11

Apr

Archaeology in West Africa could rewrite the textbooks on human evolution

Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known as the Middle Stone Age material culture, are found throughout…

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16

Mar

In Pictures – Ancient biblical scroll fragments found in West Bank cave

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli archaeologists racing against treasure hunters to search caves near the Dead Sea have discovered a trove of artefacts, including fragments of a biblical text, the like…

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14

Feb

Fossil of Extinct Three Metre Giant Turtle found in South America

Paleobiologists from the University of Zurich (UZH) have discovered the fossils of an extinct giant freshwater turtle that weighed a ton and had a shell nearly three metres long in…

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03

Feb

New discoveries at an archaeological site in Minya, Egypt

A view of mummies found in tombs of late period high priests at the Al-Ghoreifa area of the Tuna El-Gabal archaeological site, Minya governorate, 270km south of Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's…

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26

Jan

Photo Story: Berlin’s Tyrannosaurus rex ‘Tristan Otto’ to move to Copenhagen

Tristan Otto, a skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex, is on display during a press conference at the Natural History Museum Berlin, in Berlin, Germany. By the end of January T.…

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29

Dec

Mexico confirms discovery of a Mayan palace

  A file picture dated on 14 June 2019 shows the Kuluba archaeological place, where authorities have confirmed a 55-meters large palace has been found, in Yucatan state, Mexico (issued…

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28

Nov

Photo Story: 5,000-year-old cave painting discovered in Spain

A view of a 5,000-year-old cave painting discovered by Spanish expert and researcher Agustin Palomo in Alburquerque, Extremadura, Spain, 27 November 2019 (issued 28 November 2019). The paintings were found…

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02

Nov

Tutankhamun returns to London to celebrate 100 years since tomb’s discovery

Highlights from ‘Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh exhibition’ during the  press preview at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea in London, Britain, 01 November 2019. Egyptomania is expected to hit…

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23

Oct

Photo story: Excavation site of a Byzantine basilica in Israel

Workers of the Israel Antiquities Authority clean mosaic inscriptions in the remains of a 1,500-year-old church in Ramat Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, Israel, 23 October 2019. The Byzantine basilica is…

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12

Oct

Fresco with two gladiators fighting discovered in Pompeii

A handout photo made available by the Italian Culture Ministry on 11 October 2019 shows two gladiators at the end of a fight, with one (L) winning and the other…

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07

Oct

Gigantic Prehistoric City Found in Israel During Roadworks

A 5,000-year-old city found north of Tel Aviv points to sophisticated urban planning taking place earlier than previously thought. Israel's Antiquities Authority has called it the "New York of the…

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08

Sep

New dinosaur species discovered in Japan

  Hokkaido University professor Yoshitsugu Kobayashi (L) and Mukawa town mayor Yoshiyuki Takenaka (R) pose with a replica of the skeleton of the hadrosaurid dinosaur 'Kamuysaurus japonicus' at the National…

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