📣Now available📣 We are pleased to announce that An Urban Roman Dump from 270+ AD (Tarraco – Carrer de Castaños, 1) by José Carlos Quaresma is now available! This book discusses the assemblages from an urban dump in order to obtain an image of consumption trends and a chronology for the context.

A pot containing 409 silver coins (of the tetradrachm type) has been discovered at the archaeological site of Mleiha in the United Arab Emirates. The designs of the coins were inspired by the coins minted by Alexander the Great and his Seleucid heirs. saa.shj.ae/en/news/mlei...

Shanah Tovah Umetukah! - שנה טובה ומתוקה Wishing everyone a good and sweet New Year! May you be inscribed for a good year in the Book of Life. blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-ancient-... Photo my own #RoshHashana #jewishnewyear 🍎🍯

Using advanced digital technology, Swedish researchers have documented and visualized nearly 280 Etruscan chamber tombs in Italy. Photo credit Jonathan Westin www.gu.se/en/news/etru... Portal Etruscan Chambers etruscan.dh.gu.se

Absolutely stunning craftsmanship! A knobbed Roman beaker of blue glass blown into silver case. c. 50-100 AD www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

France delays Bayeux Tapestry transfer to UK due to strikes The famous embroidery was to be removed from the Bayeux Museum and moved to a secret location in France for safekeeping before being loaned to the British Museum in London, scheduled for September 2026.

400 jaar geleden werd de grote staatsman Johan de Witt in Dordrecht geboren. Om dit te herdenken organiseert “Vrienden van De Witt’ op 24/09 en 25/09 a.s. in Dordrecht een groot verjaarsfeest. Kaarten zijn beschikbaar via de website www.vriendenvandewitt.nl.

Hij haalde wereldkunst naar Assen. Na 45 jaar vertrekt Harry Tupan (67), directeur van het Drents Museum. Hij neemt afscheid met de opening van zijn eigen ‘verwonderkamer’.

A miniature ship’s prow made of bronze has been unearthed in a Roman urban villa in Salzburg’s old town in Austria. The ship’s bow was found beneath a collapsed wall where it would have been attached with an iron spike to a door or wall. salzburg.orf.at/stories/3321...

A complete Roman oil lamp in the shape of a theatrical mask has been discovered in Cuijk, the Netherlands. The lamp dates to the 2nd century A.D. Photo credit: Gemeente Land van Cuijk / Facebook    nltimes.nl/2025/09/12/a...

Een drukke eerste #Openmonumentendag bij ons museum.

Een kijkje in de Trêveszaal op het Binnenhof #Openmonumentendag

Door het thema ‘Architectuur en erfgoed’ besteedt museum Sorgdrager in Hollum aandacht aan de bekende architect Willem Cornelis de Groot (1853-1939). U ontdekt alles over zijn Amelander afkomst. De grafstenen van zijn (groot)ouders en geboortehuis bestaan nog! amelanders.com/individual.p... #omd2025

"Experts note that such complex burial designs are of great importance for understanding ancient funerary practices, social structures, and migration patterns in the region." Interesting indeed, but instead of understanding read: 'hypothesising about'

De Wondere Wereld van de Wunderkammer Een vos, gekleed in een pittige en kleurrijke outfit, richt een wapen op mij; wat een welkom! Omdat ik geïnteresseerd ben in zowel geschiedenis als het macabere of het buitengewone, is de tentoonstelling Microkosmos: De wereld in een Wunderkammer extra…

A remarkable Bronze Age hoard will go on display for the 1st time. The Carnoustie Hoard, named after the Angus town near where it was unearthed, includes a rare spearhead decorated with gold, and a bronze sword in a wooden scabbard #Scotland #Archaeology www.bbc.com/news/article...

Archaeologists located around 150 tombs unlike any found before in the West Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Preliminary analysis indicates that the site dates back to the Early Iron Age.

Archaeologists discovered an ornament made from beetles in a cremation grave of a child in Domasław, Poland. The cremation grave is dated to the Hallstatt period (approximately 850 to 400 BC)

An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land and altering ancient reindeer migration routes. If a mine is established it could completely cut off the migration routes used by the Sami village of Gabna. #Sweden

The nursery school built atop the remains of the Vilna Great Synagogue has been demolished, clearing the way for development of the area as a heritage site jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2025/09/05/l...

A bronze helmet of the Montefortino type has been uncovered in the waters of the Aegadian Islands, just off the west coast of Sicily. www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...

