2,800-year-old Ethiopian palace had walls strong enough to support 16 floors

A 2,800-year-old palace in northern Ethiopia had walls built to support far more weight than its surviving remains suggest. The finding comes from a new structural study of...

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Violently killed child was buried beneath a 2,500-year-old Scandinavian house floor

A new study of unusual human remains from Iron and Viking Age Scandinavia shows how violence and death shaped daily life in complex ways. Researchers examined 12 individuals...

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10,500-year-old wooden structures beneath German lake may hint at buildings long before farming arrived

Archaeologists have found well-preserved wooden remains from about 10,500 years ago beneath Lake Arendsee in northern Germany. The finds come...

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A major early medieval monastery, lost to legend, found on a Scottish island

A local historical society went looking for answers about a 13th century cathedral in western Scotland. They found something much older...

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Maya farmers were growing maize in Belize wetlands 6,000 years ago, soil study finds

People in the Maya region of Belize farmed maize 6,000 years ago. This was thousands of years before the first large villages appeared. A new study...

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Roman amulets kept their power after Christianity arrived

Romans wore amulets, hung them on doors, and buried them near fields. The habit lasted from 100 BCE to 600 CE. It didn’t die when Christianity arrived. New research from PhD candidate Patricia Kret...

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2-million-year-old fossil confirms Homo erectus lived in South Africa earlier than thought

A new set of fossils from South Africa’s Drimolen Main Quarry adds evidence for an early appearance of Homo erectus and tracks changes in Paranthropus robustus..

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Extraordinary Bronze Age hoard found in Scottish Borders may reveal how Scotland’s ancient bronze was made

A metal detectorist has found a second Bronze Age hoard in the Scottish Borders. It sits only 7 miles from the Peebles Hoard, a 3,000-year-old treasure...

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Mysterious life-size carving in Sudan may show a Kushite ruler and borderland marker

A life-size figure carved into a granite hill has watched over northern Sudan for thousands of years. The hill sits at Miseeda, in the Mahas region. Nobody knows...

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A 100-meter pre-Roman aqueduct reveals planned farming in Italy

Researchers have surveyed and documented a pre-Roman aqueduct in Monteleone Sabino, a town in the province of Rieti, Italy. Sabina is a historic region of central Italy...

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Neanderthal woodworking was far more advanced than we thought, new study shows

Neanderthals did far more with wood than burn it. A new study of 597 wooden remains and imprints from Abric Romaní, a rock shelter in Capellades near Barcelona, shows they made...

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How Greek settlers turned Libya’s natural coast into a major port for ancient Cyrene

Long before Apollonia became the port of Cyrene, Greek settlers used a naturally sheltered stretch of Libya’s coast. New research shows how they reshaped this coast into...

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How Babylonian students learned about hundreds of gods without a religion class

Babylonian students learned about gods, temples, rituals, and proper conduct as part of training as scribes and specialists. A new study shows religious teaching...

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3,000-year-old bronze sword found at submerged Bronze Age settlement in Italy

A Bronze Age sword dating to the 13th century BCE has been recovered from the submerged settlement of Lake Mezzano in central Italy...

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Did a woman rule Egypt 5,000 years ago? A 72-year-old photo may hold the answer

More than 5,000 years ago, Meretneith held a major role in ancient Egypt during the First Dynasty. A new study argues she was a ruler in her own right, based on...

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13,000-year-old spear points reveal how Ice Age humans learned to survive in new lands

Nearly 13,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers moved through the Tennessee River Valley with stone spear points and little knowledge of the land...

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Sarmatian warrior buried with an iron dagger found in a Bronze Age mound on Ukraine’s Arabatska Spit

Archaeologists in southern Ukraine have described the grave of a nomad warrior buried about 2,000 years ago with an iron dagger at his hip...

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More than 30 Iron Age houses found at 2,800-year-old settlement in the Alps

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of more than 30 houses at Galgenbichl in Niederrasen, South Tyrol, Italy. The settlement dates from 800 to 500 BCE...

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Ancient Teotihuacan glyphs reveal ritual use of a sacred cave in Mexico

Three red-painted glyphs found inside a cave at Chalcatzingo, Mexico, point to Teotihuacan rituals held there during the fourth to sixth centuries CE...

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2,000-year-old Vesuvius eruption that buried Pompeii helps scientists date Earth’s history more precisely

A new study has made argon-argon dating more precise by using the well-recorded eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE...

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