2,000-Year-Old Elongated Skull Shows Signs of “Advanced” Craniotomy
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What do we know about elongated skulls? The tradition of skull elongation was widespread in many cultures in different eras….
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New Dating Method Rewrites History of Humans in Africa
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Archaeologists have clarified the dating of the Omo I fossils, which are considered by some scientists to be the oldest…
Scientists Use Technology To Unwrap Exquisitely Preserved Ancient Egyptian Mummy
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Who was Amenhotep I? In the era of the New Kingdom, that is, during the heyday of the ancient Egyptian…
Researchers Find Incredibly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Inside Fossilized Egg
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Paleontologists have described a fossilized dinosaur egg with a perfectly preserved embryo inside. The find suggests that the embryos of…
41,500-Year-Old Artifact is World’s Oldest Ornate Jewelry
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Archaeologists in Poland have discovered two fragments of an ancient pendant with dotted patterns and a broken bone awl. Direct…
Largest Prehistoric Structure in Britain Confirmed By Experts
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In 2020, British explorers stumbled upon a complex of more than 20 giant prehistoric pits by complete accident. A year…
Egyptologists Find Surprising Ancient Temple of One of the Last Rulers
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Archaeologists excavating the ancient Heliopolis on the territory of Cairo discovered parts of an ancient Egyptian temple built during the…
Long-Lost Island of Gold Reappears in Indonesia—Here’s What We Know So Far
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А team of underwater archaeologists conducting a survey on the island of Sumatra discovered a large number of gold objects…
Laser-Mapping Unveils 500 Previously Unknown Ancient Monuments
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An international team of researchers using surface laser scanning technology (LIDAR) have discovered 478 Mesoamerican monuments in southern Mexico, including…
Discovery of Ancient Pre-Inca Tombs May Rewrite History of Peru
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Archaeologists have discovered the remains of 29 people during excavations in the northern part of Peru. Three of them belonged…
Archaeologists Discover Intricate 11,000-Year-Old Pillars Near Gobekli Tepe
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Archaeologists have discovered that the 11,000-year-old Karahantepe complex in Turkey was used for ceremonial activities before it was deliberately buried…
12,000-Year-Old Dog Remains Rewrite History of Human Presence In Central America
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Paleozoologists have examined a fragment of an ancient coyote jaw discovered in the 1990s during excavations in northeastern Costa Rica….
New Study Challenges Mainstream Theory on the Origin Of Native American Populations
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Paleoanthropologists studied the morphology of the teeth of the Ainu people and the inhabitants of Japan of the Jomon period…
Researchers Find 6 Million-Year-Old Ancient Human Footprints in Europe
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An international team of scientists has re-analyzed fossil footprints that were left by a primitive man on the territory of…
Scientists Say Finding Dinosaur DNA Not Impossible
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Chinese paleontologists have announced the discovery of a cell nucleus containing chromatin in the fossilized cartilage of the Early Cretaceous…
Emerald Discovery Awakens Myth of Legendary City of El Dorado
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Colombian archaeologists have discovered eight clay jugs filled with metal figurines and emeralds during the excavation of an ancient temple….
Discovery Rewrites History of Human Presence in the Americas
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Paleoanthropologists from the United Kingdom and the United States have found 61 distinct human footprints in Pleistocene deposits in New…
Mayans Built Pyramids Using Volcanic Ash
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Archaeologists presented the results of a study of a unique ancient Mayan pyramid. It turned out that the Indians left…
Collection of Tools Used for Ancient Egyptian Rituals Unearthed
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During excavations in northern Egypt, at the site of the ancient city of Buto, archaeologists have discovered objects associated with…
Tools Used to Create Clothes 120,000 Years Ago Found by Experts
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Archaeologists have discovered the oldest evidence of the manufacture of clothing in the Moroccan Contrebandiers Cave. They found bone tools…
Aztec Discovery Rewrites History of Spanish Conquests
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Mexican archaeologists reported incredible discoveries made during excavations of the Aztec city of Tlatelolco. They discovered 36 burials, six of…
First Ancient American Civilization Were Skilled Engineers
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The indigenous people of the New World who inhabited the Poverty Point region of northeastern Louisiana more than three thousand…