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  23. <title>Archaeologists in Prague Search for Remains of Political Prisoners</title>
  24. <link>https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/06/archaeologists-in-prague-search-for-remains-of-political-prisoners/</link>
  26. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Esther Saraceni]]></dc:creator>
  27. <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  37. <description><![CDATA[<p>PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC—According to a Radio Prague International report, the Institute for the Study of [&#8230;]</p>
  38. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/06/archaeologists-in-prague-search-for-remains-of-political-prisoners/">Archaeologists in Prague Search for Remains of Political Prisoners</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  41. <p>PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC—According to a <em><a href="https://english.radio.cz/archaeologists-search-bodies-communist-political-prisoners-8867837" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Radio Prague International</a></em> report, the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes estimates that several thousand people killed by the Nazi and Communist regimes were buried at Ďáblice Cemetery, which was founded in Prague in 1914. So far, members of the institute have uncovered detailed information about 120 of the victims who were buried in the cemetery. They are now working to recover the remains of three Czechoslovak soldiers—Vilém Sok, Miloslav Jebavý, and Karel Sabela—who fought against the Nazis during World War II and were later imprisoned for their resistance to the communist regime that took power after the war. The three men were executed by the Communists in 1949. Archaeologist Martin Čechura of the Prague City Museum said that the exhumation of part of one grave shaft in the cemetery revealed four or five coffins, with a third layer expected underneath them. DNA from the remains will be tested in an attempt to identify the soldiers. “In the case of Mr. Sabela, for example, we are in contact with his son, who was very young when his father was murdered, and who has hoped his whole life that this moment would come,” said government representative Jana Kotalíková. To read about a DNA study of the 1,000-year-old remains of a warrior whose identity was contested by Czechoslovakia's Nazi and Communist oppressors, go to "<a href="https://archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2020/digs-discoveries/digs-prague-castle-burial/">The Man in Prague Castle</a>."</p>
  42. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/06/archaeologists-in-prague-search-for-remains-of-political-prisoners/">Archaeologists in Prague Search for Remains of Political Prisoners</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  49. <title>Gold Coin Cache Discovered in South India</title>
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  53. <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  60. <description><![CDATA[<p>CHENNAI, INDIA—Daiji World reports that workers restoring a Shiva temple near the Javvadu Hills in [&#8230;]</p>
  61. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/06/gold-coin-cache-discovered-in-south-india/">Gold Coin Cache Discovered in South India</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  64. <p>CHENNAI, INDIA—<em><a href="https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1297050" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daiji World</a></em> reports that workers restoring a Shiva temple near the Javvadu Hills in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu discovered 103 gold coins dated to the Chola period, which spanned the ninth through the thirteenth centuries <span class="small-caps">A.D.</span> The coins had been neatly stacked in a pot and buried beneath the temple floor. The temple is thought to have been built during the reign of King Rajaraja Cholan III, between 1216 and 1246. Temple wealth flourished during the late Chola period, when gold-based trade networks were active across South India, according to researchers from the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department. Officials from this department are now collaborating with archaeologists to study the coins. To read more about the Chola Empire, go to "<a href="https://archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2022/digs-discoveries/digs-india-chola-palace/">Tamil Royal Palace</a>."</p>
  65. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/06/gold-coin-cache-discovered-in-south-india/">Gold Coin Cache Discovered in South India</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  72. <title>13,000-Year-Old Tools and Beads Uncovered in Turkey</title>
  73. <link>https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/06/13000-year-old-tools-and-beads-uncovered-in-turkey/</link>
  75. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Esther Saraceni]]></dc:creator>
  76. <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  84. <description><![CDATA[<p>KAHRAMANMARAŞ, TURKEY—Hürriyet Daily News reports that two bone awls and four beads dated to 13,000 [&#8230;]</p>
  85. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/06/13000-year-old-tools-and-beads-uncovered-in-turkey/">13,000-Year-Old Tools and Beads Uncovered in Turkey</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  88. <p>KAHRAMANMARAŞ, TURKEY—<em><a href="https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bone-tools-beads-unearthed-in-direkli-cave-215167" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hürriyet Daily News</a></em> reports that two bone awls and four beads dated to 13,000 years ago have been discovered in Direkli Cave in south-central Turkey. Cevdet Merih Erek of Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University said that differences between the awls suggests that one may have been used to pierce stone beads, while the other is thought to have been used in working leather or making clothing. The beads are thought to have been placed in burials to adorn the dead, he added. “The differentiation in this tool industry and the use of various materials in different fields point to a certain level of industrial development during that period,” Erek concluded. To read about a Roman mosaic recently unearthed in eastern Turkey, go to "<a href="https://archaeology.org/issues/september-october-2025/digs-discoveries/a-day-at-the-hunt/">A Day at the Hunt</a>."</p>
  89. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/06/13000-year-old-tools-and-beads-uncovered-in-turkey/">13,000-Year-Old Tools and Beads Uncovered in Turkey</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  96. <title>Ancient Murals in Peru Reminded Residents of Climate Crisis</title>
