Archaeologists uncover Celtic smelting furnace in Poland that pre-dates Jesus
Archaeologists in Poland made a delightful and exciting find near the city of Warkocz by excavating a Celtic iron smelting furnace that pre-dates Jesus, a...
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World’s oldest chess piece could be a rook dating back to the 7th century
The game of chess has been around for a very long time, both fascinating and frustrating players of every age for 1,500 years. Now, one...
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Study finds that inbreeding and other demographic problems alone could have wiped out Neanderthals
Humans may not have been responsible for the ultimate extinction of the Neanderthals according to a new study by Dutch researchers who wanted to know...
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5,000-year-old Peruvian pyramid yields grisly clues of human sacrifice
When they found a mysterious pyramid structure in Peru recently, archaeologists knew they had located something of incredible significance, but upon closer inspection, they came...
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Bizarre Stone Age jewelry made from human teeth found in ancient Turkish city
Archaeologists were recently working in the ancient Turkish city of Çatalhöyük when they happened upon a startling sight: Human teeth that had been modified in...
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7,000-year-old monument three times bigger than Stonehenge discovered in Poland
A huge Stone Age monument has been discovered in Poland, and researchers report the site is 360 feet in diameter, making it three times larger...
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Study suggests Neanderthals were wiped out by a common childhood ear infection
Of all the possible ways the Neanderthals may have gone extinct, it turns out that it may have been as simple as a common childhood...
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Unusual twin Viking boat graves discovered in Norway by archaeologists
Archaeologists made a fascinating find in Norway recently by uncovering not just one ancient Viking boat grave, but two. And the mysterious bit is that...
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Infants found buried in Ecuador were wearing ‘helmets’ made from other children’s skulls
Salango is located on the coast of central Ecuador, and archaeologists recently made an astonishing find there: Two infants who had been buried approximately 2,100...
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Have the tools used to build ancient monuments been staring us in the face all along?
One main reason why we remain fascinated by ancient structures today is the mystery of how often massive stones were cut and fitted together with...
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Researchers reveal 143 new Nazca Lines of strange humanoid beings and a two-headed ‘snake’
A team of researchers from Yamagata University, along with IBM researchers, has found 143 new Nazca Lines in Peru with the help of A.I. technology....
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New study reveals what brought down the powerful Assyrian empire
For 1,400 years, the ancient Assyrian empire dominated the Middle East ruling an area stretching from Turkey to Egypt and east to Iran through what...
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Archaeologists apply radar tech to study ‘ghost footprints’ of ancient humans and animals
Unbeknownst to most of us, there are ancient footprints right under our feet beneath the ground we continue to walk on today, and now scientists...
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Ancient warrior woman found buried with rare jewelry created during the Roman Empire
A tomb containing a 2,000-old-year old skeleton was recently unearthed in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, and it appears the remains are of an ancient...
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Giant mammoth traps uncovered outside of Mexico City with multiple skeletons inside
For the first time, archaeologists in Mexico have found direct evidence that ancient humans actually engineered traps to hunt and kill woolly mammoths to butcher...
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Study reveals ancient humans migrated to the Levant from Europe 40,000 years ago
A study of ancient teeth belonging to modern humans and Neanderthals of the Aurignacian culture at Manot Cave in Israel is shedding new light on...
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What became of the Siberian unicorns that once walked the Earth?
There are few creatures surrounded by more mystery, wonder, and fascination than unicorns. Some say they existed and then died out. Others insist unicorns are...
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Researchers find one of the last necklaces made by Neanderthals featuring eagle talons
An excavation in a cave occupied by Neanderthals in Spain has uncovered what is considered to be the last necklace ever made by our distant...
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Mysterious Aztec carvings found in tunnel beneath Mexico City
Mysterious carvings from the time of the Aztecs were recently discovered in Mexico City in a very unlikely place: In a tunnel that dates back...
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Stone circle dating to the Bronze Age found hidden in British forest
A British archaeologist recently made an incredible discovery in a forest: A 4.000-year-old stone circle, the first of its kind found in Gloucestershire, the Daily...
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Archaeology sheds new light on the bloody battle that changed the course of England forever
When it comes to royal mysteries, not much compares to the Battle of Bosworth and the death of King Richard III during the Wars of...
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Mysterious medieval skeletons found at the Tower of London for the first time since the 1970s
An amazing rare find at the Tower of London was made by archaeologists earlier this month when they unearthed the complete skeletons of a medieval...
