Ridiculously cute prehistoric animal-shaped baby bottles found in Europe
For the first time, researchers have analyzed residue within small clay bottles with spouts dating back to the Neolithic era thousands of years ago, and...
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200-Year-Old Miniature Coffins Found In Scotland Confound Researchers
Though they were first discovered in a Scottish cave in 1836 by local schoolchildren, they remain a mystery nearly 200 years later, with various theories,...
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Scientific expedition searches for a lost Mayan city known as ‘the white jaguar’
Somewhere in the deep jungle of Southern Mexico, an ancient Mayan city known as “the white jaguar” has lain undisturbed since it was abandoned hundreds...
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The face of a man found in a ‘six-headed burial’ in Scotland is revealed
Between 1994 and 2007, archaeologists began excavating around the ancient Pictish church of St. Colman at Portmahomack, which is located in northeast Scotland. What they found intrigued them: An...
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Archaeologists uncover burned ruins of ancient Turkish city sacked by the Hittites 3,500 years ago
Archaeologists from the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute have uncovered the burned ruins of a city sacked by the Hittites 3,500 years ago during the...
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Portals To The Dead And Magical Artifacts — Inside A Viking House
While we know a great deal about the Vikings thanks to books, documentaries, and other sources of information, what do we really know about how...
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Humans were already screwing up the planet 3,000 years ago, archaeologists conclude in new study
A massive global study by archaeologists has revealed that humans began seriously screwing up the Earth thousands of years earlier than we thought. When we...
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Stunning 16,000-year-old find in Idaho confirms: Humans arrived in North America earlier than once believed
For decades, archaeologists have believed that the earliest humans in North America were the prehistoric Clovis Paleo Indians, who supposedly crossed a land bridge between...
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Dinosaurs once thrived in North America, coinciding with a dramatic jump in one vital element
There was a time millions of years ago when dinosaurs roamed the land and thrived across North America, even into the tropics. Just imagine for...
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Couple with metal detector finds priceless coin hoard dating to William the Conqueror
The year 1066 is one of the most important in the history of the United Kingdom and the British monarchy as William the Conqueror defeated...
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Why were hundreds of children sacrificed in ancient Peru?
Upon first finding the children’s bodies, archaeologists who discovered them must have been stunned, bewildered, and saddened. Why would anyone ever ritually sacrifice hundreds of...
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Prehistoric monoliths found in central France for the first time
Archaeologists in France have uncovered rare monolith stones for the first time in the central part of the country at a site containing a skeleton...
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2,800 year old stone altar found in Jordan provides evidence of biblical warfare
A 2,800 year-old stone artifact found in Jordan during an excavation at a Moabite sanctuary in the ancient city of Ataroth in Jordan is providing...
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5,000-year-old megaliths reminiscent of Stonehenge found after waters recede in Spain
This has been one of the hottest and driest summers on record across Europe, and a drought across portions of the continent has devastated farmers....
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The Vikings saved Ireland from a steep 10th century population decline, researchers say
An archaeological team from Queen’s University Belfast has discovered that the Vikings saved Ireland during a steep population decline lasting nearly 300 years in first...
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The ancient Egyptians may have used infrasound to create altered states of consciousness in the pyramids
The Egyptian pyramids are miracles of construction and scientific achievement, which is even more amazing when you consider that they were built thousands of years...
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Ancient UK shipbuilding site suggests Stone Age humans were far more advanced than previously thought
In yet another stunning find by archaeologists across the pond in the United Kingdom, pieces of lumber submerged off the coast of the Isle of...
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Scientists analyze ancient human bones at India’s Skeleton Lake and find DNA from over 3,500 miles away
High in the Himalayan Mountains lies India’s mysterious Roopkund Lake, which is also eerily known as Skeleton Lake, due to the fact that the bones...
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Archaeologists race the clock to excavate an Iron Age hill fort used by the Romans before it collapses into the sea
Water and erosion can be helpful to archaeologists by revealing the best places to excavate, but it can also be a curse, which is why...
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Archaeologists claim to have found witch-goddess Circe’s cave featured in Homer’s epic ‘The Odyssey’
Homer’s epic “The Odyssey” straddles the line between myth and history, but a team of researchers believe they have found the cave location that inspired...
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The Mayan elites built a wall around a city, leaving lower classes to fend for themselves
There has long been a mystery around a structure surrounding one of the most important Mayan archaeological sites in Mexico: A two-mile long wall that...
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The face of one of Scotland’s oldest ancient Druids has finally been reconstructed
For years, the The University of Edinburgh’s Anatomical Museum has called her “Hilda,” and kept her skull for a very important and historical reason: She...
