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Pyrenees Cave at 2,235 Meters Yields 23 Hearths and Burned Green Minerals, Reframing High Mountains as Sites of Prehistoric Industry
A cave high in the eastern Pyrenees held 23 hearths and over 170 burned green mineral fragments, suggesting repeated prehistoric visits tied to early copper processing rather than passing traffic.
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Norway's Largest Viking Age Coin Hoard Surfaces at Mørstad Farm, With More Than 3,000 Silver Pieces and Counting
Two metal detectorists found 19 silver coins in a field near Rena on April 10, 2026. Within days, archaeologists had recovered more than 3,000, surpassing a record that had stood since 1836.
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Archaeologists Uncover a Previously Unknown Roman Fortlet Beneath Suburban Gardens in Scotland, Expanding the Antonine Wall's Defensive Map
GUARD Archaeology has published findings from a 2017 excavation in Bearsden that revealed a fortified Roman outpost hidden under residential back gardens, offering the clearest evidence yet of a denser surveillance network along the Antonine Wall than historians had assumed.
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