5,500-Year-Old Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of a Massive Asteroid

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For more than 150 years scientists have tried to solve the mystery of a notorious cuneiform clay tablet that reveals that in the past the …

100-million-year old giant sperm found trapped in amber

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The world’s oldest animal sperm has been found in a tiny crustacean trapped in Amber about 100 million years ago in Myanmar by the international …

Skeletons Found Under a Florida Wine Shop May Be Some of America’s First Colonists

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Historians recently announced in Florida that several small children’s bones buried beneath underneath the last place one might think to look: a wine shop. However, …

A farmer discovers an Ice Age cave hidden under his field that is over 11,000 years old

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A farmer discovered an Ice Age cave that was naturally formed and used by humans. Adam Bryczek had been roaming his land near the town …

7,000-Year-Old Native American ‘Bog Burial’ Found Off the Coast of Florida

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The 167 bodies discovered in a pond in Windover, Florida started to stir up excitement in the archaeological world only after the bones were declared …

King Tutankhamun and the Mummy’s Curse That Killed Nine Explorers

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Tυtankhaмυn, also known as King Tυt, held the throne of ancient Egypt for approxiмately a decade, мaking hiм one of the мost renowned pharaohs in …

Skeletons Found in an Ancient City Reʋeal Historical Secrets of East Africa

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Arсhаeologіѕtѕ froм the Unіʋerѕіty of Exeter аnd the Ethіoріаn Authorіty for Reѕeаrсh аnd Conѕerʋаtіon of the Culturаl Herіtаge hаʋe unсoʋered а long-forgotten мetroрolіѕ іn the …

The Evolution Of Egyptian Pyramid Structures: From Mastabas To The Great Pyramid Of Khufu

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Egyptian Pyramids size comparison concept art from The Art of Assassin’s Creed: Origins book The Egyptian pyramids are among the most iconic and enduring symbols …

Shiny Treasures from the Past

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Gold bull’s head bowl known as “Attila’s Cup”, part of the Nagyszentmiklós treasure uncovered in Hungary, dates to the 6th century AD Roman gold aureus …

Lid of the sarcophagus of Ibi, Chief Steward of Nitocris, Divine Adoratrice of Amon

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The quality of this work, finely sculpted in a very hard rock, befits the lofty status of its owner. Nitocris, daughter of Psamtek I, was …

Perfume Vase of Tutankhamun

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Alabaster perfume vase upon ornamental stand, with cartouches of Tutankhamun, lotus and papyrus flowers forming a sema-tawy (unification of the two lands) and stems as …

Who built the Egyptian pyramids?

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It wasn’t aliens or even people from the ‘lost’ city of Atlantis. A Bedouin man on a camel by the Pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure …

Earliest Human Footprints In North America Verified At 23,000 Years Old

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Footprints in New Mexico suggest that people were making steps in North America during the Ice Age. Human footprints at the study site in White …

4,000-Year-Old Tablet Shows Teachers Have Reached For The Red Pen For Centuries

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This student needed to work on his spelling, it seems. And you thought your spelling tests were hard. If this looks a lot like your …

Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras

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It predates Pythagoras by over 1,000 years. The proof is carved into clay. Image credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); rotated, …

Merneptah: The elder king, son of Ramesses II

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Merneptah was the fourth pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. His reign, of about ten years, elapses between 1213 BC and 1203 BC. …

Legend may be true as Roman shrine found under Leicester Cathedral

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Archaeologists have found the remains of a Roman place of worship at Leicester Cathedral Centuries-old rumours that the cathedral was built on the site of …

Lost city discovered in Honduran jungle

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A National Geographic team says they found the remains of a lost civilization in the rainforests of Honduras.Dave Yoder/National Geographic National Geographic has announced the …

The “Lost City”, the ancient wonder older than Machu Picchu

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Hidden in the jungle of the Sierra Nevada mountains, in Colombia, is the “Ciudad Perdida”, or “Lost City”. Built around 800, it was discovered in …

Greek Farmer Accidentally Discovers 3,400-Year-Old Minoan Tomb Hidden Under Olive Grove

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The untouched Bronze Age tomb and the skeletons inside will hopefully provide archaeologists with information about the mysterious Minoan civilization. Greek Ministry of CultureA covered …

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