Greek authorities say lost ancient city of Tenea located

Greek authorities say lost ancient city of Tenea located

Greece’s culture ministry said Tuesday that archaeologists have located the first tangible remains of a lost city that the ancient Greeks b...

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Unique Roman signet ring engraved with quadriga found in ancient city of Myra

Unique Roman signet ring engraved with quadriga found in ancient city of Myra

Archaeological excavations in Myra, one of the six most important Hellenized cities of the Lycian League, and its port Andriake in the sout...

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8000-year-old statue could ‘push back’ Europe’s Neolithic era

8000-year-old statue could ‘push back’ Europe’s Neolithic era

Archaeologists have uncovered an 8,000-year-old figurine of a woman's upper body in a dig in northwest Bulgaria. The 'Mother Go...

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Study casts new light cast on fishing throughout history

Study casts new light cast on fishing throughout history

A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has revealed new insights into ancient fishing throughout history, including what...

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Ancient Egyptians discovered Algol's variability 3,000 years before western astronomers

Ancient Egyptians discovered Algol's variability 3,000 years before western astronomers

An ancient Egyptian papyrus, known as the Cairo Calendar, could be the oldest historical record of a star's brightness, providing a new...

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The whole tooth: New method to find biological sex from a single tooth

The whole tooth: New method to find biological sex from a single tooth

A team led by UC Davis researchers have come up with a new way to estimate the biological sex of human skeletal remains based on protein tr...

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Primates of the Caribbean: Ancient DNA reveals history of mystery monkey

Primates of the Caribbean: Ancient DNA reveals history of mystery monkey

Analysis of ancient DNA of a mysterious extinct monkey named Xenothrix -- which displays bizarre body characteristics very different to any...

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Mummified sacred beetles and cats found in ancient Egyptian tombs

Mummified sacred beetles and cats found in ancient Egyptian tombs

Seven sarcophagi, some dating back more than 6,000 years, have been discovered at a site on the edge of the pyramid complex in Saqqara, sou...

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Remains of 2,700-year-old city discovered in Iran

Remains of 2,700-year-old city discovered in Iran

Iranian and German archaeologists have discovered the remains of a city belonging to the Achaemenid and Medieval times during their excavat...

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