Turkish Airstrike Damages Ancient Ain Dara Temple in Syria According to a monitoring group and the Syrian government, Turkish airstrikes against Kurdish forces have partially damaged the 3,000-year-old temple in northern Syria. Cultural Heritage Initiatives of the American Schools of…
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2,000-Year-Old ‘Mini Pompeii’ Discovered in France: Uncovering Ancient Roman Secrets This find took place in the district of Sainte-Colombe, southern Lyon, and was dubbed a Mini Pompei by its similarity to the Roman town buried in Naples after the Vesuvius…
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Discover Thamugadi: Africa’s Roman Ghost City Buried for a Millennium While the whole city often does not vanish, the Roman colony of Thamugadi was established in the North African province of Mumidia by Emperor Traian about 100 A.D., the city,…
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Israeli Archaeologists Discover Hidden Geometric Pattern at Göbekli Tepe, World’s Oldest Temple Archeologists believe the neolithic hunter-gatherers who built huge monoliths in central Turkey 11,500 years ago had knowledge of geometry and a much more complex society than previously thought, archaeologists…
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Discovering 40 Ancient Shipwrecks in the Black Sea: A Maritime Archaeological Marvel A group of maritime archeologists studying sea levels in the Black Sea have uncovered over 40 shipwrecks as a “complete bonus.” Scientists have discovered a rare collection of…
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Tutankhamun’s Meteorite Dagger: Space-Origin Discovery Revealed Thousands of years later Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the king of a boy who ruled Egypt around 1332-1323 BC, has known his share of fame in a world thousands of years after his life. And the…
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3,000-Year-Old Pharaoh Ramses II Statue Unearthed in Cairo Slum: A Groundbreaking Archaeological Discovery The massive 26 ft (8 meters) statue was found in the groundwater of a Cairo slum by archaeologists from Egypt and Germany. It is likely to represent…
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Lost Maya Kingdom Sak Tz’i’ with Ancient Pyramid Uncovered in Southern Mexico After exploring for over a quarter of a century, archeologists finally discovered the site of Sak Tz’i, a Maya kingdom referenced in sculptures and inscriptions from across the…
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Neanderthal Ancestry Reveals Older Mothers and Younger Fathers: Icelandic Genetic Study Work in three countries reveals that Neanderthals in Iceland are more like Neanderthals in Croatia than Neanderthals in Russia, according to research conducted in cooperation with three institutions. In…
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World’s Oldest Poppy on Display for Remembrance Sunday: A Historic Tribute to WWI Soldiers A mysterious scrapbook of pressed flowers that a soldier sent to his sweetheart while he was fighting in the First World War has come to light.…
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