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Ben O'Donnell

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Aug 17, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Ben O'Donnell

    News - Ceremonial Poles Returned to Canadian Village Site - Archaeology Magazine (opens the original)

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    HAIDA GWAII, CANADA—Monumental poles carved from cedar have been returned to the village of SG̱ang Gwaay Llnagaay, a historic community of the Haida people of Canada’s Pacific Northwest. According to Haida Laas, the newsmagazine of the Haida Nation, the poles had been taken from the village in the 1930s and displayed in the city of Prince Rupert, then the Royal BC Museum and the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. Carved in the eighteenth or nineteenth century with figu

  2. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Ben O'Donnell

    News - Possible Bronze Age Grave Unearthed Beneath Viking Ship Burial - Archaeology Magazine (opens the original)

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    KARMØY, NORWAY—Archaeologists in western Norway have begun excavating a burial mound that first caught scholars’ attention in 1902, Science Norway reports. Researchers from the University of Stavanger opened a trench in the Grønhaug mound on the island of Karmøy, hoping to build on discoveries made during the excavation more than a century ago. At that time, parts of a ship’s hull were removed from the mound. The current excavation team has recovered fragments of iron rivets from the ship and st

  3. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · By Ben O'Donnell

    Ancient Maya Art School in Belize - Archaeology Magazine (opens the original)

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    For rich Maya boys in the late seventh and eighth centuries a.d., boarding school appears to have offered a stimulating education and no shortage of diversions. At the site of Xunantunich, on a ridge above the Mopan River, archaeologists recently excavated a complex they believe to have been used for student housing. It includes a large sweat bath, gaming boards, and rooms with benches for sitting or sleeping. Nearby, in El Castillo, the city’s monumental central pyramid, researchers have found

  4. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · By Ben O'Donnell

    Two Left Feet in Prehistoric Scandinavia - Archaeology Magazine (opens the original)

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    The ancient people of southern Sweden and Norway may have used rock carvings to symbolize connections, transactions, and achievements. Around 1800 b.c., they began making footprint-shaped petroglyphs called podomorphs on rock outcrops. Archaeologist Fredrik Fahlander of Stockholm University examined 627 podomorphs in the Mälaren region of southeastern Sweden and identified some intriguing patterns. He found that the petroglyphs range from 3.5 to 12 inches long, although most are slightly smaller

  5. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · By Ben O'Donnell

    Sonic Warfare of the Celts - Archaeology Magazine (opens the original)

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    When the Romans encountered a medley of invading Celtic armies at the Battle of Telamon in 225 B.C. in central Italy, they were aghast—many of the fighters were naked and raising an almighty ruckus. “There were among them such innumerable horns and trumpets,” writes the second-century B.C. Greek historian Polybius. “Their cries were so loud and piercing that the noise seemed not to come merely from trumpets and human voices, but from the whole countryside at once.” One source of the Celts’ cacop

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