5,000-year-old Great Pyramid artifact found in misplaced cigar tin

5,000-year-old Great Pyramid artifact found in misplaced cigar tin

5,000-year-old Great Pyramid artifact found in misplaced cigar tin Curatorial assistant Abeer Eladany was examining objects in the museum collections of the University of Aberdeen late last year when she came across an object that did not seem to belong. Eladany, who is originally from Egypt, who had spent a decade working at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, found an […]

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1,300-year-old fortress-like structure on Siberian lake continues to mystify experts

1,300-year-old fortress-like structure on Siberian lake continues to mystify experts

1,300-year-old fortress-like structure on Siberian lake continues to mystify experts At first glance, Por-Bajin’s rectangular island, with its regular structure and ruined parts, looks like a foreboding fortress or jail. what the rectangular island and its labyrinthine ruins, situated in a lake deep in Siberia, were actually used for when it was built 1,300 years ago, But it is unknown […]

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Rare Roman Vase Found at Ancient Grave Site in France

Rare Roman Vase Found at Ancient Grave Site in France

Rare Roman Vase Found at Ancient Grave Site in France It is definitely not an item that archaeologists would expect to find often, so it is understandable that they are excited about this remarkable discovery in central France. During the excavation of the 230 tombs of an important necropolis, an extremely rare ancient Roman vase was discovered in Autun (Saône-et-Loire). […]

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Native burial sites blown up for US border wall

Native burial sites blown up for US border wall

Ancient Native American burial site blasted for Trump border wall construction At Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a remote desert area in southwestern Arizona bordered by Mexico to the south and a Native American reservation to the east, red-lettered signs warning of’ BLASTING’ began appearing over the past week. Crews have been blasting the hillside while excavators and backhoes are […]

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Way before Columbus, ancient Malians sailed to the Americas in 1311

Way before Columbus, ancient Malians sailed to the Americas in 1311

Way before Columbus, ancient Malians sailed to the Americas in 1311 In each basic history lesson, the Italian sailor/explorer Christopher Columbus has a renowned reputation as the discoverer of the new world. For over 500 years to date, this has been recognised globally. Education has been possessed by Europeans, who believe many have enforced what has enriched them while scorning […]

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Archaeologists find 1000-year-old Viking sword in the ancient city of Patara in Turkey

Archaeologists find 1000-year-old Viking sword in the ancient city of Patara in Turkey

Archaeologists find 1000-year-old Viking sword in the ancient city of Patara in Turkey A Viking sword was discovered in the ancient city of Patara in Turkey’s southern Antalya province, believed to date back to the ninth or 10th century. The sword was discovered during excavation work in Patara, which was once the capital of the ancient city of Lycia. The […]

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Melting glaciers reveal lost mountain pass and artifacts used by Vikings

Melting glaciers reveal lost mountain pass and artifacts used by Vikings

Melting glaciers reveal lost mountain pass and artifacts used by Vikings Archaeologists said this month that ice patches that melted from the slopes of a remote mountain pass in Norway have uncovered objects that provide new insight into the livelihoods of hunters, merchants and travellers along a path thousands of years ago. Tunics and mittens woven with wool, leather shoes, […]

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Hares and Chickens Were Revered as Gods—Not Food—in Ancient Britain

Hares and Chickens Were Revered as Gods—Not Food—in Ancient Britain

Hares and Chickens Were Revered as Gods—Not Food—in Ancient Britain Archaeologists say, In the 5th century AD, chickens and brown hares were introduced to Britain and were adored as gods rather than eaten. Instead of being used as food, the creatures were related to deities and found by experts from the University of Exeter, buried with care and intact. No […]

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Dino-mite: N.C. museum gets fossils of dinosaurs that apparently died fighting

Dino-mite: N.C. museum gets fossils of dinosaurs that apparently died fighting

Dino-mite: N.C. museum gets fossils of dinosaurs that apparently died fighting “A fossil pair of 67 million-year-old known as “Dueling Dinosaurs” consists of a perfectly preserved T. rex to the bones of the equally intact Triceratops. In laboratories and warehouses, the skeletons languished for years as ranchers and palaeontologists fought a legal battle over their possession. The struggle ended on […]

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