7-year-old Maya child had green jade ‘tooth gem,’ new study finds
[ 19659002]Examples of oral inlays in the teeth of Maya people who lived centuries earlier. These are not the teeth that were studied in the brand-new paper. (Image credit: Gary…
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3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian whistle was likely used by police officer tasked with guarding the ‘sacred location’ of the royal tomb
Ancient Egyptians utilized this perforated cow toe bone as a whistle, a brand-new research study discovers. (Image credit: Michelle Langley) A 3,300-year-old whistle taken of a cow’s toe bone has…
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350-year-old mummified head from Bolivia isn’t what it seems
The mummified head from Bolivia has actually remained in a Swiss museum collection considering that 1914. (Image credit: Abegg et al. 2025, Int. J. Osteoarchaeol.; CC BY 4.0) An uncommon…
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Kneeling Bull: A 5,000-year-old hybrid creature from Iran with a mysterious purpose
[ 19659002]The silver bull figurine was most likely associated with an ancient Mesopotamian routine. (Image credit: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1966; Metropolitan Museum of Art( Public Domain )) FAST FACTS…
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2,200-year-old gold coin depicting ancient Egyptian queen discovered in Jerusalem
data-pin-nopin=”true” fetchpriority=”high”> The gold coin was most likely minted in between 241 and 246 B.C. in Alexandria, Egypt, archaeologists state. (Image credit: Eliyahu Yanai, City of David) Archaeologists in Jerusalem…
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1,600-Year-Old Samaritan Settlement Unearthed in Israel
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have actually revealed the ruins of an ancient farming estate at the website of Kh. Kafr Ḥatta in Kafr Qasim, main Israel. A…
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1,000-year-old ‘king’ game piece with a distinctive hairstyle is ‘as close as we will ever get to a portrait of a Viking’
The figurine is sculpted from walrus ivory and has to do with an inch high. It is severely harmed however its distinct hairdo and beard are still plainly noticeable. (Image…
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2,200-year-old ‘complex and delicate’ Celtic warrior charm is evidence of sophisticated metalworking in the Iron Age
The warrior statuette after remediation. (Image credit: Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege) Archaeologists have actually found a little, bronze appeal portraying a Celtic warriortotal with a guard and a sword, while…
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Mysterious 300,000-year-old Greek cave skull was neither human nor Neanderthal, study finds
[ 19659002]The Petralona skull is a strange and crucial piece in the human development puzzle. This image is a restoration illustrating the skull connected to a cavern wall. (Image credit:…
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Sabu Disk: A mysterious 5,000-year-old Egyptian stone sculpture that looks like a hubcap
This stone things was found in the burial place of Sabu in the Saqqara necropolis in Egypt. (Image credit: Alain Guilleux/ Alamy) FAST FACTS Call: Sabu Disk What it is:…
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