  97. <link>https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/06/ancient-murals-in-peru-reminded-residents-of-climate-crisis/</link>
  99. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Esther Saraceni]]></dc:creator>
  100. <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  108. <description><![CDATA[<p>LIMA, PERU—When severe drought forced the residents of Caral to evacuate their city some 4,200 [&#8230;]</p>
  109. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/06/ancient-murals-in-peru-reminded-residents-of-climate-crisis/">Ancient Murals in Peru Reminded Residents of Climate Crisis</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  112. <p>LIMA, PERU—When severe drought forced the residents of Caral to evacuate their city some 4,200 years ago, they adapted to new climate conditions and built new settlements, <em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/05/archaeologists-discover-how-oldest-american-civilisation-survived-a-climate-catastrophe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Guardian</a></em> reports. Located in north-central coastal Peru, the site of Caral consists of 32 monumental buildings. Archaeologist Ruth Shady and her colleagues now suggest that the people of Caral traveled 10 miles east and founded the site of Peñico on the Supe River, where they constructed the same types of temple pyramids and sunken circular plazas found at Caral. They also found imagery telling a survival story on the walls of a temple at Vichama, another nearby city founded on the Pacific coastline after the abandonment of Caral. The murals show emaciated corpses with sunken bellies and protruding ribs, pregnant women, ritual dancers, and a fish. On a higher wall, the artwork depicts the face of a toad with human hands being struck in the head by a lightning bolt. “After the deaths, the empty stomachs, a toad appears, emerging from the earth with lightning striking its head, as if announcing the arrival of water,” Shady said. For more on the Caral civilization, go to "<a href="https://archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2025/off-the-grid/vichama-peru/">Off the Grid: Vichama, Peru</a>."</p>
  113. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/06/ancient-murals-in-peru-reminded-residents-of-climate-crisis/">Ancient Murals in Peru Reminded Residents of Climate Crisis</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  120. <title>Oldowan Stone Tools from the Turkana Basin Analyzed</title>
  121. <link>https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/05/oldowan-stone-tools-from-the-turkana-basin-analyzed/</link>
  123. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Esther Saraceni]]></dc:creator>
  124. <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  129. <category><![CDATA[stone tools]]></category>
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  133. <description><![CDATA[<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.—According to a statement released by George Washington University, a collection of Oldowan stone [&#8230;]</p>
  134. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/05/oldowan-stone-tools-from-the-turkana-basin-analyzed/">Oldowan Stone Tools from the Turkana Basin Analyzed</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  153. <p>WASHINGTON, D.C.—According to a statement released by <a href="https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/stone-tools-through-generations-300000-years-human-technology" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">George Washington University</a>, a collection of Oldowan stone tools ranging in age from 2.75 to 2.44 million years old has been analyzed by an international team of researchers. The tools were discovered at the Namorotukunan site in Kenya’s Turkana Basin. “These finds show that by about 2.75 million years ago, hominins were already good at making sharp stone tools, hinting that the start of the Oldowan technology is older than we thought,” said paleobiologist Niguss Baraki of George Washington University. For some 300,000 years, the same sharp-edged tools were produced despite recurring wildfires, droughts, and an environmental shift from lush wetlands to dry grasslands and semi-deserts, explained Rahab N. Kinyanjui of the National Museums of Kenya and the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology. This suggests that early hominins had the skills to engineer the tools, reproduce them consistently, and pass that knowledge to succeeding generations. “As vegetation shifted, the toolmaking remained steady," Kinyanjui said. "This is resilience.” Read the original scholarly article about this research in <em><a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64244-x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nature Communications</a></em>. To read about the oldest bone tools from Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, go to "<a href="https://archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2025/digs-discoveries/the-bone-toolkit/">The Bone Toolkit</a>."</p>
  154. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/05/oldowan-stone-tools-from-the-turkana-basin-analyzed/">Oldowan Stone Tools from the Turkana Basin Analyzed</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  161. <title>Infant Hominin Skulls Examined</title>
  162. <link>https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/05/infant-hominin-skulls-examined/</link>
  164. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Esther Saraceni]]></dc:creator>
  165. <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  172. <description><![CDATA[<p>TOULOUSE, FRANCE—IFL Science reports that José Braga of the University of Toulouse and the University [&#8230;]</p>
  173. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/05/infant-hominin-skulls-examined/">Infant Hominin Skulls Examined</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  176. <p>TOULOUSE, FRANCE—<em><a href="https://www.iflscience.com/rare-2-million-year-old-infant-facial-fossils-expand-what-we-know-about-prehistoric-human-children-81349" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">IFL Science</a></em> reports that José Braga of the University of Toulouse and the University of the Witwatersrand, and Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi of the University of Florence examined three fragmented hominin skulls of babies or young children discovered in South Africa and Ethiopia in an effort to determine if species-specific traits were present from birth. For example, <em>Homo habilis</em> adults can be identified through their robust jaws with elongated tooth rows, and <em>Homo erectus</em> adults are known for their continuous brow ridges. The infants’ remains were then compared to 15 other human crania belonging to slightly older children. The researchers were able to identify two of the infant skulls as belonging to <em>Homo habilis</em> and <em>Homo affinis erectus</em>, or a species closely related to <em>Homo erectus</em>. The scientists were not able to identify the third skull with confidence, however. Read the original scholarly article about this research in <em><a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59734-x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nature Communications</a></em>. To read more about hominins in Ethiopia, go to "<a href="https://archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2019/artifacts/artifact-ethiopia-hominin-cranium/">Artifact: <em>Australopithecus anamensis</em> Cranium</a>."</p>
