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Remains of ancient city found in India

The remains of a city dating back to the 2nd or 3rd century B.C. has been found in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh. He said it was a chance discovery during his personal visit to Tarighat in...

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Lost Roman statue found in Castle cupboard

An archivist working in the basement of Sudeley Castle in England has found a Roman statues of a local God that has been missing for over 100 years. The engraved figure, found earlier this month,...

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Crossrail project unearths Black Death burials

Excavations for London’s Crossrail project have uncovered bodies dating back to the time of the Black Death. Thirteen bodies have been found so far in the 5.5m-wide shaft at the edge of Charterhouse...

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Remains of Teutonic Knights found in Poland

The remains of three leaders of the Teutonic Knights, a religious order founded during the Third Crusade, have been found in Poland. “Anthropological and DNA testing has enabled us to back up the...

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Climate change threatens rock art in England

Researchers at Newcastle University have expressed concern that climate change is putting England’s ancient rock art at risk. David Graham, Professor of Ecosystems Engineering (CEG) said: “We wanted...

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Ancient Chinese coin found on Kenyan island

A 600-year-old Chinese coin has been found on the Kenyan island of Manda, revealing a trade link between China and East Africa. The coin, a small disk of copper and silver with a square hole in the...

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Deformed skull suggests inbreeding in early humans

Fragments of a 100,000-year-old skull shows evidence of a now-rare congenital deformity that may have arisen due to inbreeding among early humans. The fossil, now dubbed Xujiayao 11, is just one of...

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Artifacts stolen from Lebanon archaeology museum

Thirty artifacts have been stolen from the archaeology museum in the Jbeil district of Lebanon in a a daring nighttime raid. The artifacts were stolen by thieves overnight and were easily carried out...

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Jewish bones given ceremonial burial in Norwich

In Norwich, the remains of 17 people found in a well in 2004, victims of a 12th century religious massacre against Jewish residents of the area, have been given a ceremonial burial an “historic...

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2,500-year-old planning city found India

Evidence of a planned city, completed with water reservoirs, roads, seals and coins, has been found in Chhattisgarh, India. The 5th and 3rd century BC—to which the Tarighat finds date—points to a...

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Stones used to process food and medicine 12,000 years before farming began

Traces of grains and vegetables found on three grinding stones discovered in China’s Yellow River region suggest that people were using those plants for food and medicine before agriculture began. The...

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Desert inhabitants in Israel were farming 5,000 years earlier than previously...

A new study suggests that farming in the Holy Land began 5,000 years earlier than previously thought. The current thinking is that these desert denizens didn’t practice agriculture before...

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Humans arrived in South America 22,000 years ago

Stone tools found at a rock-shelter in Brazil suggest that people inhabited South America 22,000 years ago, long before the Clovis hunters spread through North America 13,000 years ago. “We have new,...

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Researchers returning to the Antikythera shipwreck

Researchers are returning to the wreckage of the ancient Greek ship where the Antikythera device, an ancient computer, was found. The largest item recovered was a huge lead anchor stock. It was lying...

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Pieces of Saturn V rocket engines recovered from ocean floor

A team of researchers, assembled by Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, have recovered pieces of the Saturn V moon rocket engines from the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. When the Saturn V moon rockets blasted off...

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Improved Neanderthal genome published

Researchers have published a new, high-quality sequencing of the Neanderthal genome. The genome produced from remains of a toe bone found in a Siberian cave is far more detailed than a previous...

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Pre-Viking tunic found due to retreating glacier

Over 1,600 artifacts have been found in Norway after the glaciers that covered them retreated, including a Pre-Viking tunic. A pre-Viking woolen tunic found beside a thawing glacier in south Norway...

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Possible Maori skull found under New Zealand car park

A human skull, thought to be of Maori origin, has been found underneath a hospital parking lot in New Zealand. Work on the car park, which is part of a $67 million redevelopment of the hospital, was...

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Foundations of 19th century slaughterhouse unearthed in Virginia

Archaeologists working at the construction site of a new school building have unearthed the brick foundations of a 19th century slaughterhouse in Alexandria, Virginia. “It’s really the only site where...

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Remains of Ming Dynasty castle surveyed

  Archaeologists in China have surveyed the remains of Hailongtun Castle, which was built in 1257 and destroyed in 1600. The Hailongtun Castle is located at the east foot of Longyanshan Mountain in...

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