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Archaeologists found a secret chamber at the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza, and they have no idea what it is

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 11:59

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The Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt near another pyramid and cemetery — Archaeologists used radar and other methods to find an underground structure near the pyramids and cemeteries in Giza, Egypt.
Archive Photos/Getty Images

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22,000-year-old artifacts could rewrite ancient human history in North America

Wed, 05/29/2024 - 19:04

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A hand holding a stone tool — One of the tools Darrin Lowery found on Parsons Island.
Darrin Lowery

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A hiker discovered a wealthy traveler's remains on a skiing glacier in Switzerland. They turned out to be 400 years old.

Thu, 05/09/2024 - 13:05

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archaeologist with grey curly hair wearing glasses black and white striped t shirt and blue medical gloves holding a tattered ancient leather shoe — Pierre-Yves Nicod holds the mystery traveler's 400-year-old shoe.
Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Science, Archaeology, Glaciers, Switzerland, Alps, climate-change

Amateur archaeologists found a mysterious 12-sided object from the Roman Empire that experts can't explain

Tue, 05/07/2024 - 18:29

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A metal dodecahedron with circles on each of its 12 sides and knobs covering it on display in glass case — The Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group found an ancient Roman dodecahedron in the Midlands of England.
Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group

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Stone Age skeletons show women were likely sacrificed in Mafia-style killings, say archaeologists

Sun, 04/21/2024 - 07:06

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Pit 69 — The second victim likely died as a result of self-strangulation
Science Advances

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A 13-year-old girl helped unearth an ancient Roman town. She's finally getting credit for it over 90 years later.

Thu, 04/11/2024 - 16:32

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A girl in a plaid dress and braids excavated an Ancient Roman town in the 1930s — At 13, Helen Carlton-Smith took part in excavating Verulamium and kept a diary of the dig.
Photographs from the Verulamium Excavations of the 1930s ©St Albans Museums

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A 4,000-year-old lipstick uncovered in Iran may be the oldest ever found. It's uncannily similar to modern ones.

Tue, 03/05/2024 - 10:51

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A picture shows a stone container next to a close up up pigment. — This stone tube was found to contain pigment that may have been an early lip paint, said researchers.
M. Vidale, F. Zorzi/Eskandari et al Sci Rep 14, 2670 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52490-w. CC BY 4.0

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Stone Age Megastructure Found at the Bottom of the Baltic Sea

Fri, 02/16/2024 - 12:40

Gizmodo : Environment

Divers working off the coast of Rostock, Germany, have found the broken-up remains of a wall on the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Researchers believe the Stone Age construction is over 10,000 years old, potentially making it the oldest human megastructure in Europe, and was likely used to herd prey during hunts.