  177. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/05/infant-hominin-skulls-examined/">Infant Hominin Skulls Examined</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  184. <title>Roman Burials Uncovered in Southern France</title>
  185. <link>https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/05/roman-burials-uncovered-in-southern-france/</link>
  187. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Esther Saraceni]]></dc:creator>
  188. <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  190. <category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
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  195. <description><![CDATA[<p>PARIS, FRANCE—According to a Live Science report, researchers from the French National Institute of Preventive [&#8230;]</p>
  196. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/05/roman-burials-uncovered-in-southern-france/">Roman Burials Uncovered in Southern France</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  215. <p>PARIS, FRANCE—According to a <em><a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/french-archaeologists-uncover-vast-roman-burial-area-with-cremation-graves-fed-by-liquid-offerings" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Live Science</a></em> report, researchers from the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research discovered more than 160 cremation burials in southern France's ancient city of Olbia. The burials have been dated to the city’s Roman period, from the first through third centuries <span class="small-caps">A.D.</span> The study indicates that for most of the burials, the bodies were placed on a wooden stand constructed over a square pit. As the pyre burned, the stand collapsed. Glass objects in the fire melted, bronze objects warped, and soot covered the ceramics. Some of these pits were then covered with roof tiles and filled in with dirt. Others, however, were partially or completely emptied, and the bones placed in small piles or in a container for burial. Pieces of amphoras were then used to build libation channels at most of the graves. Liquids such as wine, beer, and mead could then be poured into these channels to honor the dead on Roman feast days. For more on Roman France, go to "<a href="https://archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2021/features/autun-roman-town/">Gaul's University Town</a>."</p>
  216. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/05/roman-burials-uncovered-in-southern-france/">Roman Burials Uncovered in Southern France</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  223. <title>Looted Ancient Egyptian Sculpture Will Be Repatriated</title>
  224. <link>https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/04/looted-ancient-egyptian-sculpture-will-be-repatriated/</link>
  226. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Esther Saraceni]]></dc:creator>
  227. <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  228. <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
  229. <category><![CDATA[looting]]></category>
  230. <category><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></category>
  231. <category><![CDATA[repatriation]]></category>
  232. <category><![CDATA[sculpture]]></category>
  233. <category><![CDATA[Thutmose III]]></category>
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  236. <description><![CDATA[<p>CAIRO, EGYPT—BBC News reports that Dick Schoof, outgoing prime minister of the Netherlands, has pledged [&#8230;]</p>
  237. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/04/looted-ancient-egyptian-sculpture-will-be-repatriated/">Looted Ancient Egyptian Sculpture Will Be Repatriated</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  256. <p>CAIRO, EGYPT—<em><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnve21y7lreo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BBC News</a></em> reports that Dick Schoof, outgoing prime minister of the Netherlands, has pledged to repatriate a 3,500-year-old sculpture thought to have been looted from Egypt in 2011 or 2012. The sculpture depicts a high-ranking official under Thutmose III, who was pharaoh between about 1479 and 1425 <span class="small-caps">B.C.</span> The stone head was recovered at an arts and antiques fair in 2022 in the Dutch city of Maastricht and will be returned to Egypt by the end of this year. To read about a temple of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut that Thutmose III maintained after her death, go to "<a href="https://archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2025/digs-discoveries/pharaohs-fate/">Pharaoh's Fate</a>."</p>
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  261. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/04/looted-ancient-egyptian-sculpture-will-be-repatriated/">Looted Ancient Egyptian Sculpture Will Be Repatriated</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  268. <title>Gold “Rainbow Cup” Unearthed in Eastern Germany</title>
  269. <link>https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/04/gold-rainbow-cup-unearthed-in-eastern-germany/</link>
  271. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Esther Saraceni]]></dc:creator>
  272. <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
  273. <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
  274. <category><![CDATA[Celtic]]></category>
  275. <category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
  276. <category><![CDATA[gold]]></category>
  277. <category><![CDATA[rainbow cup]]></category>
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  280. <description><![CDATA[<p>GUNDORF, GERMANY—According to a Live Science report, a 2,200-year-old gold coin was discovered by a [&#8230;]</p>
  281. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/04/gold-rainbow-cup-unearthed-in-eastern-germany/">Gold “Rainbow Cup” Unearthed in Eastern Germany</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
  282. ]]></description>
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  297.  
