Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago.
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Jan 11, 2024
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Conflict has existed throughout human history, and it has often been violent. Attacks, assassinations, raids, ambushes, and vendettas feature in archaeological records almost as far back as the origin of humankind itself. ...
Archaeology
Jan 11, 2024
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The North Arabian Desert oases were inhabited by sedentary populations in the 4th and 3rd millennia BCE. A fortification enclosing the Khaybar Oasis—one of the longest known going back to this period—has just been revealed ...
Archaeology
Jan 10, 2024
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Rock art is one of the most intriguing records of the human past—it directly represents how our ancestors viewed their world. This provides a fundamentally different perspective compared to other archaeological items, such ...
Archaeology
Jan 9, 2024
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The spectacular explosion of the mine at Hawthorn Ridge—a fortified German front-line position in the First World War—marked the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, and remains one of the best-known pieces of film from ...
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Jan 8, 2024
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Teotihuacan was one of the largest metropolitan centers in ancient Mesoamerica in the pre-Columbian era. Six ancient individuals unearthed from the Teotihuacan between the third and seventh centuries AD were examined in a ...
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Jan 8, 2024
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Douglas Boin, Ph.D., a professor of history at Saint Louis University, made a major announcement at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, revealing he and his team discovered an ancient Roman temple ...
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Jan 5, 2024
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A breakthrough achieved by researchers from four Israeli universities—Tel Aviv University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan University and Ariel University—will enable archaeologists to identify burnt materials ...
Archaeology
Jan 4, 2024
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Nicholas Copernicus was the astronomer who, five centuries ago, explained that Earth revolves around the sun, rather than vice versa. A true Renaissance man, he also practiced as a mathematician, engineer, author, economic ...
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Jan 4, 2024
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An early medieval cemetery has been discovered within the grounds of Fonmon Castle, near Barry, South Wales.
Archaeology
Jan 4, 2024
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