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Skara Brae is a well-preserved Neolithic village on Orkney in Scotland where prehistoric farmers lived in insulated houses that mostly had similar layouts. These villagers are known as Grooved Ware people because of their pottery that seems to have evolved on Orkney rather than having been imported. It then spread throughout Britain and Ireland.
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Skara Brae is a well-preserved Neolithic village on Orkney in Scotland where prehistoric farmers lived in insulated houses that mostly had similar layouts. These villagers are known as Grooved Ware people because of their pottery that seems to have evolved on Orkney rather than having been imported. It then spread throughout Britain and Ireland.
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Entrance to the Tomb of Agamemnon, credit: NikosFF
Side chamber within the Tomb of Agamemnon, credit: Zoe
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Tomb of Agamemnon from the front, credit: Ken Russell Salvador
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Sketch of the Tomb of Agamemnon
Corbelled dome of the Tomb of Agamemnon






![ARCHAEOLOGISTS Discover Multi-Period Site Next To A SPRING In FRANCE
In this weeks 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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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. https://www.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. https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/unprecedented-discovery-of-mysterious-circular-monument-near-2-necropolises-found-in-france
Inrap. (2024). A protohistoric funerary sector in Marliens (Côte-dOr). [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. https://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. https://www.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.
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Giza pyramids, credit: Berthold Werner
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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 ARCHAEOLOGISTS Discover Multi-Period Site Next To A SPRING In FRANCE](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aWaShdI87GQ/mqdefault.jpg)



