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Dental exam shows Neanderthal man cooked and ate veggies
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Mosaics found in SE Turkey lead to unearthing of ancient Roman city
The ancient city of Germenicia, which has been underground for 1,500 years, is being unearthed thanks to mosaics found during an illegal excavation in 2007 under a house in Southeast Turkey. Excavations are ongoing in the area, with authorities aiming to completely reveal the mosaics and the city, and then turn the site into an open-air museum.
Ancient Egyptian Priests' Names Preserved in Pottery
Broken pieces of clay pottery have revealed the names of dozens of Egyptian priests who served at the temple of a crocodile god, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced.
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Researchers: Ancient human remains found in Israel
JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it could upset theories of the origin of humans.
30,000-year-old girl's pinkie points to new early human species
(CNN) -- An overlooked female pinkie bone put in storage after it was discovered in a Siberian cave two years ago points to the existence of a previously unknown prehistoric human species, anthropologists say.
Mummified Forest Found on Treeless Arctic Island
Mason Inman in San Francisco
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Preserving Africa’s Ancient Manuscripts
Bones found on island might be Amelia Earhart's
Pythagoras, a math genius? Not by Babylonian standards
by Laura Allsop
(CNN) -- Over 1,000 years before Pythagoras was calculating the length of a hypotenuse, sophisticated scribes in Mesopotamia were working with the same theory to calculate the area of their farmland.
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LONDON—After nine months of tests, researchers in France have identified the head of France's King Henry IV, who was assassinated in 1610 aged 57.
2,400-Year-Old Pot of Soup Found in Chinese Tomb
Wondering what to do with those slowly molding Thanksgiving leftovers festering at the back of your fridge? Well, if you let them rot for another few thousand years, they could become an important archaeological treasure.
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Gales unearth Roman-era statue on Israel's coast
The real-life Da Vinci Code: Historians discover tiny numbers and letters in the eyes of the Mona Lisa
What’s inside? Sealed jar discovered at Qumran – site of Dead Sea Scrolls
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Was Medieval England more Merrie than thought?
LONDON (Reuters) – Maybe being a serf or a villein in the Middle Ages was not such a grim existence as it seems. Medieval England was not only far more prosperous than previously believed, it also actually boasted an average income that would be more than double the average per capita income of the world's poorest nations today, according to new research.
Roman Museum Saved In Canterbury, Kent, UK
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'Vandals have hacked at the heart of Christianity': 2,000-year-old Holy Thorn Tree of Glastonbury is cut down
Standing proudly on the side of an English hill, its religious roots go back 2,000 years. But a single night of vandalism has left an ancient site of pilgrimage in splinters.
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Egyptian Bones Could Help Solve Canine Conundrum
Heathen Buried in Iceland, 1,100 Years Post-Mortem
A burial took place in Reykjanesbaer municipality in southwest Iceland yesterday. The news wouldn’t have had any special significance if not for the fact that the person buried, an ancient heathen, passed away 1,100 years ago and the ceremony took place inside the Viking World museum.
2,300 year old temple discovered at Thmuis in Egypt – built by Ptolemy II Philadelphus
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Scientists Discover 'Koreaceratops': First Horned Dino From Korea
From Iran to Corinth – Pottery research shows Greek city engaged in long distance trade during medieval times
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2,300-Year-old Maya ruins destroyed for pastureland
Italy: Another building collapses at ancient Pompeii site
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Archaeologists: Roman and Byzantine Findings Unearthed in Southern Syria
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