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The Fisher Kings
Along southern Florida’s coast, the ancient Calusa constructed an entire island of shell and defied the Spanish Conquest.
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[Göbekli Tepe] World’s Oldest Temple to Be Restored
An ancient site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey has rewritten the early history of civilization. By Andrew Curry.
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Early Egyptian Queen Revealed in 5,000-Year-Old Hieroglyphs
Sprawling hieroglyphs dating back around 5,000 years have been discovered in Egypt's Sinai Desert. Carved into stone, the symbols reveal secrets of the early pharaohs, including a queen named Neith-Hotep who ruled Egypt. By Owen Jarus.
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How a Mathematical Superstition Stultified Algebra for Over a Thousand Years
Like most people, my high-school training in mathematics involved next-to-no history, barely touching on the names of a few mathematicians, like Pythagoras, and their theorems. I graduated only vaguely aware that geometry came from ancient Greece and algebra came from the Babylonians... By Robert Coolman.
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Mystery of Rapa Nui: What really happened at Easter Island?
The Rapa Nui people, who have lived on Easter Island since before Europeans arrived, accomplished incredible feats of engineering. But some centuries ago, their numbers dwindled. What kickstarted the collapse of this civilization? By Eva Botkin-Kowacki.
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Thoth’s Pill
An Animated History of Writing
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Museum of Lost Objects: The Winged Bull of Nineveh
One year ago a man took a pneumatic drill to the statue of a winged bull at the gates of the ancient city of Nineveh, near Mosul in modern Iraq. It's one of countless treasures destroyed by vandals, militants or military action in the region in the last 15 years. Kanishk Tharoor and Maryam Maruf tell the first of 10 stories about ancient objects that have now been lost.
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Photographer Documents the Architectural Details of Ceilings in Iran
Instagram photographer m1rasoulifard captures the structural and artistic intricacies of iran's most renowned places of worship and cultural complexes.
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Museum of Lost Objects: The Temple of Bel
When the so called Islamic State group took control of Palmyra, it destroyed the 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel and executed the man who looked after it.
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Rare example of lost language found on stone hidden 2,500 years ago
This could change our understanding of the mysterious Etruscan civilization in Italy. By Annalee Newitz.
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Thousands of Ancient Petroglyphs, ‘Dramatic’ Solar Calendar Reported in N. Arizona
Archaeologists have uncovered a trove of previously undocumented rock art in northern Arizona, including a prehistoric solar calendar that has been marking the seasons for more than 700 years.
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These Photos Show Why Protecting Ancient Stone Structures Is So Important
Elaine Ling considers herself an old soul, which may explain why she’s long been drawn to some of the oldest human creations on the planet: ancient stones... By Jordan G. Teicher.
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The First Roman Fonts
The story of the first roman fonts, from Sweynheym & Pannartz to Aldus Manutius. By John Boardley.
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It’s Time These Ancient Women Scientists Get Their Due
Women are woven deeply into the history of science, stretching back to ancient Egypt, over 4,000 years ago. But because their contributions often go unacknowledged, they fade into obscurity—and the threads of their influence today aren’t as apparent as they ought to be. By Emily Temple-Wood.
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El Chichon Eruption Implicated in Mayan Upheaval
Scientists think they can now tie the disruption that hit Mayan civilisation in the 6th Century to an eruption of the El Chichon volcano.
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Discovery of 4,500-year-old female mummy sheds light on ancient Peru
Archaeologists say the mummified remains, found near one of the oldest cities in the Americas, probably belong to a noblewoman aged 40 to 50. By Alan Yuhas. (Apr. 23)
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Rare example of lost language found on stone hidden 2500 years ago
The ancient Etruscan civilization, whose great cities dotted the west coast of Italy between 2800 and 2400 years ago, was in many ways the model for ancient Greece and Rome. Etruscans lived in city states with sumptuous palaces, beautiful art, and a complicated social structure. But we know almost nothing about their daily lives, in part because most of their writing was recorded on perishable objects like cloth or wax tablets.
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Stonehenge, Easter Island, Venice: Climate Change Will Destroy Human History
Beloved World Heritage sites all over the world might disappear forever, thanks to climate change. By Sarah Emerson. (May 26)
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Indus era 8,000 years old, not 5,500; ended because of weaker monsoon
The researchers said they found evidence to suggest the civilisation flourished around 8,000 BC, not 5,500 as was believed. By Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey. (May 29)
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The Mystery of Kumari Kandam
Kumari Kandam is the legendary lost continent of Lemuria, the center of Tamil Civilization, which existed in the Indian Ocean. By R.S. Pandey.
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