Wow. This is from 3,300 years ago!

The money will go toward preserving ancient artifacts that are in danger because of crises like war and climate change.

The National Park Service has warned that President Trump’s border wall will significantly damage or destroy more than 20 archaeological sites in the Arizona desert.

Ancient #Roman Hand-Holding Skeletons Were Both Men.

#Archaeology

Making the Herculaneum scrolls legible after 2000 years

What it says on the tin.

Tentiamo di svelare i misteri del santuario più sacro del Cristianesimo, nella chiesa del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme. Grazie al supporto di massimi esperti e di avanzate tecnologie, entreremo all'interno della tomba.

In 2009, the straight world swooned when archaeologists discovered two ancient skeletons from between the fourth and sixth centuries A.D. holding hands in a grave in Modena, Italy. They were dubbed the “Lovers of Modena” and have become synonymous with heterosexual romance, their image now often used in Italy to symbolize undying love.
This week, scientists with the University of Bologna announced the “Lovers of Modena” were actually both biologically male, thanks to a revolutionary process they used to examine tooth enamel.
Then, suddenly, the hand-holders weren’t lovers at all: Italian archaeologists insisted that surely they were brothers or cousins who died in battle.