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BehrangA second Sphinx detected in Egypt as scans hint at 'underground megastructure' #archeology #egypt #history
ADHDBardBeneath a quiet West Virginia mound, archaeologists found eleven people laid around one central burial, a pattern so deliberate it still unsettles the imagination.
What makes Criel Mound linger in the mind is not simply its age, but the care buried inside it. Deep beneath the earth, eleven people were found together at the base, arranged around one central burial in a layout that looked intentional, ceremonial, and impossible to dismiss as random.
That arrangement is the detail people remember, because it suggests a community making a statement in earth and ritual. Ten individuals surrounded the central figure, and the finds around that middle burial made excavators believe this person held unusual importance.
Today the mound stands in South Charleston, but long before streets and businesses surrounded it, this was part of a much larger ceremonial landscape in the Kanawha Valley. The mound was once among extensive earthworks that stretched for miles on both sides of the river, evidence that this was not an isolated monument but part of a broader sacred geography.
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Beneath a quiet West Virginia mound, archaeologists found eleven people laid around one central burial, a pattern so deliberate it still unsettles the imagination. What makes Criel Mound linger in the mind is not simply its age, but the care buried inside it. Deep beneath the
Bob TregilusHere's a contrarian take on a popular structure to photograph in canyon country. At the right time of day the sun reflects off of the canyon floor & lights up the cliff overhang turning it a bright orange & making it look like flames. Of course, most images you see are grossly oversaturated to enhance the effect. But here it is in B&W so you can enjoy the textures & contrast rather than oversaturated color.
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"Lower Palaeolithic Tools of Potency: Handaxes Shaped around Fossils and Other Extraordinary Features at Sakhnin Valley, Israel
Exceptional Lower Palaeolithic handaxes were discovered at a newly identified extensive Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean landscape in Sakhnin Valley, Israel. Sakhnin Valley exhibits rich surface concentrations of lithic artefacts, primarily comprising handaxes, cores and flakes, alongside pristine flint nodules and numerous geodes. Similar items were identified at subsurface locations, and future excavations are expected to uncover in situ archaeological deposits. The handaxes reported here are part of a larger collection of hundreds of tools bearing typical Levantine Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean characteristics. What makes these handaxes particularly noteworthy is that they were shaped around fossil imprints or other geological features embedded in the selected flint nodules. While thousands of handaxes are documented from Lower Old World Palaeolithic sites, fossil-bearing handaxes are extremely rare and garner special attention. This collection of unique bifaces provides valuable insight into their makers’ technological and aesthetic preferences, worldviews and relationship with stone. We propose that these handaxes served as tools and mediators between humans and the cosmos, conceived as objects of potency enhanced by the primeval fossil imprints and unique geological features within the stone. The richly embellished rocky landscape of Sakhnin Valley, particularly with its abundant geodes, may have encouraged early humans to express their profound and extraordinary relationships with the cosmos via stones."
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03344355.2026.2637187
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"Why did Clovis toolmakers choose difficult quartz crystal? New study offers clues
Quartz crystals are difficult to knap due to their small size, macro-crystalline structure, and hardness. Despite these drawbacks, Clovis people used quartz crystals to make points and other tools. These artifacts have been recovered in a variety of site contexts. This study compares Clovis points made of quartz crystals to Clovis points made of other toolstones. We use scaling and geometric morphometric analyses to compare the dimensions and outline shapes of these two groups of Clovis points. Our results show that quartz crystal Clovis points, while generally smaller, are similar to Clovis points made from other toolstones. We propose that quartz crystals were used by Clovis people for several reasons including the knappable and durable nature of the material, as well as for the unique properties of quartz crystals including translucency and triboluminescence. These reasons are not necessarily mutually exclusive and could have together attracted Clovis people to quartz crystals."
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-clovis-toolmakers-difficult-quartz-crystal.html
Why did Clovis toolmakers choose difficult quartz crystal? New study offers clues
Quartz crystals are difficult to knap due to size, hardness, and crystalline structure, making them a "low-quality" raw material. However, the Clovis people of North America sometimes made points and other tools from this material despite its drawbacks. To determine whether the quartz crystal points of the Clovis were functionally comparable to those made from higher-quality toolstones, Dr. Briggs Buchanan and his colleagues conducted scaling and geometric morphometric analyses on Clovis crystal points. The study is published in Lithic Technology.
Laurent CheylusFrench Archaeologist François Desset is working on deciphering the Writing System of the 4,000-year-old Linear Elamite script from what is now Iran and that had long been considered impossible to crack #Archeology https://www.france24.com/en/french-researcher-cracks-4-000-year-old-script-from-iran
French researcher cracks 4,000-year-old Elamite script from Iran
The 4,000-year-old Linear Elamite script from what is now Iran has long eluded archaeologists hoping to unlock the secrets of a near-forgotten age. French archaeologist François Desset's work on deciphering the writing system now has some comparing him to Jean-François Champollion, the famed philologist who deciphered ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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3,400-year-old Nördlingen bronze sword reveals advanced metalworking techniques
In 2023, archaeologists excavating a grave in Nördlingen, Swabia, recovered a bronze sword dating to the Middle Bronze Age, more than 3,400 years ago. The weapon belongs to the rare group of octagonal swords known from southern Germany...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/02/nordlingen-bronze-sword-metalworking-techniques/
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Alexander WinklerDas ist wirklich erfrischend pragmatisch: Der ärcheologische Park #Pompeji hat ein eigenes #openaccess #journal: "E-Journal degli Scavi di Pompei" (https://pompeiisites.org/e-journal-degli-scavi-di-pompei/), über das aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse ohne Paywall und direkt disseminiert werden. Die technische Infrastruktur, Referenzierbarkeit und Lizenzierung sind noch ausbaufähig, den Grundgedanken finde ich aber toll.
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