Category: archaeology
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Viking Longship Unearthed in Norway After 1,200 Years Under Peat
On a flat area of farmland in Halden, southeastern Norway, a crane wrapped its straps around a block of earth the size of a dining table and carefully lifted it from a trench. Within that block, preserved in waterlogged clay, was a part of a Viking longship that had remained hidden from sunlight since the…
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Ancient Plaster Discovery Near Jerusalem Challenges Historical Timeline
Two small fire pits, excavated next to each other about 9,000 years ago in the Judean Hills, are causing archaeologists to reconsider a technology previously thought to be the work of Roman engineers. One pit burned limestone. The other burneddolomitea tenacious rock that requires precise temperature management. Individuals responsible for those fires were not using…