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The damage was allegedly caused in 2016 or 2017 at Herdade das Atafonas, where the company Nogam is engaged in intensive walnut farming.
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The Pombal City Council, in the Leiria district, wants the Roman ruins of Telhada, located in the parish of Vermoil, to be classified as a site of public interest, describing them as 'an important testimony of Roman occupation in the territory'.
One of the initiatives, taking place next Sunday, is titled 'From preventive archaeology to urban art: a path traced by the Blue Line' and proposes a meeting with archaeologists and Vaco Maio.
Two dolmens and a Roman villa were destroyed for the planting of walnut trees in Évora. The case will be referred to the Public Prosecutor's Office and the local authority has already opened an internal inquiry.
An overview of the historical and cultural influence of the Arab presence in Portugal.
Research into 57 graves from 3,500 years ago found more goods deposited with women than with men and verified that burial with weapons was not exclusively male.
An archaeologist studied data from the excavations of 57 tombs, and her findings lead her to argue, like other colleagues, that women in Bronze Age society may have held more prestige than previously thought.
The vessel, discovered in 2023 in the Lima River, has begun to be studied with the goal of developing a conservation plan, a process that will still take several years.
The State wants to deepen underwater archaeological research in the north of the country, an area still “little explored”, the coordinator of the National Centre for Nautical and Underwater Archaeology (CNANS), of the Cultural Heritage Institute, revealed to Lusa today.
On Tuesday, June 2, the Algarve Archaeological Association (AAA) will be presenting two lectures, in English, by Dr Anna Rufà. The first lecture will be at 2.30pm at the Museu do Traje The post Bones and feathers: recreating how prehistoric people used small game during Prehistory appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Research carried out in Portugal suggests that early human populations adjusted their movement patterns during the Palaeolithic era as a survival strategy against seismic activity.
The preliminary results of the maritime and underwater archaeology work will be presented on May 29th at 5:30 PM at the Viana do Castelo Library.
Unlike what happened with the almond grove planting in 2017, De Prado Portugal has hired a company to conduct an archaeological survey of the land where the olive grove will be installed.
Material remains associated with the former “Frigideira” (Frying Pan), a punishment cell at the Tarrafal concentration camp in Cape Verde, have been identified during ongoing archaeological excavations, the archipelago's government announced.
Vestiges from the Roman era were identified during archaeological excavations carried out for a residential real estate project in Marvila. These are new pieces in the history of Lisbon's occupation.
Remains of the former São Bento convent and the first market of Viana do Castelo still persist and will be affected by the construction of the market.
The local municipality has submitted the archaeological site of Citânia de Briteiros as a candidate for the 'New 7 Wonders of Portugal' competition.
The archaeological site of Estoi, one of the most visited in the Algarve, is closing for the refurbishment of the interpretation centre and to improve accessibility to the national monument.
In Portugal this Friday to give a lecture for the International Day for Monuments and Sites, Isabel Izquierdo, director of the National Archaeological Museum of Spain, spoke exclusively with Expresso about “the work, the present and the future”
The archaeological classification of 'Fonte do Soldado' is due to “several particularities” of the settlement discovered halfway between the hillforts of Ul and Recarei, according to the Azeméis municipality.
The Carthaginians were known for using elephants as 'war machines' in their armies.
In this episode of ‘Histórias de Lisboa’, journalist Miguel Franco de Andrade speaks with archaeologist Lídia Fernandes, Coordinator of the Roman Theatre Museum, about the monument that is a “sleeping giant” on the hill of the Lisbon Castle.
This Thursday at 7 pm, artificial light will illuminate the rock art of Alcongosta. The Santa Bárbara engravings prove the central role of Cova da Beira in prehistory.
From the burial site to the bullet near the chest, everything suggests that the skeleton found under the floor of a church belongs to the world's most famous musketeer. The researcher is awaiting DNA tests.
