Head of Mayan maize god discovered in Mexico after 1,300 years
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Inca children drugged with cocaine to keep them calm before being sacrificed, hair and nail study confirms
Inca children who were chosen to be ritually sacrificed were drugged so that they remained calm before their death, a new study of ancient h...
An elite education: discovery of an ancient Athenian ephebic list
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Industrial manufacturing of wool and wool textiles in the Bronze Age Italy
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Famous rock art cave in Spain was used by ancient humans for over 50,000 years
A cave in southern Spain was used by ancient humans as a canvas for artwork and as a burial place for over 50,000 years, according to a stud...
250 coffins with mummies and 150 bronze statues found in Saqqara
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A 3400-year-old city emerges from the Tigris River
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Race to save undersea Stone Age cave art masterpieces
To reach the only place in the world where cave paintings of prehistoric marine life have been found, archaeologists have to dive to the bot...
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