2,400-year-old puppets with ‘dramatic facial expression’ discovered atop pyramid in El Salvador

2,400-year-old puppets with ‘dramatic facial expression’ discovered atop pyramid in El Salvador

Archaeologists discovered 5 ceramic figurines at the San Isidro historical site in El Salvador. Scale in centimeters. (Image credit: J. Przedwojewska-Szymańska/ PASI; Antiquity Publications Ltd) Archaeologists have actually found unusual,…

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1,500-year-old skeleton found in chains in Jerusalem was a female ‘extreme ascetic’

1,500-year-old skeleton found in chains in Jerusalem was a female ‘extreme ascetic’

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a chained person in a Byzantine-era tomb in Jerusalem. (Image credit: Matan Chocron/ Israel Antiquities Authority) Not far from Jerusalem, archaeologists have actually found the…

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150,000-year-old stone tools reveal humans lived in tropical rainforests much earlier than thought

150,000-year-old stone tools reveal humans lived in tropical rainforests much earlier than thought

A 150,000-year-old stone tool from the Ivory Coast (Image credit: Jimbob Blinkhorn, MPG ) Ancient people resided in tropical rain forests much earlier than we initially believed, a brand-new research…

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14-year-old known as ‘the human calculator’ breaks 6 math world records in 1 day

14-year-old known as ‘the human calculator’ breaks 6 math world records in 1 day

14-year-old Aaryan Shukla just recently broke 6 world records for psychological mathematics. (Image credit: Prostock-Studio through Getty Images) A teen has actually set several mathematics world records by carrying out…

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5,000-year-old fortress found in Spain contains mysterious burial of Roman-era man with dagger

5,000-year-old fortress found in Spain contains mysterious burial of Roman-era man with dagger

The fortress was found in 2021 throughout initial studies for a solar energy plant in Spain’s southwest Extremadura area. (Image credit: Acciona/Tera S.L.) Archaeologists excavating a practically 5,000-year-old Spanish fortress…

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2,000-year-old remains of London’s oldest Roman basilica discovered under office building

2,000-year-old remains of London’s oldest Roman basilica discovered under office building

MOLA archaeologists found an area of the basilica wall (Image credit: Museum of London Archaeology) Archaeologists have actually found the 2,000-year-old remains of London’s very first civic basilica, a big…

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100-year-old heart drug made from foxglove may help ‘dissolve’ clumps of spreading cancer cells

100-year-old heart drug made from foxglove may help ‘dissolve’ clumps of spreading cancer cells

(Image credit: CHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY through Getty Images) By separating clusters of cancer cells, an old heart drug called digoxin might assist stop growths from infecting other organs, a…

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7,000-year-old bone holds 3 arrowheads with mixed poisons โ€” the oldest of their kind on record

7,000-year-old bone holds 3 arrowheads with mixed poisons โ€” the oldest of their kind on record

In 1983 archaeologists excavating a collapse South Africa found an uncommon thigh bone. It came from an undefined antelope and was discovered to be 7,000 years of ages. X-rays exposed…

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1,600-year-old Roman padlock with spring mechanism discovered in Germany โ€” and it’s tiny

1,600-year-old Roman padlock with spring mechanism discovered in Germany โ€” and it’s tiny

The little gold lock system found in northwest Germany (Image credit: LWL/ S. Brentführer ) A metal detectorist in Germany has actually found a 1,600-year-old mini gold lock that’s one…

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1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals Criminal Case from Roman Empire

1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals Criminal Case from Roman Empire

Composed in Greek, this papyrus is a memorandum for a judicial hearing before a Roman authorities in the province of Judea or Arabia in the reign of the Roman emperor…

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