Pasquale Barile
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Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian King Sargon II envisioned ancient city Karkemish as western Assyrian capital
In “A New Historical Inscription of Sargon II from Karkemish,” published in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Gianni Marchesi translates…
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Fringe Archaeology
This MIT team is reinventing building by looking at the ancient world
Today, construction workers rely on cranes to lift the big slabs of concrete and other materials that go into many…
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Featured News
Expansive New Kingdom tomb unveiled in Egypt’s Luxor
Archaeologists on Thursday unveiled an unusually large tomb on Luxor’s west bank dated to ancient Egypt’s 18th dynasty. The 3,500-year-old,…
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Prehistory
Daily grind: The biography of a stone axe
Tom Breukel analysed some 250 stone axes from the Caribbean and reconstructed their biographies, thus increasing our knowledge of production…
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Rome
Rare Roman coins coming home to Warwickshire – where they were buried for 2,000 years
Rare Roman coins unearthed in Warwickshire after being buried for nearly 2,000 years WILL return to the county. The hoard,…
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Prehistory
Prehistorical cave reveals diverse diet of early Guangdong people
Early dwellers of today’s Guangdong Province used to feast on an eclectic menu of birds and clams, with venison being…
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Asia
China confirms oldest tomb with “squatting” owner
Chinese archaeologists have identified a tomb within which a young woman has been squatting for 13,500 years.
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Human Evolution
‘Missing link’ in human history confirmed after long debate
Early humans were still swinging from trees two million years ago, scientists have said, after confirming a set of contentious…
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Biblical Archaeology
The hunt for ancient Dead Sea Scrolls is back on
In the cliffs high above the Dead Sea archaeologists chip away with pick axes, hoping to repeat one of the…
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Egyptology
Fragment of Black granite statue of King Amenhotep III discovered in Sohag parking lot
The Ministry of Antiquities announced the discovery of an artifact in a parking lot in Akhmim, Sohag governorate, during a…
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