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- Chatham dig finds Tudor dockyard remains
- Neandertals’ mammoth building project
- 'New' ancient monuments come to light at Knowth
- An intimate look at ancient Rome
| Chatham dig finds Tudor dockyard remains Posted: 03 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST Archaeologists have uncovered evidence which they say confirms the site of Henry VIII's dockyard in Kent. The dig, the first on the site, was filmed for a History Channel programme presented by comedian Rory McGrath. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Neandertals’ mammoth building project Posted: 03 Dec 2011 11:48 AM PST Extinct hominids may have been first to build with bones Neandertals are stumping for bragging rights as the first builders of mammoth-bone structures, an accomplishment usually attributed to Stone Age people. Read the rest of this article...Humanity's extinct cousins constructed a large, ring-shaped enclosure out of 116 mammoth bones and tusks at least 44,000 years ago in West Asia, say archaeologist Laëtitia Demay of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and her colleagues. The bone edifice, which encircles a 40-square-meter area in which mammoths and other animals were butchered, cooked and eaten, served either to keep out cold winds or as a base for a wooden building, the scientists propose in a paper published online November 26 in Quaternary International.  |
| 'New' ancient monuments come to light at Knowth Posted: 03 Dec 2011 11:46 AM PST Excavations unearth new features from Neolithic period  One of the wall stones with a finely carved spiral uncovered by archaeologists at Knowth. Photo: Kevin O'Brien, OPW New and exciting archaeological finds have been made at the Knowth tumulus over the last few months, according to archaeologists working on the site. The passage tomb cemetery at Brú na Binne has produced some extraordinary discoveries over the decades ever since Professor George Eogan made his first tentative exploration in and around the site. A number of previously unknown large-scale monuments in the field lying immediately to the south-east of the large mound have recently come to light. Read the rest of this article...  |
| An intimate look at ancient Rome Posted: 03 Dec 2011 11:43 AM PST When you visit sites of ancient Roman civilization, it's hard to know where to look first: Temples, markets, brothels and baths all draw the eye and the imagination. But if you really want to know what it was like to live in ancient Rome, you may want to consider the humble toilet. On a recent trip to Italy, I went in search of ancient toilets at archaeological sites people usually visit for their temples, markets, brothels and baths. Apart from the fun factor -- and that factor is high when it comes to learning about the sponge-tipped sticks some Romans used as toilet paper -- toilets give a sense of ancient Roman daily life. From the lavish, marble-seated group toilet of Ostia Antica to the humble below-the-stairs john at Herculaneum, the places where Romans conducted their daily, er, business are worth a closer look. Read the rest of this article...  |
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