Soil remediation work at Rolls Royce Filton reveals prehistoric remains
As part of ongoing infrastructure improvements at Rolls Royce Filton, archaeological work has uncovered the remains of a small prehistoric settlement dating from between 6000 BC and 43 AD. The AOC Archaeology Group (supported by AECOM) carried out ‘test excavations’…
Israel announces: 2,700-year-old Jewish seal found in Jerusalem
A stone seal dating to the Jewish First Temple period about 2,700 years ago was discovered near the southern wall of the Temple Mount, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported in a press release on Thursday morning. The “extremely…
5,000-year-old copper pollution discovered near the pyramids
On a warm spring day in 2019, researchers drilled into the earth beneath the streets of Cairo. Less than a kilometer away, the Great Pyramid of Giza shimmered on the horizon. About 4,600 years earlier, when workers were building the…
