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50 well-preserved Viking graves found in Åsum, Denmark – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71207

"It is one of the largest Viking-era burial grounds ever found on the island of Funen. Preliminary estimates based on the artifacts found in the burials date the graves to between 850 and 970 A.D."

#History #Archeology #Viking

Homeowner has 38 ancient, medieval graves in his cellar – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71201

"The owner was doing some renovation in his cellar late last year when he stumbled on a skeleton. The Regional Archaeology Service responded with a full excavation of the four rooms in the cellar and uncovered 38 graves dating from the 3rd to the 10th centuries A.D."

#History #Archeology #France

Google and Apple are withholding this easy privacy setting from you - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/ptp7j

#Privacy #Browsers #WebBrowsers #Google #Apple

Smuggling Domesticated Silkworms along the Silk Roads | Curator's Corner S9 Ep8 | The Silk Princess - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7d8MzMkQW4

#History #BritishMuseum

Painted throne room of Moche female leader found at Pañamarca – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71182

A richly painted and pillared throne room from the 7th century has been excavated at the Moche architectural complex of Pañamarca in northwestern Peru. The imagery on the wall paintings and on the painted throne indicates the hall was used by a high-status female leader associated with the moon goddess.

#History #Archeology #Peru

4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7TUe5w6RHo

"We’ve scaled the complete timeline of our Earth’s life into our first animated movie! Every second shows about a million years of the planet’s evolution. Hop on a musical train ride and experience how long a billion years really is."

#History #Prehistory #Earth

Mexico’s snub to King Felipe rekindles colonialism row with Spain | Mexico | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/26/mexicos-snub-to-king-felipe-rekindles-colonialism-row-with-spain

#Mexico #Spain #colonialism #history

Wolf teeth found in ancient Venetii cremation burial – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71171

"The deceased was almost certainly female, based on the traditionally female grave goods (a needle, a short knife used to work textiles rather than for hunting or combat, an awl), and the four canine teeth had been drilled, likely for use as pendants. Archaeologists believe the wolf teeth may have had symbolic meaning beyond just adornment and were worn as amulets."

#History #Archeology #Italy

Gladiator sarcophagus found in ancient Ephesus – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71163

Archaeologists excavating the site of ancient Ephesus in modern-day Selçuk, western Turkey, have unearthed a 3rd century A.D. sarcophagus that originally belonged to a gladiator. His remains were not found, because in the 5th century the sarcophagus was reused to bury 12 bodies.

#History #Archeology #Roman #Turkey

Dorset ‘Stonehenge’ discovered under Thomas Hardy’s home | English Heritage | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/24/dorset-stonehenge-discovered-under-thomas-hardy-home-dorchester

#History

Unknown Mozart piece discovered in Leipzig
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71155

The manuscript is not in Mozart’s hand. It is a copy that was written around 1780 with dark brown ink on white handmade paper. It was then bound in a hard-cover volume. It is not signed, but the copyist attributed it to “Wolfgang Mozart.” The lack of his middle name suggests Mozart wrote the piece before 1769 (he began adding “Amadeo” to his autograph after his first visit to Italy in 1769).

#History #Music #Mozart

17th c. gallows yields bone pits, revenant and suicide burials – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71149

"From historical sources we know there was a gallows at the site from 1662 that was used for executions until 1809. The executed were often buried at the gallows hill because nobody wanted to bother hefting the criminal dead somewhere else for burial."

#History #Archeology #Germany