Translation of Tiny Scroll Tucked Inside 1800-Year-Old Amulet todayheadline
Taking five or six years to read 18 lines of Latin might seem slow. But the painstaking effort was worthwhile, ...
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Stonehenge may have been built to unify people of ancient Britain todayheadline
The stones that make up Stonehenge came from all over BritainHeritage Image Partnership Ltd /Alamy Stonehenge may have been built ...
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Butchered bones tell of shocking massacre in prehistoric Britain todayheadline
An adult skull from the Charterhouse Warren mass grave in the UK, featuring cut marks and a blunt force fractureIan ...
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Bronze Age Bones Indicate Violent Death and Possible Cannibalism todayheadline
Researchers in England uncovered the skeletal remains of 37 Bronze Age individuals, and further analysis indicated that not only were ...
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Cracking a Neanderthal ‘Cold Case’ Dating Back 5,000 Years todayheadline
Archaeologists have investigated a Ukrainian site that might lend itself to a police procedural show — perhaps named CSI: Neanderthal.The ...
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Chamber in Manot Cave May Be The Earliest Ancient Ritual Site in Southwest Asia todayheadline
A cave in Israel may have once been a ritualistic gathering site for early humans some 35,000 years ago, likely ...
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Canines Were Human Companions 2,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought todayheadline
Scientists discovered evidence that North Americans tried to tame or domesticate canines 12,000 years ago.Analyzing biomarkers in a canine fossil ...
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A Giant Short-Faced Bear Once Stood 11 Feet Tall During the Ice Age todayheadline
Being a giant predator during the Pleistocene — from around 2.6 million years to about 11,000 years ago — was ...
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Two Different Early Human Species Walked the Same Lake 1.5 Million Years Ago todayheadline
About 1.5 million years ago, two different species of early man likely came within hours of passing each other on ...
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Hunter-gatherers built a massive fish trap in Belize 4000 years ago todayheadline
Satellite image showing channels that formed part of an ancient fishery, and Mayan sites nearbyGoogle Earth Archaeologists have discovered a ...
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