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May 24, 2026Possible Earliest Evidence of Human Cremation Found in EthiopiaResearchers working in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift may have identified the earliest known evidence of human cremation, dating back around 100,000 y...
May 23, 2026Mobile GIS Offers New Path for Protecting Local Heritage SitesA new study highlights the potential of mobile GIS tools in improving the management and protection of cultural heritage sites, especially t...
May 22, 2026Tudor Coastal Fort to Be Investigated Before Erosion Claims the SiteArchaeologists are preparing to uncover the remains of a Tudor coastal fort on Mersea Island in Essex, East of England, in an effort to reco...
May 21, 2026Stone Tools Reveal Mobility in the Upper Paleolithic PyreneesA new archaeological study has traced how prehistoric communities adapted their use of stone resources across thousands of years in the sout...
May 20, 2026Arctic Warming Threatens Historic Whaling Burials in SvalbardA new study warns that rapid Arctic warming is accelerating the loss of permafrost-preserved archaeological heritage at Likneset, an early m...
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Date: May 21, 2026
Exhibition Tour: Celtic Art Across the Ages
Venue: Harvard Art Museums
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Date: May 10, 2026
Book Talk with Mary Beard
Venue: Paschall Theater, Montgomery Bell Academy
City: Pike Nashville, TN
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New Discoveries in the Anubis-Mountain Royal Necropolis at Abydos
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Date: May 2, 2026
There Is More To Egypt than Tut: Challenges for Egyptology and Egyptologists
Venue: Rye Free Reading Room
City: Rye, NY
Country: United States
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