Archaeology News #7 Neanderthal Glue, Jade Mask, Pompeii Fresco & Mercury Head
In this edition of archaeology news:
Archaeologists discover:
Neanderthal stone tools, dated between 40,000 and 120,000 years old with traces of bitumen and ochre, suggesting use as an adhesive to attach a handle to the tools.
In the continuing excavation of the buried city of Pompei from the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption, archaeologists unearthed a new preserved fresco of the Roman myth of Phrixus and his sister Helle, fleeing their stepmother on a ram with a golden fleece.
In Guatemala, at an archaeological site called Chochkitam, a jade mask from a Mayan kings royal tomb was found, dated to around 350 CE.
In Kent, England, at a former Roman Britain site, archaeologists uncovered a rare ceramic broken figurine of the God Mercury. This is a rare find because most depictions of mercury are metallic, usually cast in bronze. Clay figurines of mercury are rare. Experts think it likely belonged to a civilian and was probably broken on purpose as a form of ritual.
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