Search Results for: archaeology
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History/Mystery
Israeli Archaeologists Unveil Hellenistic Fortress Destroyed By Jewish Forces In 112 B.C.E.
Hasmonean ruler John Hyrcanus I, a nephew of Maccabean Revolt leader Judah Maccabee, razed the…
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History/Mystery
Researchers Confirm: The Largest Pyramid In Mexico Has Been Found
Researchers discover immense pyramid in Mexico, larger than Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Sun.
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History/Mystery
700,000-Year-Old Skull Found In Greece Completely Shatters ‘Out of Africa Theory’
The bone, found in a cave, is the oldest modern human fossil ever discovered in…
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History/Mystery
Rare Viking Sword Discovered In Grave On Scottish Island
The weapon is covered in rust and dirt, but a new X-ray analysis suggests it…
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History/Mystery
Bison In Canada Discover Ancient Petroglyphs, Fulfilling An Indigenous Prophecy
Reintroduced to Wanuskewin Heritage Park in 2019, the animals’ hooves uncovered four 1,000-year-old rock carvings
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History/Mystery
Stunning 2,700-Year-Old Sculpture Unearthed In Iraq
Archaeologists hope to reunite the 18-ton torso of the Assyrian deity with its head, severed…
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History/Mystery
Ancient DNA Charts Native Americans’ Journeys To Asia Thousands of Years Ago
Analysis of ten Eurasian individuals, up to 7,500 years old, gives a new picture of…
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History/Mystery
Famed 5,300 Year Old Alps Iceman Was A Balding Middle-Aged Man With Dark Skin & Eyes
Genetic analysis shows that Ötzi was descended from farmers who migrated from an area that…
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History/Mystery
Filmmakers Stumble Upon 128 Year Old Shipwreck In Lake Huron
Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick set out to make a documentary about invasive quagga mussels…
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Science & Tech
A Mysterious 25,000 Year Old Structure Built of The Bones of 60 Mammoths
The purpose of such an elaborate structure remains a big open question
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History/Mystery
Prehistoric Humans May Have Dug Up Bodies To Make Tools
A study of bones from a Spanish cave suggests humans might have fashioned tools from…
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History/Mystery
About 1,000 People Remained On Earth 900,000 Years Ago
A new study published claims that human ancestors teetered on the brink of extinction over…
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History/Mystery
Mysterious 3,800-Year-Old Canaanite Arch & Stairway Unearthed In Israel
Researchers don’t know the purpose of the brick arch, which leads to a set of…
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History/Mystery
Archaeologists Discover More Than 100 Ancient Drawings In A Spanish Cave
Many of the works, estimated to be at least 24,000 years old, employ a rare…
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History/Mystery
The ‘Passage To The Underworld’ Discovered Beneath The Pyramid of The Moon In Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán’s underground world: Mexican researchers traced a cave buried 10 meters beneath the Pyramid of…
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History/Mystery
DNA From 17th-Century Teeth Confirms Cause of London’s Great Plague
Skeletons excavated from a mass grave during London’s Crossrail project yield new clues about the…
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History/Mystery
Archaeologists Unearth Four 1,900-Year-Old Roman Swords in Israeli Cave
Jewish rebels may have hidden the weapons away from the Roman army in the second…
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History/Mystery
Humanity’s First Recorded Kiss Was Earlier Than We Thought
Ancient texts suggest romantic smooching, and likely the diseases it transmitted, were widespread in Mesopotamia
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History/Mystery
Historians Discover ‘Remarkably Intact’ Shipwreck, Undisturbed Beneath Lake Michigan For 142 Years
Built for cross-lake grain trade, the poorly maintained schooner met its watery end in 1881
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History/Mystery
Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple?
Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey’s stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the…