A “Fast Food” Shop Is Uncovered In Pompeii, Depicting Some Of The Dishes They Would Eat The ancient world was much more lively and colorful than many of us give it credit for. Some discoveries also show just how similar…
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The 700,000-year-old Skull in a Greek cave completely shatters the Out of Africa theory The “Petralona Man,” or “Petralona Archanthropus” is a 700,000 years old human skull found in 1959. Since then, scientists have tried to locate the origin of this…
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Skeleton With Stone-Encrusted Teeth Found In Mexico Ancient Ruins Archaeologists in Mexico have recently uncovered a 1,600-year-old skeleton of a woman who had mineral-encrusted teeth and an intentionally elongated skull – evidence that suggests she was part of her society’s…
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Pornographic Pompeii wall paintings reveal the raunchy services offered in ancient Roman brothels 2,000 years ago The sexual behaviours of ancient Italians have been exposed in wall paintings found in a renowned Pompeii brothel. The ‘Lupanar of Pompeii‘ is adorned…
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2,200-Year-Old Stunning Mosaic In Ancient Greek City Of Zeugma In the Ancient Greek town of Zeugma, it actually located in Turkey and three new mosaics have been discovered. The mosaics dating from the 2nd century BC are exceptionally well preserved,…
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1,200-year-old remains of sacrificed adults and kids unearthed in Peru Peruvian archeologists have unearthed eight children and 12 adults apparently sacrificed around 800-1,200 years ago, they said on Tuesday, in a major dig at the pre-Incan Cajamarquilla complex east of…
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Giant Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery Discovered In Salisbury, England Archaeologists excavating at Netherhampton Road, on the edge of Harnham, a southern suburb of Salisbury, England have unearthed a giant Bronze Age barrow cemetery. Wiltshire is well known for its Bronze…
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Hoard of 2,150-year-old silver coins found in Modiin, Israel Archeologists in Modiin reached a rare silver cache in an ancient wall gap. During a rescue excavation in central Israel, the garden of silver coins dating from the Hasmonean period(126 BCE)…
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40,000-Year-Old Chamber Of Secrets Discovered At Gorham’s Cave Complex A Cave chamber sealed off by sand for some 40,000 years has been discovered in Vanguard Cave in Gibraltar — a finding that could reveal more about the Neanderthals who lived in the…
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An Ancient mummy ‘with 1,100-year-old Adidas boots’ died after she was struck on the head Intriguing new details have emerged about a medieval mummy known for her Adidas boots – which she wore more than a millennia ago. The body…
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