"Until recently we had almost nothing from this period in this area. But now we not only know that this was a source of copper, but also that it’s from the days...
"If we are right, then this is the first good archaeological evidence of this practice. It shows us the dark side of Medieval beliefs and provides a graphic rem...
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ALICANTE, SPAIN - archaeologists working on cataloging a number of artifacts in a Mesolithic era cave in Spain stumbled acros...
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SALAMIS BAY, GREECE - The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced that the site of the ancient sea battle of Salam...
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ENNENDI PLATEAU, CHAD - a UNESCO World Heritage Site deep in the Sahara desert has been all but destroyed by graffiti. Cha...
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ZHENGZHOU, HENAN PROVINCE, CHINA - Archaeologists working just west of the Yellow River discovered a mysterious find: a tomb that e...
On April 18, 1906, disaster struck Northern California at 5:12 a.m. when a huge earthquake hit. It was an estimated 7.8 on the moment magnitude scale. It was fe...
“Last Tuesday they called me to announce the big discovery of a colossus of a king, most probably Ramses II, made out of quartzite," - Egyptian antiquties minis...
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OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND - In a twist of events, an antiques expert visiting Blenheim Palace realized that one of the building's flower pots ...
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UST-POLUI, SIBERIA - Archaeologists investigating Siberia's ancient "bear cult" at an ancient ceremonial site within the Arctic Cir...
