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In this week's ancient history news my headline story is about the excavation of a site in France that was in use during the Neolithic, Iron Age and Roman period. The site is centred on a spring which appears to have had ritual significance to different cultures over the millennia. I then discuss the discovery of an unusual ancient funerary monument, also in France, the excavation of a Neolithic settlement in Serbia and the detection of a subsurface structure in the Western Cemetery of the Giza Plateau in Egypt.
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✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 Introduction
00:41 Roman ruins found on top of a more ancient site in France
02:18 Unusual Neolithic monument discovered in France
04:52 7,000-year-old settlement discovered in Serbia
06:49 L-shaped subsurface structure identified in Giza, Egypt
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Metcalfe, T. (2024). ‘1,700-year-old Roman ruins discovered atop much older Neolithic sacred spring,’ Livescience, 19 April. livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1700-year-old-roman-ruins-discovered-atop-much-older-neolithic-sacred-spring
Inrap. (2024). A rural occupation and an ancient monumental installation in Chamborêt (Haute-Vienne). [Press release]. [Accessed 8 May 2024]. Available from https://www.inrap.fr/une-occupation-rurale-et-une-installation-monumentale-antiques-chamboret-haute-17962
Nalewicki, J. (2024). ‘'Unprecedented' discovery of mysterious circular monument near 2 necropolises found in France,’ Livescience, 18 April. livescience.com/archaeology/unprecedented-discovery-of-mysterious-circular-monument-near-2-necropolises-found-in-france
Inrap. (2024). A protohistoric funerary sector in Marliens (Côte-d'Or). [Press release]. [Accessed 9 May 2024]. Available from https://www.inrap.fr/un-secteur-funeraire-protohistorique-marliens-cote-d-or-17934
Kiel University. (2024). ‘Archaeology team discovers a 7,000-year-old settlement in Serbia,’ Phys org, 30 April. phys.org/news/2024-04-archaeology-team-year-settlement-serbia.html
Jarus, O. (2024). ‘Mysterious L-shaped structure found near Egyptian pyramids of Giza baffles scientists,’ Livescience, 14 May. livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/mysterious-l-shaped-structure-found-in-giza-cemetery-what-is-it
Sato, M., Saito, R., Abbas, A.M., Mesbah, H., Taha, A., Gaweish, W.R., Aldeep, M., Ali, A.M., Kurokouchi, H., Takahashi, K. and El‐Qady, G., 2024. GPR and ERT Exploration in the Western Cemetery in Giza, Egypt. Archaeological Prospection.
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Images about the discovery in Giza, credit: Sato, M., et al., from in the paper referenced above
CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Giza pyramids, credit: Berthold Werner
Other
Images of the excavation of the spring in France, credit: © Pierre Dupont, Inrap Development: DIRCO 87
Scientific control: Regional Archeology Service (Drac Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
Archaeological research: Inrap
Scientific manager: Frédéric Devevey, Inrap
Images of the horseshoe-shaped monument, credit: © Jérôme Berthet, Inrap
Development: Gravière Eqiom
Scientific control: Regional Archeology Service (Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs of Burgundy-Franche-Comté)
Archaeological research: Inrap
Scientific manager: Régis Labeaune, Inrap
Image of the settlement in Serbia, credit: Cluster ROOTS/Museum of Vojvodina Novi Sad/National Museum Zrenjanin/National Museum Pančevo
Images of wheel model and geophysical survey being carried out and map of surveyed sites, credit: Fynn Wilkes
In this week's ancient history news my headline story is about the excavation of a site in France that was in use during the Neolithic, Iron Age and Roman period. The site is centred on a spring which appears to have had ritual significance to different cultures over the millennia. I then discuss the discovery of an unusual ancient funerary monument, also in France, the excavation of a Neolithic settlement in Serbia and the detection of a subsurface structure in the Western Cemetery of the Giza Plateau in Egypt.
#ancienthistory #gizapyramids #neolithic
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 Introduction
00:41 Roman ruins found on top of a more ancient site in France
02:18 Unusual Neolithic monument discovered in France
04:52 7,000-year-old settlement discovered in Serbia
06:49 L-shaped subsurface structure identified in Giza, Egypt
✨ JOIN MY CHANNEL
youtube.com/channel/UC0Hs5t0U6Uf993Tba22YmKA/join
✨ SUPPORT VIA PATREON
patreon.com/MegalithHunter
✨ FOLLOW ME ON SOCIALS
Instagram & Facebook: @MegalithHunter
Twitter: @Megalith_Hunter
✨ REFERENCES
Metcalfe, T. (2024). ‘1,700-year-old Roman ruins discovered atop much older Neolithic sacred spring,’ Livescience, 19 April. livescience.com/archaeology/romans/1700-year-old-roman-ruins-discovered-atop-much-older-neolithic-sacred-spring
Inrap. (2024). A rural occupation and an ancient monumental installation in Chamborêt (Haute-Vienne). [Press release]. [Accessed 8 May 2024]. Available from https://www.inrap.fr/une-occupation-rurale-et-une-installation-monumentale-antiques-chamboret-haute-17962
Nalewicki, J. (2024). ‘'Unprecedented' discovery of mysterious circular monument near 2 necropolises found in France,’ Livescience, 18 April. livescience.com/archaeology/unprecedented-discovery-of-mysterious-circular-monument-near-2-necropolises-found-in-france
Inrap. (2024). A protohistoric funerary sector in Marliens (Côte-d'Or). [Press release]. [Accessed 9 May 2024]. Available from https://www.inrap.fr/un-secteur-funeraire-protohistorique-marliens-cote-d-or-17934
Kiel University. (2024). ‘Archaeology team discovers a 7,000-year-old settlement in Serbia,’ Phys org, 30 April. phys.org/news/2024-04-archaeology-team-year-settlement-serbia.html
Jarus, O. (2024). ‘Mysterious L-shaped structure found near Egyptian pyramids of Giza baffles scientists,’ Livescience, 14 May. livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/mysterious-l-shaped-structure-found-in-giza-cemetery-what-is-it
Sato, M., Saito, R., Abbas, A.M., Mesbah, H., Taha, A., Gaweish, W.R., Aldeep, M., Ali, A.M., Kurokouchi, H., Takahashi, K. and El‐Qady, G., 2024. GPR and ERT Exploration in the Western Cemetery in Giza, Egypt. Archaeological Prospection.
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Images about the discovery in Giza, credit: Sato, M., et al., from in the paper referenced above
CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Giza pyramids, credit: Berthold Werner
Other
Images of the excavation of the spring in France, credit: © Pierre Dupont, Inrap Development: DIRCO 87
Scientific control: Regional Archeology Service (Drac Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
Archaeological research: Inrap
Scientific manager: Frédéric Devevey, Inrap
Images of the horseshoe-shaped monument, credit: © Jérôme Berthet, Inrap
Development: Gravière Eqiom
Scientific control: Regional Archeology Service (Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs of Burgundy-Franche-Comté)
Archaeological research: Inrap
Scientific manager: Régis Labeaune, Inrap
Image of the settlement in Serbia, credit: Cluster ROOTS/Museum of Vojvodina Novi Sad/National Museum Zrenjanin/National Museum Pančevo
Images of wheel model and geophysical survey being carried out and map of surveyed sites, credit: Fynn Wilkes
