Researchers Explore Ancient Maya City That Sank Into a Sacred Lake
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Centuries ago, a complex Mayan city was established in the middle of a sacred lake called Lake Atitlán. Its builders…
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Neanderthal Complex and Complicated Pattern of Extinction Revealed
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Archaeologists have studied stone tools found in northern Spain at the site of Aranbaltza II and have come to the…
Mystery Sarcophagus Found Beneath Notre Dame Cathedral
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French archaeologists conducting excavations in Notre Dame Cathedral found several burials made no later than the 18th century. Among them…
Long-Lost Shipwreck Off Antarctic Coast Found
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A team of researchers from the Falkland Islands Maritime Heritage Foundation announced the discovery of the Endurance, the search for…
Researchers Find 9,000-Year-Old Site With Hundreds of Ancient Artifacts in Jordan
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic: Overview Archaeologists identify a special era in the Middle East – the pre-pottery Neolithic (about 10-6.5 thousand years…
3,600-Year-Old Advanced Ancient Settlement Found in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula
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Experts have made an entirely unexpected discovery in Qatar — during the search for underground water sources in the eastern…
A Comet Explosion 1,500 Years Ago Destroyed Ancient Settlements Across North America
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Some 1,500 years ago, a comet crossing into the inner solar system got too close for comfort to our planet….
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….
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…