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Anglo-Saxon cemetery found in Buckinghamshire
on June 27, 2022
Almost three-quarters of the burials contained grave goods, including more than 2,000 beads, 86 brooches, 51 knives, 15 spearheads, and even a personal hygiene kit.
Stone inscription celebrating Athenian military academy cadets discovered
on June 26, 2022
The inscribed stone is the ancient Greek equivalent of a 'graduate school yearbook'.
Archaeologists uncover evidence of early Islamic burials in Syria
on June 25, 2022
A team of researchers have identified two individuals excavated at the Neolithic site of Tell Qarassa in modern-day Syria as dating to the Umayyad Period (AD 661–750), and found evidence that they could represent some of the earliest examples of Islamic burials. Excavations by a Spanish-French team were conducted at Tell Qarassa between 2009 and 2010 with the objective of shedding light on Neolithic farming groups in the region. They uncovered the remains of 14 individuals, only two of which were found to contain sufficient DNA for subsequent analysis. The two individuals were excavated from separate, narrow graves situated in

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