Altar to Sol: A rare 1,900-year-old monument dedicated to the Roman god of light and used in a secret underground ritual
The altar to Sol was pierced from behind so that light might shine through. (Image credit: © National Museums Scotland) FAST FACTS Call: Altar to Sol What it is: A…
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780,000-Year-Old Charcoal Reveals How Early Humans Mastered Fire
Hominins at the Acheulian website of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov in Israel count on driftwood collected along a lakeshore to sustain their hearths, according to brand-new research study led by archaeologists…
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1,800-year-old nails discovered in 3 burials in Roman necropolis, possibly to ‘protect’ both the living and the dead
A close-up of the skeleton reveals a nail put on top of the chest(simply left of the spinal column ). (Image credit: Special Superintendency of Rome)Little iron nails laid throughout…
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2,000-year-old Phoenician coin was used as bus fare in England, but ‘how it got there will always be a mystery’
Kat Baxter, Leeds Museum and Galleries’ manager of archaeology and numismatics, reveals the front of the ancient coin. (Image credit: Leeds City Council) An interesting coin transferred into a bus…
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Lady of Elche: A 2,400-year-old bust of a mysterious ‘highborn’ woman from pre-Roman Spain
The strange Lady of Elche bust was found in Spain in the late 19th century (Image credit: Getty Images) FAST FACTS Call: Woman of Elche What it is: A limestone…
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14,000-year-old ivory tools found in Alaska hint at how Clovis ancestors first arrived in the New World
Excavation of a 13,700-year-old massive ivory workstation at the Holzman website. (Image credit: B. Wygal) Ancient tools discovered in Alaska might clarify how human beings very first gotten here in…
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7,500-year-old deer skull headdress discovered in Germany indicates hunter-gatherers shared sacred items and ideas with region’s first farmers
This deer skull headdress uncovered at the website of a Neolithic town shows individuals there engaged with Mesolithic hunter-gatherers. (Image credit: © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, J. Lipták)…
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430,000-Year-Old Wooden Handheld Tools are Earliest Ever Found
Archaeologists state they have actually found the ‘earliest recognized portable wood tools’ at the Middle Pleistocene website of Marathousa 1 in Greece. An artist’s impression of a Marathousa 1 female…
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1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb discovered in Mexico features enormous owl sculpture symbolizing death
A toned owl, whose beak covers the painted face of a Zapotec lord, embellishes the front of a 1,400-year-old burial place in Oaxaca. (Image credit: Luis Gerardo Peña Torres/INAH) Archaeologists…
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480,000-year-old ax sharpener is the oldest known elephant bone tool ever discovered in Europe
The 480,000-year-old elephant bone tool was found at the Boxgrove historical site in the United Kingdom. (Image credit: NHM Photo Unit) A triangular artifact crafted from elephant bone was utilized…
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