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Woman the hunter: Ancient Andean remains challenge old ideas of who speared big game

Woman the hunter: Ancient Andean remains challenge old ideas of who speared big game

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https://www.science.org/content/article/woman-hunter-ancient-andean-remains-challenge-old-ideas-who-speared-big-game

Chance find fulfills 110-year mission to give ancient Nubians a voice

Chance find fulfills 110-year mission to give ancient Nubians a voice

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Chance find fulfills 110-year mission to give ancient Nubians a voice

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-chance-fulfills-year-mission-ancient.html

A biomedical Egyptologist from The University of Manchester has fulfilled the mission of an illustrious Manchester anatomist from 1910, having by chance found his unique anatomical record of how ancient Nubians lived—and died—in Southern Egypt.

Chance find fulfills 110-year mission to give ancient Nubians a voice
I spy with my Cold War satellite eye... nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East

I spy with my Cold War satellite eye... nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East

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I spy with my Cold War satellite eye... nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/i-spy-with-my-cold-war-satellite-eye-nearly-400-roman-forts-in-the-middle-east/

Anthropologists suggest forts were built to secure key trade routes through the region.

I spy with my Cold War satellite eye... nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East
Archaeologists in Turkey Have Unearthed Human and Animal Sculptures That Are the Earliest Examples of Prehistoric Art | Artnet News

Archaeologists in Turkey Have Unearthed Human and Animal Sculptures That Are the Earliest Examples of Prehistoric Art | Artnet News

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Archaeologists in Turkey Have Unearthed Human and Animal Sculptures That Are the Earliest Examples of Prehistoric Art | Artnet News

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/prehistoric-sculptures-turkey-2374962

Human and animal sculptures that could date to 9,600 B.C.E were found in Turkey at sites some believe have ties to biblical accounts.

Archaeologists in Turkey Have Unearthed Human and Animal Sculptures That Are the Earliest Examples of Prehistoric Art | Artnet News
A Norwegian Family Went Searching for a Lost Earring in Their Backyard. They Found Viking Artifacts Instead | Artnet News

A Norwegian Family Went Searching for a Lost Earring in Their Backyard. They Found Viking Artifacts Instead | Artnet News

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A Norwegian Family Went Searching for a Lost Earring in Their Backyard. They Found Viking Artifacts Instead | Artnet News

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/norway-viking-brooches-2374065

The two brooches are the first definitive evidence of Viking presence on the island of Jomfruland in southern Norway.

A Norwegian Family Went Searching for a Lost Earring in Their Backyard. They Found Viking Artifacts Instead | Artnet News
Archaeologists in France Have Discovered a 2nd-Century Roman Sarcophagus, Still Fastened Close With Lead Staples | Artnet News

Archaeologists in France Have Discovered a 2nd-Century Roman Sarcophagus, Still Fastened Close With Lead Staples | Artnet News

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Archaeologists in France Have Discovered a 2nd-Century Roman Sarcophagus, Still Fastened Close With Lead Staples | Artnet News

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/roman-sarcophagus-discovered-in-reims-france-2371626

Archeologists in Reims, northeastern France, have found an unopened Roman sarcophagus with the remains of a woman and her funerary goods.

Archaeologists in France Have Discovered a 2nd-Century Roman Sarcophagus, Still Fastened Close With Lead Staples | Artnet News
First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 21yo computer science student

First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 21yo computer science student

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First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 21yo computer science student

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Vesuvius Challenge $700,000 Grand Prize “now definitely achievable”

First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 21yo computer science student
Remarkable Neolithic Life-Sized Camel Engravings Discovered In The Nefud Desert

Remarkable Neolithic Life-Sized Camel Engravings Discovered In The Nefud Desert

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Remarkable Neolithic Life-Sized Camel Engravings Discovered In The Nefud Desert - Ancient Pages

https://www.ancientpages.com/2023/10/05/neolithic-life-sized-camel-engravings-nefud-desert/

While investigating a site at the southern edge of the Nefud desert in Saudia Arabia, archaeologists discovered remarkable ancient life-sized engravings of extinct camel species.

Remarkable Neolithic Life-Sized Camel Engravings Discovered In The Nefud Desert - Ancient Pages
2nd-century Alexander the Great statue with lion's-mane hairstyle unearthed in Turkey

2nd-century Alexander the Great statue with lion's-mane hairstyle unearthed in Turkey

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2nd-century Alexander the Great statue with lion's-mane hairstyle unearthed in Turkey

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/2nd-century-alexander-the-great-statue-with-lions-mane-hairstyle-unearthed-in-turkey

The discovery shows the popularity of the ancient ruler hundreds of years after his death.

2nd-century Alexander the Great statue with lion's-mane hairstyle unearthed in Turkey
1,400-year-old gold figures depicting Norse gods unearthed at former pagan temple

1,400-year-old gold figures depicting Norse gods unearthed at former pagan temple

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1,400-year-old gold figures depicting Norse gods unearthed at former pagan temple

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/1400-year-old-gold-figures-depicting-norse-gods-unearthed-at-former-pagan-temple

Archaeologists in Norway unearthed dozens of tiny gold-foil figures at a former pagan temple.

1,400-year-old gold figures depicting Norse gods unearthed at former pagan temple