West Iran. The remains date back to around 7500 BC.

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Skeletons and traces of destruction found at ancient town

24 May 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Skeletons and traces of destruction found at ancient town

Excavations at Tel Gezer, central Israel, revealed three 3200-year-old human skeletons within a stratum that evidenced a fiery destruction.

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Tablets describing the Seljuk conquest of Turkey found in a garden

23 May 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Tablets describing the Seljuk conquest of Turkey found in a garden

In a garden of a rundown building in Turkey’s Antalya province’s Kaleiçi district two tablets describing the Seljuk conquest of the region were found.

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Gardner unearths a bronze ring with depiction of St Nicolas

21 May 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Gardner unearths a bronze ring with depiction of St Nicolas

A garden in Moshav Hayogev in the Lower Galilee, Israel, unearthed a rare, intact bronze ring bearing an image of the traveler’s patron saint, St. Nicholas. The ring is said to be 700 years old.

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4000-year-old Sumerian port discovered in Mesopotamia

16 May 2018 | Archaeo Feed
4000-year-old Sumerian port discovered in Mesopotamia

A team of Italian and Iraqi archaeologists uncovered remains of an ancient Sumerian port, located near Abu Tbeirah, Turkey’s Kahramanmaraş province. The site dates back 4000 years.

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Ancient port found submerged in the Red Sea

5 March 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Ancient port found submerged in the Red Sea

Structures of an ancient marine port of Ayla has been discovered in the the Red Sea city of Aqaba, Jordan, dating back more than 1000 years during the Islamic era (650-1116 AD).

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Ancient gold crown seized from smugglers

4 March 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Ancient gold crown seized from smugglers

Turkish Police’s Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Branch has seized a 2200-year old gold crown and silver bowl  in Istanbul during a hotel raid against historical artefact smugglers. 

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Ancient sarcophagus found at construction site

4 March 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Ancient sarcophagus found at construction site

An ancient sarcophagus, dating back 2000 years, has been unearthed at a construction site of a high school in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district.

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Ancient altar first discovered, then stolen

4 March 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Ancient altar first discovered, then stolen

A 1700-year-old ancient altar, that has been discovered in November 2017 in western Turkey’s Afyonkarahisar province has been reported stolen.

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Olive farmers destroy section of an ancient road

4 March 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Olive farmers destroy section of an ancient road

Villagers of Tekeler in Söke district of Turkey’s Aydın Province have destroyed a section of an ancient stone road that once connected the cities of Alinda and Herakleia (Latmos), to make way for their olive groves.

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Copper extraction site and workshops discovered in Oman

28 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Copper extraction site and workshops discovered in Oman

Archaeologists discovered what are believed to be the oldest Bronze Age towers and workshops that produced copper at Al Khashba in Wilayat of Al Mudhaibi, Oman.

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Police seizes nearly 2000 stolen artefacts

27 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Police seizes nearly 2000 stolen artefacts

Turkish Police has seized around 1981 historical artefacts dating back to the Roman and Byzantine periods were seized during an anti-smuggling operation in Istanbul’s Çekmeköy district.

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Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions found in ISIS looting tunnels

27 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions found in ISIS looting tunnels

Archaeologists uncovered 2700-year-old inscriptions within looters’ tunnels dug by ISIS beneath the Tomb of Jonah in the ancient Iraq city of Nineveh, Mosul, Iraq.

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Neo-Assyrian cuneiform tablet provides insight on ancient medical practices

24 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Neo-Assyrian cuneiform tablet provides insight on ancient medical practices

Clay tablets from the Neo-Assyrian Empire found in Ashur, North Iraq, written at the end of the 7th century BC by a man called Kisir-Ashur describe his education to become a doctor, and how he combined magical rituals with medical treatments.

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Looter of Byzantine coins detained

23 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Looter of Byzantine coins detained

A man was arrested in a Beduin village of Bir Hadaj, South Israel, for illegally looting more than 150 Byzantine-era coins from numerous nearby archaeological sites.

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Various finds from an ancient city

22 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Various finds from an ancient city

Archaeologists unearthed Islamic graves, pottery fragments, animal bones and other artefacts during research of the ancient city of Gorgan, North Iran.

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Three horses found in a burial mound

22 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Three horses found in a burial mound

Archaeologists discovered a burials of three horses during excavations of the Kurgan of Abellou in East Azerbaijan Province, North-West Iran.

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Roman-era mosaic depicting men in togas unearthed

21 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Roman-era mosaic depicting men in togas unearthed

Archaeologists discovered a 1800-year-old mosaic dating back to the Roman era in the ancient city of Caesarea in West Israel.

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Huge Police raid on artefact smugglers

19 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Huge Police raid on artefact smugglers

Turkish Police has seized 26456 smuggled artefacts in the biggest operation against artefact smugglers spanning through four cities.

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Painted chapel discovered during monastery’s renovation

19 February 2018 | Archaeo Feed
Painted chapel discovered during monastery's renovation

A chapel that was accessible only through a hidden passage has been discovered during restoration works of the Sümela Monastery in Trabzon Province, North Turkey.

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