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This is believed to be the world's oldest known bread. It was found in a destroyed oven structure in the "Mekan 266" area. Archaeologists also found wheat, barley, pea seeds, and a round "spongy" residue. [14] [15] 11 – Discovery of a 1,800 year old marble head of Apollo by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Philippi was announced. [16]
26 – 16 individual tombs and 6 funerary complex from the Persian, Roman and Coptic periods were discovered by the Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission at the Al-Bahnasa archaeological site, Minya, Egypt. [22] [23] 28 – A study reports that steel chisels were already in use in Europe on the Iberian peninsula around 2,900 years ago. [24] March
January. 24 – Archaeologists announced the discovery of thousands of prehistoric pits during an electromagnetic induction field survey around Stonehenge [6]; 25 – Archaeologists announced the discovery of an intact 2,000-year-old blue glass bowl with a trim rim and a vertical stripe pattern in the Dutch city of Nijmegen in Netherlands.
Here are three of our most eye-catching archaeology stories from the past week. → Emerald green artifact 'ignored' for 80 years was 'rare' 500-year-old find → 2,400-year-old underground ...
The discovery, they say, may be the most significant in a series of archaeological finds made at the mouth of the Miami River in the past 25 years that include the Miami Circle National Historic ...
Underwater archaeologists dug under 20 feet of sand and rock off the coast of Sicily and found a 2,500-year-old shipwreck. Researchers date the find to either the fifth or sixth century B.C.
Albert Park tunnels – World War II civilian air raid shelters sealed in 1946 Te Wairoa – "The Buried Village", a Maori village buried by volcanic eruption in 1886 Wairau Bar – rivermouth site of pre-European Maori settlement
Archaeologists found gold plates, beads and earrings along with several sacrificial victims.