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DNA Has Finally Revealed The Mysterious Origins of The Ancient Etruscans
DNA evidence has finally ended the debate about where the ancient Etruscans – an ancient civilization whose remains are found in Italy – came from.
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An Ancient Tablet, Stolen Then Acquired By Hobby Lobby, Will Be Returned To Iraq
Known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, it was looted from Iraq and made its way through several hands before Hobby Lobby purchased it for the Museum of the Bible in 2014.
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A giant space rock demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city and everyone in it – possibly inspiring the Biblical story of Sodom
New research suggests that fire from the sky in the form of a small asteroid annihilated a city near the Dead Sea 3,600 years ago.
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Scientists find evidence of humans making clothes 120,000 years ago
Tools and bones in Moroccan cave could be some of earliest evidence of the hallmark human behaviour
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Astonishing Earthen Structures Showcase Early Native Americans' Engineering Skills
Poverty Point in northern Louisiana is one of the first US civilizations on record, inhabited by a community of Native Americans as early as 1700 BCE. In a new study, researchers have shown these inhabitants to be highly skilled engineers, rather tha
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Who were the Toaleans? Ancient woman's DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost culture
The first ancient human DNA from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi — and the wider Wallacea islands group — sheds light on the early human history of the region.
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Archaeologists unearth Nazi-era massacre in Poland’s ‘Death Valley’
Bullets, wedding rings pinpoint World War II execution grounds
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The First Excavations Near The Mysterious Arthur's Stone Have Revealed Its True Origin
Archaeologists have finally figured out how Arthur's Stone, the famous Neolithic monument that inspired the 'stone table' in The Chronicles of Narnia, came to be.
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1,000-year-old remains in Finland may be non-binary iron age leader
DNA suggests body buried in feminine attire with swords had Klinefelter syndrome, researchers say
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Why Did the Maya Abandon Their Once-Bustling Cities?
New research may shed more light on the ancient civilization's 'collapse.'
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Australian mathematician discovers applied geometry engraved on 3,700-year-old tablet
Old Babylonian tablet likely used for surveying uses Pythagorean triples at least 1,000 years before Pythagoras
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Scientists in Morocco unearth Stone Age hand-axe site dating back 1.3 million years
Archaeologists in Morocco have announced the discovery of North Africa's oldest Stone Age hand-axe manufacturing site, dating back 1.3 million years, an international team reported Wednesday.
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Archaeologists “flabbergasted” to find Cerne Giant’s origins are medieval
"Everyone was wrong, and that makes these results even more exciting."
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Tiny Snails Help Solve a Giant Mystery
Archaeologists may finally know the age and true identity of the “Rude Man,” also known as the Cerne Abbas Giant, one of dozens of geoglyphs etched into the British countryside.
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5,000-year-old hunter-gatherer is earliest person to die with the plague
Remains of man found in Latvia had DNA fragments and proteins of bacterium that causes plague
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Friday essay: how our new archaeological research investigates Dark Emu's idea of Aboriginal 'agriculture' and villages
We have found 140 quarry sites, where rock was excavated to make seed grinding stones, in the Channel Country of Central Australia. It's part of a major project testing Bruce Pascoe's hypothesis.
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Stonehenge research at risk if Sheffield archaeology unit closes, say experts
University of Sheffield’s archaeology team argue vital work will be lost if threatened closure goes ahead
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Vesuvius ancient eruption rescuer identified at Herculaneum, says expert
A body found at Herculaneum may have been part of Pliny the Elder's team sent to rescue residents.
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Child's burial 78,000 years ago in Kenya was a Homo sapiens milestone
It is a scene that exudes sadness: a child perhaps 2-1/2 or 3 years old buried in a shallow grave under the sheltered overhang of a cave, head resting on a pillow and the upper part of the body carefully wrapped in a shroud.
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Remains of nine Neanderthals found in cave south of Rome
Italian archaeologists believe most of Neanderthals were killed by hyenas then dragged back to den
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