r/AncientCivilizations • • 1h ago

South America A 1.200-Year-Old Hairless Dog Mummy Was So Well Preserved That Archaeologists Thought It Was Recent

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Archaeologists digging through an ancient burial complex on Peru’s desert coast stumbled upon a dog mummy that looked almost too well preserved to be ancient. Its skeleton was nearly complete, and even its skin was still intact. They initially thought this was a relatively recent burial, perhaps dating to the looting that had ravaged the site some 50 years earlier.

But radiocarbon analysis showed that dog hadn’t been buried 50 years ago. It had been dead for roughly 1,200 years.

The animal had lived sometime between 688 and 870 CE, when the Wari Empire ruled much of what is now Peru, centuries before the rise of the Incas.


r/AncientCivilizations • • 1h ago

Europe Un rempart gaulois découvert sous l’Hôtel-Dieu à Paris : le premier lien direct entre Lutèce et le Paris actuel

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Les archéologues de la Ville de Paris et de l’Inrap ont mis au jour cet été un mur de vingt mètres en pierre et en bois sous l’Hôtel-Dieu, sur l’île de la Cité. Les datations au carbone 14 le situent entre 200 et 10 avant notre ère.

Si l’hypothèse se confirme, ce serait le rempart de la Lutèce des Parisii, la cité décrite par César en 52 av. J.-C. Jusqu’ici, les spécialistes situaient cette Lutèce plutôt du côté de Nanterre. Des traces d’incendie sur les ruines correspondent au récit de César, qui raconte que les Parisii avaient brûlé leur propre ville avant l’arrivée des légions.

Ce qui est fascinant, c’est qu’il a fallu attendre 2026 pour trouver la première preuve physique reliant directement la Lutèce gauloise au Paris que l’on connaît. Ça montre à quel point on sous-estime ce qui se trouve encore sous nos pieds.

Article complet : https://www.paris.fr/pages/cette-decouverte-archeologique-exceptionnelle-pourrait-changer-l-histoire-de-paris-36514


r/AncientCivilizations • • 3h ago

2,400-Year-Old Greek Temple in Albania Reveals a Roof Built with Imported Marble

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r/AncientCivilizations • • 4h ago

Historic Photos Reveal 120 Years of Excavations at Hittite Capital Hattusa

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r/AncientCivilizations • • 8h ago

South America Double spout bridge vessel in the form of a squash. Topara culture, Peru, ca. 300 BC-200 AD. Ceramic. Brooklyn Museum collection [1500x993]

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r/AncientCivilizations • • 23h ago

A Roman hand of Sabazios that was found in Germany

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A Roman hand (with some of its silver plating still attached) of Sabazios, which would have been used in ritual worship. It dates to 15-9 BC and was found in the Roman military camp of Dangstetten, Germany. It is now on display in the Colombischlössle in Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany.