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ISRAEL – 
Jerusalem - Har Hotzvim, one of Jerusalem’s main hi-tech hubs, owes its name, which in Hebrew means “Quarrymen’s Hill,” to a much more ancient industrial activity: It is where archaeologists from the Antiquities Authority have uncovered a quarry dating back some 2,000 years. The site has only been partially uncovered. Researchers believe it was two or three times larger than the 600 sq.m. currently exposed.“For us as archaeologists, this quarry presents a golden opportunity,” Hagbi said. “Because some of the stones were left in situ in this way, we can copy ancient technologies and experiment with them to recreate the processes by which the building stones were quarried.” To better understand how ancient workers operated, the researchers plan to reproduce tools and techniques known to have been used at the time to test their efficacy.
DANEMARK - 
Jelling - Le trésor, d'un peu moins d'un kilo, a été découvert à côté de Jelling, considéré par les historiens comme le berceau des rois de l'époque des Vikings, entre le VIIIème et le XIIème siècle. Il avait été enfoui au VIème siècle dans le sud-ouest du Danemark: un trésor composé de 22 objets en or a été découvert par un archéologue amateur, a annoncé lundi le musée qui va l'abriter. "Il est composé de nombreux objets en or, dont un médaillon de la taille d'une soucoupe. On y voit beaucoup de symboles dont certains nous sont encore inconnus, ce qui va nous permettre d'élargir nos connaissances des hommes de cette époque", précédant l'âge Viking, a expliqué à l'AFP Mads Ravn, le directeur de la recherche des musées de Vejle, dans l'ouest du Danemark. Certains objets présentent des motifs et des inscriptions runiques qui peuvent faire référence aux souverains de l'époque, mais qui rappellent aussi la mythologie nordique. Une pièce représente l'empereur romain Constantin (début du IVème siècle). D'après les premiers examens, le trésor aurait pu être déposé en offrande aux dieux par un notable local à une époque chaotique où le climat du nord de l'Europe était chamboulé après une éruption volcanique en Islande en 536 qui avait recouvert le ciel de cendres.
ECOSSE – 
Sanday - A team of archaeologists discovered two carved stone balls while excavating a 5,500-year-old burial tomb in Sanday, located on the Orkney Islands. The tomb is located on a cliff on the Southern tip of Scotland's Tresness Peninsula, but due to erosion, the tomb and surrounding area are eroding, and "disappearing" into the sea. The discovery includes two rare polished carved stone balls, as well as small fragments of bone and pottery. The exact purpose of the polished stone balls is not known, but it is possible they were used as weapons. Prof. Vicki Cummingstold that the tomb was likely linked to the remains of a Neolithic settlement at Cata Sands. Just over 500 of these stone balls have been found in Scotland. Only about 20 of these polished stone balls have been found in Orkney.
TURQUIE – 
Augusta - The ancient city of Augusta from the first century was revealed in Turkey's southern Adana province as water levels in the Seyhan Dam dropped, local agencies reported on Sep. 8. Built by Roman Emperor Tiberius Caesar Augustus, the ancient town had succumbed under the waters of Seyhan Dam in 1955. The ancient remains were only discovered during the construction of Seyhan Dam, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University archaeologist Dr. Fatih Erhan said, adding that the ruins date back to the first century. Steps of the city's ancient amphitheater were revealed as a result in the drop in water levels, Erhan said, noting that this is an indicator to the grandeur of the town's structures.
OUZBEKISTAN - 
Uzundara - Archaeologists from the Russian-Uzbek archaeological expedition has conducted the first excavations of the Bactrian fortress of Uzundara, a border outpost that protected ancient Bactria during the Hellenistic period. Uzundara was part of a wider system of fortifications in the present-day Boysun region of Uzbekistan, that protected the northern borders of Bactria from raiding nomads. Data from GPR studies and tacheometric surveys has established that the fortress consisted of a main quadrangle, a triangular citadel, and an outer wall reinforced with 13 rectangular towers. The fortress was built around the early 3rd century BC, during the reign of Antiochus I of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. During the reign of Eucratides I of the Diodotid dynasty, Uzundara was destroyed in a nomad assault on the Bactrian borders. In recent excavations, archaeologists have uncovered one of the defensive towers, sections of the fortress wall, and a significant number of artefacts, which confirms that the fortress was rebuilt at the beginning of the 3rd century BC, and abandoned in the 2nd century BC. In the upper layers of the inner-wall galleries, the team excavated coins of Euthydemus I, who ruled around 235-200 BC, whilst in the lower layers belonging to the early stage, weapons and a coin of the Alexander type were unearthed. In the outer gallery of the fortress wall adjacent to the north-eastern tower, a fragmented iron umbilicus of a firerah shield was also discovered.
CHINE – 
Sanxingdui - Archaeologists unveiled new major discoveries at six newly found sacrificial pits at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province, mostly from pits No. 3, No.4, No. 7 and No. 8. After a period of on-site work, pits No. 7 and No. 8 have been excavated to the utensil layer, where a large amount of ivory fragments were uncovered. The process of excavation at the No. 3 pit has entered the final stage with a new bronze sacred tree unearthed at the pit earlier and most of the cultural relics being cleaned and restored currently. The much anticipated archaeological excavation of the Sanxingdui Ruins site has been underway, with nearly 10,000 cultural relics dating back about 3,000 years unearthed so far, since the site announced the disc overy of six more pits in March.
TURQUIE – 
Domuztepe – A settlement and silo thought to date back 7,500 years have been unearthed during the latest excavations at Domuztepe Mound in the Türkoğlu district of southern Turkey’s Kahramanmaraş province. These important structures belonging to the pre-Sumerians, the pioneer group of the ancient Mesopotamian Sumer civilization. The team uncovered 20 square meters (215 square feet) of the village settlement in the excavation area during their work, Takin said, adding that they then discovered the silo, which has a diameter of 3 meters (nearly 10 feet). More details about the settlement will be revealed in the ongoing excavations,
https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/7500-year-old-settlement-found-in-turkeys-domuztepe-mound/news
FRANCE – 
Lion-sur-Mer - Des fouilles archéologiques ont mis au jour, à Lion-sur-Mer (Calvados), une vingtaine de tombes pouvant dater du XIe au XVIIIe siècle selon les premières estimations. L’étude des dépouilles devrait livrer un éclairage sur les individus et leur mode de vie. La taille de ces individus (et leur dentition) donne toutefois quelques indices. « Toutes les classes d’âge sont représentées, y compris des enfants.
INDE - Sivakalai - Carbon dating analysis of the rice with husk found in a burial urn in Sivakalai in Tirunelveli district has proved that the Tamirabarani civilisation dates back to 3,200 years. With the current findings, one can come to the conclusion that a matured civilisation existed along the river Porunai (Tamiraparani being the modern name), with Adhichanallur and Sivakalai as habitations and Korkai being the port.
VIET NAM – 
Vuon Chuôi - Le site archéologique de Vuon Chuôi (Bananeraie) se situe dans le hameau de Lai Xá, district de Hoài Ðuc, à Hanoï. C’est l’un des sites archéologiques les plus importants de la capitale et même du Vietnam. Selon les archéologues, cet endroit fut l’abri des anciens Vietnamiens pendant plus de 15 siècles, il y a entre 3.500 et 2.000 ans. Pour rappel, entre 2020 et 2021, le Service de la culture et des sports de Hanoï s’était coordonné avec l’Institut d’archéologie pour mener des fouilles de la moitié des superficies de la zone Est du site. Les fouilles menées ont révélé de nombreuses reliques aux empreintes culturelles des périodes Đông Đâu - Gò Mun - Đông Son, d’une grande valeur historique et culturelle. Lors de sa 10e fouille, menée par l’Institut national d’archéologie et le comité de gestion des sites historiques et touristiques de Hanoï, qui s’est déroulée du 13 mai au 31 juillet 2020, des dizaines de milliers de fragments de céramiques de la culture de Đông Son, vieille de 1.800 à 2.500 ans et qui a un lien étroit avec l’époque prospère des Hùng Vuong (rois fondateurs de la nation), ont été exhumés.Découverts dans les fosses H1 et H2, chacune de 50 m², sur le côté est du site, ces fragments ont été classifiés au service de la recherche. On y a également trouvé des objets en cuivre (hameçons et morceaux de petits fours) ainsi que des bijoux en pierre. En particulier, à proximité de la fosse H1, des vestiges de sépultures ont révélé des objets en pierre, céramique et bronze comme des bracelets, des brisures de jarres ou des lames de hache typiques de la culture de Đông Son. À cela s’ajoutent des traces de deux autres cultures plus anciennes : Gò Mun (il y a 2.500-3.000 ans) et Đông Đâu (3.000-3.500 ans).
https://fr.vietnamplus.vn/sous-les-vestiges-de-vuon-chuoi-plus-de-15-siecles-dhistoire/163678.vnp
