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Researchers Used 3D Tech to Rebuild the Parthenon's Lighting and Discovered It Was Nothing Like We Imagined 5 Judi Lynn May 14 Tuesday 21 1083

Archaeologists Found Ancient Tools That Contradict the Timeline of Civilization 3 Judi Lynn Sunday Sunday 23 590

Precolonial farmers thrived in one of North America's coldest places 0 Judi Lynn Sunday Sunday 9 384

An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 20 570

Research Reveals That Ancient Trade Routes Delivered Domestic Cats to China 0 Judi Lynn Sunday Sunday 11 295

Archaeologists Find Grisly Evidence of Medieval Public Punishment 0 Judi Lynn Sunday Sunday 12 435

'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500-year-old artifacts from a little-known culture 0 WhiteTara May 27 May 27 8 418

Uncovered Medieval Tattoos Flesh Out a Misunderstood Practice 1 Judi Lynn May 26 May 26 7 598

Versatile Call Combinations in Chimpanzees May Shed Light on the Evolution of Human Language 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 3 387

Archaeologists Found Evidence of Ancient Psychedelic Rituals in Peru 2 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 11 494

Astonishing secret city built 5,000 years ago by lost civilisation discovered underneath empty desert 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 11 692

Oxford team catalogues chimpanzee forest first aid 0 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 3 324

Scientists Identify Evidence of Ambush 17,000 Years Ago News 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 9 503

Lost City of the Samurai 0 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 8 432

A 5,000-year-old fire altar has been discovered in the oldest center of civilization in South America 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 12 560

Archaeologists Found 11,500-Year-Old Tools That Reveal an Incredible Human Adventure 1 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 14 547

A Sunken Land of Life and Intelligence: The Lost World of Homo Erectus Resurfaces After 140,000 Years 0 Judi Lynn May 25 May 25 28 928

South Korea's Female Free Divers May Have Evolved to Thrive Underwater, Study Finds 2 Judi Lynn May 24 May 24 7 488

Sardinia's Ancient Giant Statues Inspired by People with Acromegaly, Study Claims 2 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 5 554

Study: Neanderthals invented their own tech, didn't copy others 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 20 696

The Bristol zookeeper who has cradled gorillas and has rebuilt a rainforest 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 8 412

Chimp chatter is a lot more like human language than previously thought 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 5 365

Discovery of Ancient Lost Settlement on Scotland's Isle of Skye Rewrites Early Human History 3 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 11 941

A 3,600-Year-Old Reed Boat Provides Clues to Early Urbanization in Mesopotamia 0 Judi Lynn May 14 May 14 2 744

Archaeologists Found Someone They Never Expected in an Ancient Chinese Tomb: a Blonde Man 6 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 72 2875

'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women' 2 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 15 526

Mystery stone circle reveals 'ultimate adventure story' of human presence in Europe 1 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 10 504

DNA Links Modern Picuris Pueblo Tribe to Ancestors Who Lived in Chaco Canyon Hundreds of Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 14 690

Archaeologists unearth tree-lined walkway that led to ancient Egyptian fortress in Sinai Desert News By Owen Jarus publi 2 Judi Lynn May 12 May 12 10 756

Archaeologists discover hundreds of metal objects up to 3,400 years old on mysterious volcanic hilltop in Hungary 2 Judi Lynn May 4 May 5 22 817

Anthropology Continued...

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These Extraordinary Archaeological Sites Are a Portal to Ancient Egypt 1 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 7 542

Battle Irrevocably Destroyed Ancient Chinese Cypress Forest 0 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 10 569

The Overlooked Greek Foundations of Roman Law 3 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 8 573

AI helping researchers, laypeople discover archaeological sites in Japan mountains 0 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 9 403

Dark personalities more prevalent in less democratic countries, massive study shows 5 Judi Lynn May 4 May 4 10 601

Phaistos: The Palatial Mountain Fortress of Minoan Crete 2 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 28 16 696

Hidden Message Discovered On 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Obelisk In Paris 9 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 28 42 1902

These 400,000-Year-Old Mammoth Tusks Carved by Early Humans May Be the Oldest Evidence of Prehistoric Intelligence 1 Judi Lynn Apr 28 Apr 28 10 709

