How a Bronze Age rock became a 'treasure map' for researchers (phys.org)
A piece of rock with mysterious markings that lay largely unstudied for 4,000 years is now being hailed as a “treasure map” for archaeologists, who are using it to hunt for ancient sites around north-western France....
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'Christ' tattoo discovered on 1,300-year-old body in Sudan (www.livescience.com)
Scientists in Sudan have discovered a tattoo with references to Jesus Christ on a 1,300-year-old body excavated in a cemetery near a medieval monastery....
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A 15th century French painting depicts an ancient stone tool (phys.org)
More than 500,000 years ago, our human ancestors used large, stone tools known as “Acheulean handaxes,” to cut meat and wood, and dig for tubers. Often made from flint, these prehistoric oval and pear-shaped tools are flaked on both sides and have a pointed end....
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In Ancient Egypt, Soul Houses and False Doors Connected the Living and the Dead (www.atlasobscura.com)
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3,000-year-old necropolis found in Batman (www.hurriyetdailynews.com)
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Did Ancient Egyptians Know Meteorites Came From Space? (www.smithsonianmag.com)
The oldest pieces of Baltic amber found on the Iberian Peninsula indicates imports began over 5,000 years ago (phys.org)
A team of scientists from the Universities of Granada and Cambridge, as well as the Government of Catalonia, have identified the oldest pieces of Baltic amber ever found on the Iberian Peninsula, revealing that this luxury material used in jewelry and handicrafts around the world was already being imported more than 5,000 years...
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Earthquake reveals giant Aztec snakehead beneath Mexico City university (www.livescience.com)
An earthquake last year revealed a big surprise beneath a law school in modern-day Mexico City: a giant, colorful snakehead from the Aztec Empire....
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See gorgeous ancient Egyptian 'mummy portraits' from nearly 2 millennia ago (www.livescience.com)
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Stash of 'eye-catching' Bronze Age jewelry discovered by metal detectorist in Swiss carrot field (www.livescience.com)
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First direct evidence of lion hunting and the early use of a lion pelt by Neanderthals (www.nature.com)
During the Upper Paleolithic, lions become an important theme in Paleolithic art and are more frequent in anthropogenic faunal assemblages. However, the relationship between hominins and lions in earlier periods is poorly known and primarily interpreted as interspecies competition. Here we present new evidence for...
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New Dating of Cave Art Reveals History of Puerto Rican People (www.geosociety.org)
Coal miners accidentally discover ancient Roman ship in Serbia (archaeologymag.com)
More Than 10,000 Indigenous Earthworks Hidden in the Amazon Reveal Human Connections to the Forest Over Millennia (www.thisiscolossal.com)
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Early Neolithic farmers arriving on the Baltic coast bucked trends and incorporated fish into their diets (phys.org)
Pioneering early farmers who arrived on the Baltic coast 6,000 years ago may have taken up fishing after observing indigenous hunter-gatherer communities, a major new study has found....
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Cannibalism was a common funerary rite in northwest Europe near end of last ice age (www.livescience.com)
Cannibalism was common in northwest Europe between 14,000 and 19,000 years ago, when a population of prehistoric people known as the Magdalenians used it in their rituals to dispose of the dead, a new study finds....
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Study shows beavers had a big influence on how people in the Stone Age lived (phys.org)
Beavers may seem like a recent arrival to the Netherlands, with their growing presence in recent years. The species became extinct there in the 19th century and was reintroduced in 1988. But before that beavers were widespread for thousands of years. “It really is a native species,” says Brusgaard. “In our research we...
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Child’s Grave Unearths Ancient Mystery: 9,000-Year-Old Necklace Redefines Neolithic Culture (scitechdaily.com)
An ancient necklace from a child’s grave in Jordan reveals the Neolithic culture’s social intricacies, highlighting the importance of adornments and suggesting complex societal dynamics of the period. Final physical reconstruction of the necklace, today exposed at the new museum of Petra in Jordan.
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Phallus and the boar: Turkey digs yield clues to human history (uk.news.yahoo.com)
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Mythical hellhound and sea-centaurs painted on 2,200-year-old tomb discovered in Italy (www.livescience.com)
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Crusade period grave field discovered in Southwest Finland (yle.fi)
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Researchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by Vesuvius (www.theguardian.com)
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The 1st Americans were not who we thought they were (www.livescience.com)
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