For the 1st time it will be possible to access the Suburban Baths at Herculaneum Archaeological Park during ongoing restoration work. From September 14 to November 30, 2025, visitors will be able to discover never-before-opened rooms

There is deep concern about how St Catherine's Monastery (6th century) is being transformed. Luxury hotels, villas and shopping bazaars are under construction. The Jebeleya tribe had their homes and tourist eco-camps demolished with little or no compensation. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A Roman-era tomb with a bilingual funerary inscription has been unearthed in Strikçan, northern Albania. The tomb dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD

Als de zon speelt met de vleugels van een libelle. #macro #photography #sun #bokeh #dragonfly #netherlands #zeldenzomooigezien

Ha leuk, onze workshop in de PZC! Komen jullie ook? Op 19 september praten we met allemaal toffe mensen in de bieb in Middelburg over oral history en de verhalen van gewone Zeeuwen. Info & aanmelden: dezb.op-shop.nl/8592/verteld...

From the Archive: A Study of Knitting Sheaths – from North Yorkshire (1000 words) www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/a-...

Full lavish Worth on display here, an early #1880s gown deploying the kind of couture techniques that made his name from the choice of fabric to the exquisite beadwork embroidery. The embroidery is likely from the atelier of Michonet, the forerunner of Lesage #newcanaanmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Wie telt er mee, hoeveel Jan van Gent vogels zie je hier #lesseptîles

De gemeente #Noordoostpolder heeft de RCE geadviseerd om van #Schokland een archeologisch #rijksmonument te maken. Een deel van het eiland heeft de status al, maar dat zijn vooral de terpen. Bij de aanvraag speelt ook mee dat Schokland #UNESCO Werelderfgoed is. www.omroepflevoland.nl/nieuws/44041...

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The queen of New Zealand's Maori tribe gave her first national address.

A UNIGE team’s discovery of a prehistoric workshop in Senegal sheds light on the little-known hunter-gatherer presence in West Africa.

The Chinese identity of St Mark’s bronze ‘Lion’ and its place in the history of medieval Venice

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a wooden bridge built over 2,000 years ago in Aegerten, Switzerland.

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Bijvangst in het archief: een 16de-eeuws geuzenpamflet, met lied 🎶 Mogelijk n.a.v. de mislukte aanslag op Willem van Oranje in Antwerpen, maart 1582 🔫 Verso: aantekeningen voor preken 😇 #efemera #watmoetikhiermee ? 🧐 @willemdeprater.bsky.social Op deze melodie: www.dbnl.org/tekst/duys00...?

In het archeologische park #Xanten hebben #studenten van de Radboud Universiteit uit #Nijmegen de afgelopen weken weer Romeinse vondsten gedaan. De studenten onderzoeken vier zomers lang de resten van de bebouwing van de voormalige #Romeinse stad Colonia Ulpia Traiana. www.voxweb.nl/bericht/van-...

After six years of excavations, archaeologists from the University of Cambridge can reveal early humans lived on the banks of the River Stour in Kent 712,000 to 621,000 years ago, and seem to have reoccupied the region during a glaciation (ice age) event c.440,000 years ago.

Raymond Kesnig, enige baby geboren in Kamp Amersfoort, blijkt oorlog te hebben overleefd De nu 82-jarige Joodse man raakte blijvend gehandicapt na mishandeling door de nazi’s.

Ik had een leuk en inspirerend gesprek met historica Tina De Gendt, over publieksgeschiedenis, erfgoed als forum voor democratische onderhandeling en wandelen als methode, te lezen op @overdemuur.bsky.social: overdemuur.org/geschiedenis...

Rijmpje van de vijftiende-eeuwse dichter Anthonis de Roovere uit Brugge, over de zeven werken van barmhartigheid: Secourst / Spijst / Laeft / Lost uut noode / Herbercht / Cleedt / Begraeft de doode. Op het schilderij zijn de zeven werken afgebeeld.

Madagascar held a ceremony to mark the return of 3 skulls belonging to men killed by French troops in 1897,incl. one believed to be that of a former king. The remains,which are expected to be buried later this week,had been taken to France as trophies and kept in the national history museum archives

A necklace with a figurine of the Egyptian god Pataikos has been unearthed in the ancient city of Perre, in southeastern Türkiye. Photo credit Ali Gazel. www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/r...

Rare preserved lamp wicks believed to be some 4,000 years old during excavations for a new neighborhood in Yehud, in central Israel.

Caffè Greco, Rome's oldest coffee house, risks closure amid rent dispute Historic bar in Rome has been serving customers since 1760.

A lovely 600 year-old silver-gilt amethyst setting, probably part of a brooch, has been discovered in the moat of Castle Kolno in Poland. 📷Lech Marek/Antiquity www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Archaeologists have discovered a "high status" Bronze Age burial site in a quarry in the Yorkshire Dales.

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