Australian National University anthropologist Garrick Hitchcock has stumbled across a clue to resolving one of…
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Geometrical earthworks found in the Amazon rainforest — dubbed the Geoglyphs of Acre — were…
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Archaeology
Earthquakes May Have Had Great Cultural Significance in Ancient Greek World
by johnsmithby johnsmithThe Ancient Greeks may have built their sacred sites deliberately on land previously affected by…
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Ancient Indian Manuscript Contains Oldest Example of Mathematical Symbol ‘Zero’
by johnsmithby johnsmithThe Bakhshali manuscript, an ancient Indian mathematical manuscript written on more than 70 leaves of…
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Teotihuacan is Unique among Ancient Mesoamerican Cities, Archaeologist Says
by johnsmithby johnsmithArizona State University archaeologist Michael E. Smith has conducted a comparative analysis of Teotihuacan with…
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Sorghum was domesticated from its wild ancestor more than 5,000 years ago, according to archaeological…
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An ornamented bâton percé, or pierced rod, unearthed at the archaeological site of Gołębiewo in…
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3,180-Year-Old Luwian Hieroglyphic Inscription Tells of Mysterious ‘Sea People’
by johnsmithby johnsmithA team of researchers from Switzerland and the Netherlands has rediscovered and deciphered a 95-foot…
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Israeli Archaeologists Unearth Astonishing Collection of Ancient Seals
by johnsmithby johnsmithArchaeologists digging in the City of David, the Old City of Jerusalem, have found dozens…
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Massive Volcanic Eruptions Linked to Revolts in Ptolemaic Egypt
by johnsmithby johnsmithA Yale University-led study suggests that abrupt shifts in climate caused by massive volcanic eruptions…
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Archaeologists Find Cache of Assyrian Cuneiform Tablets in Iraq
by johnsmithby johnsmithExcavations led by a University of Tübingen archaeologist at the site of a recently-discovered Bronze…
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Cereal Domestication May Have Started 10,000 Years Earlier than Scientists Thought
by johnsmithby johnsmithAccording to a new study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B,…
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In a paper published on October 1 in the journal Astronomy & Geophysics, independent scholar…
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Advanced Dating and Characterization Methods Shed New Light on Caribbean Cave Art
by johnsmithby johnsmithA paper published in the Journal of Archaeological Science presents the first results of the…
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An international team of archaeologists, physicists and engineers has found a 100-foot (30 m) long…
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An international group of archaeologists led by the University of Cincinnati has found a Minoan…