Ancient Discoveries
Exciting stone tool find in KenyaThe world's earliest sophisticated stone tools have been found near Lake Turkana in northwest Kenya. |
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NASA satellite helps find 17 Egypt pyramidsArchaeologists have uncovered as many as 17 buried pyramids in Egypt with the help of NASA satellite imagery, according to a documentary to be aired by the BBC on Monday. |
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Vietnam’s own ‘great wall’ uncoveredNestled in the mountain foothills of a remote province in central Vietnam, one of the country's most important archaeological discoveries in a century has recently come to light. |
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New Type of Ancient Human Found - Descendants Live Today?A previously unknown kind of human—the Denisovans—likely roamed Asia for thousands of years, probably interbreeding occasionally with humans like you and me, according to a new genetic study. |
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New discoveries concerning pre-Columbian settlements in the Amazon
via University of Gothenburg |
Mon October 25, 2010 |
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Ultraviolet light reveals how Greek statues really lookedA recent touring exhibition is turning a long held common belief on its head. The common perception is that the great statues and buildings of ancient Greece and Rome were all pure unpainted stone or green tarnished bronze, but researchers have been arguing that this may not been what these classic monuments really looked like back in the era of their creation. |
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Mysterious tunnel discovered under Mexican ruins
via MSNBC |
Mon August 09, 2010 |
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Archaeologists unearth Neolithic henge at Stonehenge
via BBC |
Sun July 25, 2010 |
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Huge dinosaur find in China ‘may include new species’Paleontologists in east China may have discovered the remains of a new species of dinosaur at what is said to be the world's largest group of fossilised dinosaur bones, state media said Wednesday. |
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One of the World’s Oldest Synagogues Uncovered Near the Sea of Galilee in IsraelA 2,000-year-old synagogue from the Second Temple period was discovered this month during archaeological excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Migdal near the Sea of Galilee. |
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‘Giraffe of the Mesozoic’ Dinosaur Unearthed in ChinaRemains of a dinosaur, nicknamed the "giraffe of the Mesozoic" due to its long neck and forelimbs, were recently discovered in China, according to a paper in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society B.' |
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Neolithic ‘temple’ revealed at site on OrkneyThe Stone Age equivalent of a cathedral has been unearthed in Orkney, the largest structure of its kind found in Britain. It dates to the Neolithic period (7000-1700BC) and was found not far beneath the surface of the narrow strip of land that divides Harray Loch from Stenness Loch on the Orkney mainland. |
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Ancient Bird Feathers Had Iridescent GlowNanostructures preserved in feather fossils more than 40 million years old show evidence that those feathers were once vivid and iridescent in color, paleontologists say. |
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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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