An excavation in the UK unearthed the Roman-era stone carving of a phallus. Source: https://www.livescience.com/roman-era-phallus-carving-uk.html
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Netflix’s The Dig review: An archaeology drama with impeccable acting
Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan star in Netflix’s film The Dig, which reimagines the excavation at Sutton Hoo, where a 27-metre burial ship was uncovered Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933202-000-netflixs-the-dig-review-an-archaeology-drama-with-impeccable-acting/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
1,500-year-old ‘Christ, born of Mary’ inscription discovered in Israel
An excavation revealed a previously unknown church and inscription, possibly dating to Byzantine times. Source: https://www.livescience.com/christ-born-of-mary-church-artifact.html
Mass grave of Black victims of Tulsa race massacre possibly unearthed in Oklahoma cemetery
Excavation crews have unearthed at least 12 unmarked coffins in a Tulsa, Oklahoma graveyard that archaeologists think holds victims of the infamous 1921 race massacre in the city. Source: https://www.livescience.com/tulsa-race-massacre-victims-possibly-found.html
Fungus is destroying a buried Viking ship. Here’s how Norway plans to save it.
Archaeologists in Norway are racing to save a buried Viking ship from fungus. Source: https://www.livescience.com/viking-ship-fungus-excavation.html
Iran’s Coronavirus Burial Pits Are So Vast They’re Visible From Space
“Iranian authorities began digging a pair of trenches for victims just days after the government disclosed the initial outbreak,” writes Slashdot reader schwit1. “Together, their lengths are that of a football field.” The Washington Post reports: Two days after Iran declared its first cases of the novel coronavirus — in what would become one of the largest outbreaks of the illness…
Ancient humans in India survived Toba super-volcano eruption
The Toba super-volcano eruption 74,000 years ago was 5,000 times larger than that of Mount St. Helens. Somehow, ancient human populations in India survived it. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/humans-india-survived-toba-super-volcano…
New Neanderthal bones found at famous Shanidar Cave
The newly found bones were close to the site of the famous ‘flower burial’ in Shanidar Cave, which overturned notions of Neanderthals as brutish subhumans and suggested they buried their dead. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/new_neanderthal_bones_shanidar_cave…
Chance fossil discovery reveals ancient marine reptile
Scientists raced against a rising tide to recover a tantalizing fossil on an island in southeast Alaska. It turned out to be a species new to science. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/alaskan-fossil-reveals-new-marine-reptile-species…
Twenty years of discoveries changing story of human evolution
Archaeological discoveries are happening faster than ever before, helping refine the human story. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/archaeological-discoveries-changing-story-of-human-evolution…