Egypt makes 'major discoveries' at Saqqara archaeological site

Egypt makes 'major discoveries' at Saqqara archaeological site

Egypt unveiled Sunday ancient treasures found at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo, including sarcophagi over 3,000 years old, ...

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Scientists identify contents of ancient Maya drug containers

Scientists identify contents of ancient Maya drug containers

Scientists have identified the presence of a non-tobacco plant in ancient Maya drug containers for the first time. The Washington State Univ...

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Teeth pendants speak of the elk's prominent status in the Stone Age

Teeth pendants speak of the elk's prominent status in the Stone Age

Roughly 8,200 years ago, the island of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov in Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, housed a large burial ground ...

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World’s oldest cave art discovered in Indonesia

World’s oldest cave art discovered in Indonesia

A team of Griffith University archaeologists has shared in the discovery of what may be the world’s oldest known cave painting, dating back ...

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150 million-year-old shark was one of the largest of its time

150 million-year-old shark was one of the largest of its time

In a new study, an international research team led by Sebastian Stumpf from the University of Vienna describes an exceptionally well-preserv...

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Accounting for the gaps in ancient food webs

Accounting for the gaps in ancient food webs

If you want to understand an ecosystem, look at what the species within it eat. In studying food webs -- how animals and plants in a communi...

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