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  300. <p>GUNDORF, GERMANY—According to a <em><a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2-200-year-old-celtic-rainbow-cup-in-almost-mint-condition-found-in-germany" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Live Science</a></em> report, a 2,200-year-old gold coin was discovered by a metal detectorist in eastern Germany. Known as “rainbow cups” for their curved shape and the folklore that treasure can be found where a rainbow touches the ground, such coins were minted by the Celts, who did not inhabit this region. Only two other Celtic coins have been found in the German state of Saxony, and are thought to have been obtained through trade between the Celts and Germanic-speaking people. Saxony state archaeologist Regina Smolnik said that this rainbow cup is in excellent condition, and was therefore probably kept as a valuable object and not used as currency. To read about rainbow cups found in northeastern Germany, go to "<a href="https://archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2022/digs-discoveries/digs-germany-rainbow-cups/">Golden Lucky Charms</a>."</p>
  301. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/04/gold-rainbow-cup-unearthed-in-eastern-germany/">Gold “Rainbow Cup” Unearthed in Eastern Germany</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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  308. <title>5,000-Year-Old Monumental Building Excavated in Iraq</title>
  309. <link>https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/04/5000-year-old-monumental-building-excavated-in-iraq/</link>
  311. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Esther Saraceni]]></dc:creator>
  312. <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  313. <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
  314. <category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
  315. <category><![CDATA[Kani Shaie]]></category>
  316. <category><![CDATA[Kurdistan]]></category>
  317. <category><![CDATA[uruk]]></category>
  318. <category><![CDATA[Zagros Mountains]]></category>
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  321. <description><![CDATA[<p>KURDISTAN, IRAQ—Traces of a monumental building thought to be at least 5,000 years old have [&#8230;]</p>
  322. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/04/5000-year-old-monumental-building-excavated-in-iraq/">5,000-Year-Old Monumental Building Excavated in Iraq</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
  323. ]]></description>
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  341. <p>KURDISTAN, IRAQ—Traces of a monumental building thought to be at least 5,000 years old have been discovered at the Kani Shaie archaeological site, which is located in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains in northern Iraq, according to a statement released by the <a href="https://www.uc.pt/en/uc-news/articles/university-of-coimbra-team-discovers-monumental-building-shedding-new-light-on-the-origins-of-civilisation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">University of Coimbra</a>. Researchers from the University of Coimbra, the University of Algarve, the University of Cambridge, and the Slemani Antiquities and Heritage Directorate think that the building may have been used as a temple. They note that it was decorated with wall cones, which are typically found in monumental architecture in Uruk, an early Sumerian metropolis in southern Mesopotamia where as many as 40,000 people lived around 3300 to 3100 <span class="small-caps">B.C.</span> A fragment of a gold pendant and a cylinder seal dated to this period were also uncovered at the building site. “If the monumental nature of this building is confirmed—which we are now investigating in detail—the discovery could transform our understanding of Uruk’s relationship with surrounding regions, showing that sites such as Kani Shaie were not marginal, but rather key actors in shaping cultural and political networks,” the researchers explained. To read about remnants of an ancient boat uncovered near Uruk, go to "<a href="https://archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2022/digs-discoveries/digs-iraq-sumerian-boat/">Sailing in Sumer</a>."</p>
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  358. <p>The post <a href="https://archaeology.org/news/2025/11/04/5000-year-old-monumental-building-excavated-in-iraq/">5,000-Year-Old Monumental Building Excavated in Iraq</a> appeared first on <a href="https://archaeology.org">Archaeology Magazine</a>.</p>
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