News December 20, 2024
Greece Returns Smuggled Ancient Coins to Turkey
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News December 20, 2024
Where Did Syphilis Originate?
![Upper hip bone that yielded an ancient syphilis-like genome](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/News-20241220-Syphilis-Hip-Bone-scaled.jpg)
© Darío Ramirez
News December 20, 2024
Portrait of Last Byzantine Emperor Discovered in Greece
![Constantine XI Palaiologos fresco](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/News-20241220-Greece-Constantine-XI-Portrait-Face-Detail.jpg)
Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports
News December 20, 2024
Viking Women’s Graves Excavated in Western Norway
![Stone setting in the shape of a ship, Skumsnes, Norway](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/News-20241220-Norway-Stone-Setting.jpg)
University Museum of Bergen
News December 19, 2024
Cemetery for Enslaved People Found at The Hermitage
![Aerial photo of the enslaved cemetery, The Hermitage, Tennessee](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/News-20241219-Tennessee-Hermitage-Enslaved-Cemetery.jpg)
Alan LeBlanc/Courtesy of the Andrew Jackson Foundation
News December 19, 2024
Ancient Egyptian Mummies Discovered in Oxyrhynchus
![Tomb painting, Oxyrhynchus, Egypt](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/News-20241219-Egypt-Oxyrhynchus-Tomb-Painting.jpg)
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
News December 19, 2024
Timing of Vesuvius Eruption Settled
![Ruins of Pompeii, Italy, with Mt. Vesuvius in the background](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/News-20241218-Pompeii-Vesuvius.jpg)
Pompeii Archaeological Park
News December 18, 2024
Neanderthals Interbred With Humans Around 50,000 Years Ago
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© Tom Björklund for Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
News December 18, 2024
2,500-Year-Old Shipwreck Uncovered Near Sicily
![](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sicily-Iron-Anchor-Alt-Featured.jpg)
University of Udine
News December 18, 2024
Medieval Kitchen Unearthed in Oxford
![Excavations during renovation to Oriel College’s bar and kitchen spaces](https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/News-20241217-Oxford-England-Medieval-Excavation-e1734456739372.jpg)
Oxford Archaeology
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