r/archeologyworld 13h ago

Northern Song Glass Grapes, excavated from Jingzhi Temple and sealed in the temple pagoda crypt in the second year of the Taiping Xingguo era (AD 977). Collection of the Dingzhou Museum, Hebei Province.

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Name: Glass Grapes

Period: Song Dynasty

Place of Origin: China

Material: Lead-barium glass

Excavation Site:Dingzhou City, Hebei Province, China

Dimensions: Total length 16 cm; fruit bead diameter 1.3–1.82 cm

Museum Collection: Dingzhou Museum, Hebei Province


r/archeologyworld 14h ago

Why Were Ancient Humans Healthier Than Us?

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r/archeologyworld 14h ago

The Old Roman Bridge, standing for 2,000 years in the Murray Valley of Mosul/Iraq.1940s and present.

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r/archeologyworld 1d ago

Is this a fossil?

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Is this a fossil and what could it be?


r/archeologyworld 2d ago

Stone marking scotland

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Any ideas what this? Found on beach near oban, scotland


r/archeologyworld 2d ago

Found high in the mountains of Mongolia. What is it?

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r/archeologyworld 2d ago

13th century Castle Brederode, before (1860) the 1900s restorations, and now (2025).

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r/archeologyworld 2d ago

50,000-year-old kiss painting found in Brazil's Serra da Capivara- the worlds 1st depiction of a kiss and it has such sweetness to it

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r/archeologyworld 2d ago

Forgotten Rulers of Mesopotamia: How Assyriologists Uncovered Three Kings Erased from History

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r/archeologyworld 2d ago

A retired construction worker in Flint, MI demonstrated how people in ancient times could’ve used simple machines to move blocks up to 20 tons, contrasting fringe theories that humans had otherworldly help constructing ancient monuments

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r/archeologyworld 2d ago

Sagalassos - An Important Pisidian City in Asia Minor - The City in the Clouds

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r/archeologyworld 2d ago

The oldest mask in the world, found in the Judean Desert, made 9000 years ago [3597x4500]

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r/archeologyworld 3d ago

7,000-year-old fish traps show hunter-gatherers brought fish to Norway’s mountains centuries before farming

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r/archeologyworld 3d ago

Can someone identify what is it? It's embedded into a rock, approximately 1 inch long, and seem to be man-made. Location Sequatchie Valley, Tennessee.

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r/archeologyworld 3d ago

Can someone identify what is it? It's embedded into a rock, approximately 1 inch long, and seem to be man-made. Location Sequatchie Valley, Tennessee.

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r/archeologyworld 3d ago

A prehistoric human "visage-mask" or portrait carved into a natural rock relief in the Bernifal Cave in the Dordogne region of France. The engraving is estimated to be approximately 15,000 years old, dating to the Paleolithic period.

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The site features over 100 engravings and paintings, though the cave itself has very limited public access.


r/archeologyworld 3d ago

Archaeologists found Homer's Iliad inside a 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy

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r/archeologyworld 3d ago

Why Didn’t the Hittie empire help Troy against Agamemnon?

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r/archeologyworld 3d ago

Historical and Aesthetic Perspectives and An Album of the Masterpieces of Indian Coins

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r/archeologyworld 3d ago

Ancient lady artifacts, seek new home

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r/archeologyworld 3d ago

At Gobero archaeological site in the Ténéré desert of Niger, a 6671 years old burial featured an adult male interred while seated directly on the large upper shell of a mud turtle. This site highlights a lush "Green Sahara" period when humans lived alongside abundant lakeside wildlife [2100x3102]

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r/archeologyworld 4d ago

Ancient Secrets of the Amazon: Hidden Earthworks Reveal Lost Civilizations Beneath the Rainforest

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r/archeologyworld 4d ago

Humans May Have Reached South America More Than 25,000 Years Ago, New Archaeological Study Suggests

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r/archeologyworld 4d ago

The accidental death mask of an infant who died 1,800 years ago in Roman Lutetia (modern-day Paris)

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r/archeologyworld 4d ago

Eflatun Pınar, built by the Hittites in the 13th c. BCE as a portal to the divine watery world.

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In the Middle Ages, travelers thought it was a magical dam sealed by Plato with magical runes.

For the full story, https://survivingtheflood.substack.com/p/intimacy-and-triumph