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Stash of WW2 ammunition found during house raid

30 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Stash of WW2 ammunition found during house raid

Criminal Police officers from Lidzbark, Northern Poland, discovered a stash of illegal ammunition dating back to World War 2 that was being held in a private flat in the city.

Europe Poland

WW1 rifle fished out from river

30 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
WW1 rifle fished out from river

A fisherman recovered a Mauser rifle from the Dunajec river in the area of Ostrów, South-eastern Poland.

Europe Poland Polish Archaeologists

Children’s treasure discovered after decades

30 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Children's treasure discovered after decades

A box filled with metal toys, coins and other objects was dug out during a workshop for children in Żarów, South-western Poland, after being hidden underground in 1944 by a man who recently sent a letter concerning his deposit.

Europe Poland

Mysterious glass jars unearthed at cemetery opened and inspected

30 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Mysterious glass jars unearthed at cemetery opened and inspected

During cleaning and revitalisation works at an Evangelical cemetery in Gostków, South-western Poland, four glass jars were dug out, revealing their mysterious content.

Asia

Neolithic and Chalcolithic tools found in Eastern India

30 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Neolithic and Chalcolithic tools found in Eastern India

Researchers discovered 4500-year-old stone tools at various sites in the Khurda district, Odisha state, East India.

Asia Australia, Oceania & Antarctica

Over half of World War II shipwreck stolen by illegal metal salvage

30 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Over half of World War II shipwreck stolen by illegal metal salvage

Scientists discovered that about 60 percent of a World War 2 shipwreck of HMAS Perth located off the coast of Java has vanished due to large-scale illegal salvaging for scrap metal at the site.

Africa Egypt

Facial reconstruction of a 3500-year-old Egyptian dignitary

29 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Facial reconstruction of a 3500-year-old Egyptian dignitary

A 3500-years-old mummy of an Egyptian dignitary living in the times of 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmoses III (1479–1425 BC) served as a basis for a digital reconstruction the face and brain.

Australia, Oceania & Antarctica

Watercolour painting from Scott’s expedition to Antarctica found

29 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Watercolour painting from Scott's expedition to Antarctica found

A watercolour painting of a dead tree creeper bird, found in Antarctica’s oldest building in Cape Adare, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, revealed to be a made by a British scientist of the Scott expedition to the South Pole in 1912.

Asia Europe

Mesolithic Idol carved 11000 years ago with beaver’s teeth

29 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Mesolithic Idol carved 11000 years ago with beaver's teeth

Archaeologists have revealed that a 5.3 metres tall wooden Shigir idol discovered in a peat bog by gold miners in Russian Ural Mountains in 1890 was carved with use of beaver teeth 11000 years ago.

Near East

Ritual bath found in King Herod’s palace

29 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Ritual bath found in King Herod's palace

Archaeologists excavating the Machaerus fortress in Jordan, built by king Herod at a top of a steep hill south of Madaba, unearthed the remains of a royal ceremonial bathhouse, being the biggest of its kind ever found in Jordan. 

Near East

Ancient priest sculpture stolen from museum

29 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Ancient priest sculpture stolen from museum

A 70-centimetre sculpture dated to the 6th century AD of a priest, was stolen from a museum in the Yalvaç district Isparta province, South-western Turkey.

Near East

Wreck of a Greek vessel found off Izmir’s coast

29 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Wreck of a Greek vessel found off Izmir's coast

A possible 100-year-old shipwreck has been found in the Gulf of Izmir off Çiğli district, Turkey, believed to be one of the Greek vessels leaving the city following the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922.

Asia

China’s possibly oldest imperial palace discovered

28 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
China's possibly oldest imperial palace discovered

Archaeologists believe to have found remains of the oldest imperial palace in the the ruins in the North-east of the Taosi relic site in Xiangfen County, Shanxi province, China. The ruins are believed to date 4000 years back.

Near East

Ancient inscription revealed through multispectral imaging

28 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Ancient inscription revealed through multispectral imaging

A Hebrew inscription on the back of a pottery shard went undetected at The Israel Museum for more than 50 years, until recently when the pottery piece was subjected to multispectral imaging.

Europe

Shipwreck of WW2 destroyer discovered by company created by Microsoft co-founder

28 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Shipwreck of WW2 destroyer discovered by company created by Microsoft co-founder

A wreck of an Italian naval destroyer  IT Artigliere was discovered at a depth of 3700 metres off Sicily’s eastern shore by a research vessel belonging to Vulcan Inc., a company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

Near East

Escape tunnel found in Crusader citadel in Tiberias

28 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Escape tunnel found in Crusader citadel in Tiberias

Archaeologists discovered an escape tunnel built by the Crusaders in their citadel in Tiberias,  western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Israel, 800 years ago providing safe passage from the fortress to the Sea of Galilee.

North America

Historic Coast Guard shipwreck discovered off California coast

28 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Historic Coast Guard shipwreck discovered off California coast

Researchers discovered the shipwreck of a U.S. Coast Guard ship USCGC McCulloch, that first set out to sea during the Spanish-American War and sank Northwest of Point Conception, Southern California 100 years ago.

Near East

Ancient Roman mosaic discovered

28 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Ancient Roman mosaic discovered

A mosaic dated to the 4th century AD was discovered in a field in Gölbaşı, eastern Turkish province of Adıyaman.

Europe Poland Polish Archaeologists

Unique 7000-year-old figurine found in a field

27 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Unique 7000-year-old figurine found in a field

An archaeologists accidentally discovered a clay figurine in a field near Kosina, South-eastern Poland. The figurine turned out to be 7000 years old and is unique as only a handful are known from that age from the area of Poland.

Mesoamerica

Aztec temple and ball court found in Mexico City

27 June 2017 | Archaeo Feed
Aztec temple and ball court found in Mexico City

Ancient Aztec temple dedicated to the wind god Ehécatl and an adjacent ceremonial ball court were discovered in Mexico City, Mexico, behind the Catedral Metropolitana.

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