# @hyperallergic on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSDWQ0IEnm5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37787479-hyperallergic-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-09T18:12:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hyperallergic (@hyperallergic) — https://gondola.cc/hyperallergic

## Caption

Archaeologists digging beneath the 19th-century Palace of Westminster, home to the UK’s Parliament, unearthed scores of artifacts dating back 6,000 years.

As part of a three-year investigation that will inform upcoming restoration work, archaeologists discovered 60 flint flakes they believe were used as tools around 4,300 BCE during the Mesolithic or early Neolithic period. The archaeologists also uncovered additional items, including 800-year-old footwear and a 19th-century beer jug. The group noted that the flint artifacts predate Stonehenge's earliest earthworks by 1,000 years. 

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London's Palace of Westminster (photo Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images) 

#UK #ParliamentBuilding #Westminster #Archeology

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archeology, parliamentbuilding, uk, westminster

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