Archaeology

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4,000 year old shrine, including three burial mounds and a solar calendar, found near Tiel, 2023
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4,000 year old open-air shrine found near Tiel
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De Nieuwe Kerk on Dam Square in Amsterdam
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Archaeological dig around Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk ahead of foundation strengthening
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Homes on the Rottum mound
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15th century cemetery discovered in Rottum; 31 skeletons found so far
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A hallway inside the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam. 2018
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Allard Pierson Museum investigating how 19,000 archaeological objects were obtained
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The Nieuwe Kerk, or New Church, on Markt Square in Delft
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Expanding royal family's crypt in Delft proves more expensive than planned
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Archaeology
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Oldest grave in the Netherlands, from 7600 B.C., found in Noord-Brabant
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First Dutch Neanderthal gets facial reconstruction
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Video: Face reconstructed from skull of first Dutch Neanderthal
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The old port of Schokland in the Noordoostpolder
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Four submerged villages found in Noordoostpolder
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The location of a Spanish fort used in the 1573-1574 Siege of Leiden during the Eighty Years’ War. October 2020
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Leiden archaeologists find 16th Century Spanish fort used during 80 Years’ War
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Brown bear bones found in Zeeland
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Oldest hominid engravings found by Leiden Univ. team
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1500 yr old coins found in Utrecht
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Leiden researchers robbed of Syrian artifacts