New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about how urban civilization first emerged in ancient Mesopotamia, proposing that ...
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The Huns, a nomadic group of Central Asian origin, emerged as a formidable force in the 4th century CE, challenging the Roman ...
Is This The World’s Oldest Story? Ancient Human Tale About The Seven Sisters May Be From 100,000 BCE
The team looked for an explanation as to why the myth involved a seventh bright star, visible to the naked eye. Running ...
Södertälje, Sweden -- Artificial intelligence is now taking us on an unprecedented journey, reopening the gates of time to civilizations whose fame never faded. On this journey, the world is ...
Shocked quartz, indicative of extreme pressure and temperature, was discovered at three prominent Clovis culture archaeological sites (Murray Springs, Blackwater Draw, Arlington Canyon). The presence ...
Ocara-Açu, a vast precolonial Amazon settlement, underlies the modern-day city of Santarém in Brazil, once serving as the core of a regional network that may have housed up to 60,000 people before the ...
Bronzetti of the Uta-Abini style from Sardinia. (a) Abini-Teti, (b–e) Monte Arcosu-Uta; images not to scale (photos: HW Nørgaard, D Berger). Article title: Multiproxy analysis unwraps origin and ...
Genetic-sequencing techniques have uncovered the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever recorded — inside samples of teeth and bones from woolly and steppe mammoths. An analysis of the bones and ...
Archaeologists have just uncovered ancient structures in Turkey that could be 7,500 years older than Stonehenge — possibly making them the earliest known human settlement on Earth. Discovered at ...
LIMA, Aug 29 (Reuters) - A small sculpture of two toads, and other water-linked symbols found near the Peruvian city of Caral - once the oldest city on the continent - have helped archaeologists ...
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Archaeologists unearthed a massive trove of gold coins in the Czech Republic, minted by a long-lost civilization — with the site described by officials as "exceptional." The discovery was announced by ...
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