Iron Age Chariot Burial Unearthed in East Yorkshire: Discoveries and Insights The Ancient Brits loved their wheels. Indeed they seem to have been so attached to the sports-car-style chariots that they may even have thought they could use them to…
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This 3.3-Million-Year-Old Hominin Toddler Was Kind of Like Us In a fragment of sandstone sticking from the soil in the sparkling flatlands of Northeast Ethiopia, a fossil fragment of the cheekbone has been detected. Zeresenay Alemseged almost instinctively realized that…
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Archaeologists Discover Rome-Era Tombs in Egypt’s Western Desert Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered two ancient tombs dating back to the Roman period in the country’s Western Desert. The team discovered structures of two different architectural styles at the Beir Al-Shaghala…
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48,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Baby Teeth Reveal Weaning Patterns Similar to Modern Humans A big landmark in human evolution is the moment a baby weans from milk to eating solid foods, and now a recent study shows that ancient Neanderthal babies might have taken…
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Iconic 1,000-Year-Old Pioneer Cabin Tree Falls After Violent California Storm After getting the news, it feels like the end of an age, the iconic Sequoia ‘ Tunnel Tree ‘ has gone down in history as a violent storm that struck…
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Eerie Train Graveyard Gives a Glimpse into the Golden Age of Soviet Steam Trains In Russia’s central Perm region, near the village of Shumkovo, a cemetery lies on the sidetrack. Instead of tombs and headstones, it is filled with trains from…
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Incredible Footage of Giant Spinning Ice Disk on a River in China Captivates Residents Residents in a northern Chinese city have flocked to see a giant ice disc rotating on a river, a rare natural phenomenon that occurs in cold…
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Surprising Archaeologists Find 1,000-Year-Old Stainless Steel in Iran Stainless steel as we know it today was created in the early 20th century, in England. However, researchers found evidence of the use of an alloy of iron and chromium quite similar…
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2,000-Year-Old Remains of Infant and Pet Dog Uncovered in France Excavations in France revealed a well-off child and their pet dog that had been buried in the 2,000s BCE making this find over 2,000 years ago. The infant, believed to…
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Elk Teeth Offer Clues to Prehistoric Clothing in Russia According to a statement released by the University of Helsinki, archaeologist Kristiina Mannermaa and her colleagues analyzed more than 4,000 elk incisors recovered from 8,200-year-old graves on an island in northwestern…
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