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Professor Bruno David (L) and Uncle Russell Mullett (R) pictured in the cave.
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12,000-year-old ritual passed down 500 generations may be world’s oldest
Statues depicting the high dignitary and scribe Nefer and his wife (Abusir, Egypt).
Martin Frouz/Archive of Czech Institute of Egyptology; Faculty of Arts; Charles University
Skeletons reveal what life was like for elite scribes in ancient Egypt
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Valentín Villaverde
Ancient bone could reveal how Neanderthals cared for a child with Down syndrome
After the Kyrenia's discovery off the north coast of Cyprus in 1965, a team led by the late marine archaeologist Michael Katzev excavated the wreck in the late ’60s.
Kyrenia Ship Excavation
Decades after the famed Kyrenia shipwreck’s discovery, researchers have a new estimate of when it sank
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Berger et al.
Discovery of a Bronze Age dye workshop reveals secrets of history’s most precious pigment
EASTER ISLAND, CHILE: Picture of some of the 390 abandoned huge statues (moais in Rapa Nui language), in the hillside of the Rano Raraku volcano in Easter Island, 3700 km off the coast of Chile, 12 February 2005. The Chilean island, located in the Polynesian archipielago, has many archeological sites and its Rapa Nui National Park is included on UNESCO's World Heritage Site list since 1995. AFP PHOTO/MARTIN BERNETTI (Photo credit should read MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Satellite imagery may provide a missing puzzle piece in Easter Island saga
The site is one of the oldest shipwrecks discovered in the region, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Emil Eljam/Israel Antiquities Authority
Newly discovered 3,300-year-old shipwreck ‘changes the understanding’ of sailing in ancient world
ERCOLANO, ITALY - 2024/06/19: (EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts death.) A view of the ancient beach, with the skeletons of the fugitive victims of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, open to the public for the first time, in the archaeological excavations of Herculaneum. (Photo by Marco Cantile/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Ancient beach destroyed by Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD reopens after restoration
Portrait of American author and filmmaker Zora Neale Hurston (1903-1960), late 1930s or early 1940s. She studied anthropology under scholar Franz Boas and wrote several novels drawing heavily on her knowledge of human development and the African American experience in America. She is best known for 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Opinion: Juneteenth, Haiti and the power of reinvention
The bottles were discovered during a revitalization project at the home.
Courtesy Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
35 bottles from the 18th century filled with cherries unearthed by archeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon
British polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922) leaves London on the converted Norwegian sealer 'Quest' on his final voyage to the Antarctic with the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, 17th September 1921. He died of a heart attack in South Georgia and was buried there. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Newly discovered polar shipwreck may contain intriguing artifacts
In this undated photo provided by the Greek Culture Ministry on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, the ruins of a 4,000-year-old hilltop building newly discovered on the island of Crete are seen from above. The wheel-shaped structure is puzzling archaeologists and threatening to disrupt a major airport project on the tourism-reliant island. Greece's Culture Ministry said Tuesday that it's a "unique and extremely interesting find" from Crete's Minoan civilisation, famous for its sumptuous palaces, flamboyant art and enigmatic writing system. (Greek Culture Ministry via AP)
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Greek archaeologists discover mysterious 4,000-year-old building on hill earmarked for new airport
CHICHEN ITZA, MEXICO - SEPTEMBER 29: A general view of the El Castillo pyramid on September 30, 2018 in Chichen Itza, Mexico. Chichen Itza was one of the largest Maya cities and it was likely to have been one of the mythical great cities, or Tollans, referred to in later Mesoamerican literature. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images for Lumix)
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Who were the victims of Maya sacrifice? Ancient DNA reveals an unexpected finding
Archaeologists found Roman coins at the site.
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‘Incredibly fascinating’ Roman, Iron Age and Bronze Age settlements unearthed in UK dig
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Kévin Cahail
The original occupant of an Egyptian sarcophagus was unknown. Then a tiny ornament revealed a very big name
From Seattle to Mexico, soon, pieces of pottery and other household items that are thousands of years old will be headed home.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On Tuesday, at the Mexican consulate in Seattle, Homeland Security Investigations special agents started unwrapping an unsuspecting box.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Inside, wrapped in tissue paper sat artifacts estimated to be thousands of years old.
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Ancient artifacts brought to Seattle decades ago returned to Mexico, Homeland Security officials say