Rare 3,500-Year-Old Chariot Wheel Discovered at Golf Course in Scotland 1 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 28 10 646

Unopened Victorian soft drink bottle found at dig 1 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 11 642

Across China: Tech meets culture -- China's digital renaissance of ancient heritage 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 1 330

New Evidence of Phoenician Origins Emerges 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 15 594

Ice Age Humans Were Experts at Wielding Fire, Study Finds 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 9 475

Danish slave ships wreckage found off coast of Costa Rica, museum confirms 0 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 7 437

Archaeologists discover 'miracle' in ancient Egyptian tomb 4 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 25 1473

Man Tries to Perform Exorcism, Instead Allegedly Murders His Mother 4 Judi Lynn Apr 27 Apr 27 5 687

Searching for the Origins of Sutton Hoo Time Team Part 1 50:30 1 Ptah Apr 21 Apr 26 6 507

First Human Figurine of the Mesolithic Era (Circa 9000 Years Old) Discovered in Azerbaijan's Damjili Cave 5 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 22 982

Sophistication of Bronze Age settlement revealed 1 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 12 663

The forgotten Indian explorer who uncovered an ancient civilisation 0 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 12 609

The fossil skull found by an Australian that rocked the world 1 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 17 1033

Ancient Sunscreen: How Early Humans Survived a Solar Storm Apocalypse 41,000 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 20 Apr 20 27 1004

Stone Age tombs for Irish royalty aren't what they seem, new DNA analysis reveals 0 Judi Lynn Apr 19 Apr 19 14 681

Study of over 1,000 sites suggests inequality emerged long after agriculture 0 cbabe Apr 16 Apr 16 6 530

Strange Wood Found on Beach by Fisherman Turns Out to Be Polynesian Canoe of Great Significance 5 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Apr 13 8 829

Canada's Indigenous Communities Operated Vast Obsidian Trade Network 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 13 10 680

American man who left a Diet Coke can for a reclusive tribe on an island is arrested in India 10 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 13 14 1334

Ireland's neolithic passage tombs were not just the burial place of the elite - new research 1 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 8 638

Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties 0 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 7 2770

The surprising evolutionary link between bowerbirds and human art 0 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 6 548

Anthropology Continued...

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European Hunter-Gatherers Sailed to North Africa 8,500 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 7 Apr 7 9 694

Preservation of Language Is the Basis for the Preservation of Identity 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 613

Archaeologists Find Neanderthal Stone Tool Technology in China 3 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 722

6,500-Year-Old Hunting Kit Discovered in West Texas Cave 2 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 29 1263

There Might Be Something Human in the Way Bonobos Communicate--Their Calls Share a Key Trait With Our Language, Study Sug 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 12 625

Discovery of a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement in Morocco rewrites history 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 7 580

The Sunken Cities of Ancient Greece 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 15 506

Archaeologists announce new discoveries at Luxor's Ramesseum Temple 0 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 11 523

Two mummies reveal a human lineage lived in isolation in the Green Sahara 7,000 years ago 1 cbabe Apr 3 Apr 6 15 722

Bronze Age Secrets Revealed: Scientists Map the Lost "Frontiers" of Iberia 1 erronis Mar 29 Mar 29 6 602

A mystery pharaoh's massive tomb was discovered in Egypt 3 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 9 823

The secrets of Britain's connection with the world's least known ancient civilizations 2 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 12 796

Ancient Megalithic Structures and Inscriptions Discovered in South India 2 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 15 903

Ancient Native American cooking techniques revealed in new study 0 Judi Lynn Mar 28 Mar 28 14 738

2,400-Year-Old Puppets That Look Hauntingly Alive 0 Judi Lynn Mar 22 Mar 22 11 768

The Biggest Technological Development in Human History Happened All Across the World Around the Same Time, by Groups of 7 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 19 1191

Cave Discovery Uncovers Unknown Human Population in Europe 1 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 26 836

An Unlikely Organ Helps to Explain Sherpas' Aptitude for Altitude 1 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 15 865

'Spreadsheets of empire': red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 18 6 721

Researchers use AI to unearth a 5,000-year-old civilization beneath the world's largest desert. But how? 0 Judi Lynn Mar 18 Mar 18 3 639

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