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Prehistoric flute in Germany is oldest knownA bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave was carved some 35,000 years ago and is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovered, archaeologists say, offering the latest evidence that early modern humans in Europe had established a complex and creative culture. |
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Ancient figurine said to be oldest depiction of the human formIf only all of us could age so gracefully. |
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Scientists claim to have found language of ancient Indus civilisationElaborate symbols drawn on to amulets and tablets by an ancient civilisation belong to an unknown language, according to a new analysis by researchers. |
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Egyptians hope to find Cleopatra’s tombCleopatra and Mark Antony were immortalised as two of history’s greatest lovers, but their final resting place has always been a mystery. |
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CT scan reveals hidden face under Nefertiti bustBerlin, Germany - Researchers in Germany have used a modern medical procedure to uncover a secret within one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured artworks — the bust of Nefertiti has two faces. |
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Civil War Era Shipwreck Discovered During Search for Hurricane Ike DebrisOff Galveston, Texas, USA - I could swear we already blogged about this .... |
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Oldest Fossil Brain Found in Kansas and Imaged in FranceParis, France - When Alan Pradel of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris CAT scanned a 300-million-year-old fossilized iniopterygian from Kansas, he and his colleagues saw a symmetrical blob nestled within the braincase. |
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13,000-year-old tools dug up in Colorado yardBoulder, Colorado, USA - Landscapers were digging a hole for a fish pond in the front yard of a Boulder home last May when they heard a "chink" that didn't sound right. |
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Iraq’s treasure trove national museum reopensBaghdad, Iraq - The Iraq Museum reopened almost six years after its ancient treasures were looted in the chaotic aftermath of the US-led invasion. |
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Vast Cache Of Ice-age Fossils Uncovered At La Brea Tar Pits In Los AngelesLos Angeles, California, USA - The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, part of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County family of museums, has announced an endeavor of discovery and research so enormous that it could potentially rewrite the scientific account of the world-famous La Brea Tar Pits and their surrounding area -- one of the richest sources of life in the last Ice Age, approximately 40,000 to 10,000 years ago. |
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