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Archaeologists baffled by mysterious ancient "island" at bottom of Scottish loch - AOL
10+ hour, 50+ min ago (300+ words) The discovery of a wooden man-made "island" in Scotland dating to the Bronze Age is stumping UK archaeologists, who say it could be as old as Stonehenge, according to a new report. The ancient structure found buried in Loch Bhogastail…...
Ancient settlement with weaving workshop and longhouses uncovered in Germany gravel pit | Archaeology News Online Magazine
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (463+ words) Archaeologists in eastern Germany uncovered the remains of a rural settlement dating from the 3rd to 5th centuries CE, offering new information about daily life during the final centuries of the Roman Empire. The site lies in Liebersee, part of Belgern-Schildau in…...
Archaeologists baffled by mysterious ancient "island" at bottom of Scottish loch
14+ hour, 3+ min ago (300+ words) The discovery of a wooden man-made "island" in Scotland dating to the Bronze Age is stumping UK archaeologists, who say it could be as old as Stonehenge, according to a new report. The ancient structure found buried in Loch Bhogastail…...
Migration, mobility, and a Mesolithic refuge | The Past
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (412+ words) The Goths migrated over vast distances in the late Roman period, plundering the towns and farmsteads of the declining Empire. A study of human remains from two cemeteries in Bulgaria, all buried with distinctively "Gothic" jewellery, brooches, and belt buckles,…...
Scotland: an artificial island older than Stonehenge is puzzling archaeologists
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (499+ words) During fieldwork at the site, archaeologists found a layered construction of wood and brushwood beneath the stone surface. Archaeologists uncovered an artificial wooden platform older than Stonehenge, hidden below what appears to be a man-made stone island. Researchers from the…...
Archaeologists Found 3, 000-Year-Old Footprints Carved in Scandinavian Bedrock, and They Were Never Meant to Be Art
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (345+ words) Thousands of years before written contracts, some people in northern Europe left their mark in a far more literal way, pressing their identity into solid rock, possibly forever. Scattered across the bedrock of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, thousands of foot-shaped…...
Genetic Analysis Reveals 1. 3 Million Living Relatives of Maryland's 17th-Century Settlers
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (643+ words) Ancient DNA connects 1. 3 million Americans to the first settlers of Maryland, revealing hidden family histories and migrations across the U. S. A groundbreaking genetic study has connected over 1. 3 million living Americans to the earliest settlers of St. Mary's City, Maryland, founded in…...
A stone island in Scotland was hiding a 5, 000-year-old wooden secret beneath the water
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (744+ words) When divers started excavating a small stone island in a Scottish loch, they already knew there was wood somewhere below. Pieces of it stuck out from the loch bed, visible from the surface. What they did not know was how…...
Researchers Just Realized That This Island In A Scottish Lake Is Actually Manmade " And It Predates Stonehenge
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (664+ words) Blankshein et al. , Advances in Archaeological Practice (2026)The crannog was built in Loch Bhorgastail around 5, 000 years ago. In a lake on northern Scotland's Isle of Lewis sits a tiny island that appears to be a simple stone mound. However, archaeologists…...
Ancient DNA and 23and Me Are Rewriting the Story of Some of America's Earliest Colonists
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (397+ words) Researchers extracted ancient DNA from the bones of individuals buried at the site, then used an identity-by-descent approach to find genetic matches among living 23and Me customers who consented to research. More than 1. 3 million consented research participants share DNA with one…...