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worldofarchaeology July 26, 2021August 10, 2021

Pompeii ‘fast food’ bar unearthed in the ancient city after 2,000 years

Ancient Pompeii’s sad demise left it in remarkably good shape, making it one of the world’s most important archaeological sites.

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The rare 13th century King John Royal Charter found in British Ushaw College Library

One of King John’s rare genuine royal charters has been found in Durham. He reigned from 1199 until 1216. The

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worldofarchaeology July 26, 2021August 10, 2021

A 4,000-Year-Old skeleton discovered in Northern England

As they were constructing a hotel in rural Northumberland, construction workers uncovered human bones believed to date back more than

An archaeologist takes photos of inscriptions on the wall of the southern cemetery of King Djoser, after its restoration, near the famed Step Pyramid, in Saqqara, south of Cairo, Egypt [Credit: Nariman El-Mofty, AP]

Inscriptions adorn a wall of the southern cemetery of King Djoser, after its restoration, near the famed Step Pyramid, in Saqqara, south of Cairo, Egypt [Credit: Nariman El-Mofty, AP]

False door engraved with hieroglyphics and images of Pharaoh Djoser [Credit: Nariman El-Mofty, AP]

A path leads to the entrance of the southern cemetery of King Djoser, after its restoration, near the famed Step Pyramid, in Saqqara, south of Cairo, Egypt [Credit: Nariman El-Mofty, AP]

Tel Aviv University Prof. Yuval Gadot in the remains of the building destroyed by the Babilonyans in 586 BCE at the Givati Parking Lot Excavation at the City of David, Jerusalem. (credit: ROSSELLA TERCATIN)

Jomon potteries excavated from the Odake shell midden (Early Jomon). A buried skeleton in this site had a specific burial practice in which the body was placed in a flexed position with bent legs [Credit: Shigeki Nakagome, Trinity College Dublin]

Qumran Living Quarters Credit: Wilson44691, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Berthold Werner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A few artefacts from the collection exhibited at the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department’s headquarters in Chennai

Jomon pottery from the Hirajo shell midden (Late Jomon) and a skull from which ancient DNA was extracted [Credit: Shigeki Nakagome, Trinity College Dublin]