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Religion Turned Bands Into Tribes That Ruled The Planet - OpEd 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 940
A New Project Uses Isotopes to Pinpoint the Birthplaces of the Enslaved 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 36 2038
Archaeologists unearth 7,000-year-old bottle 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 913
Thought Lost in WW2, Records Discovery Reveals Secrets of Ancient People 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 1099
Archaeologists Keep Finding Evidence of a Mysterious Ancient Cult In Europe 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 27 2798
Ancient "curse tablet" targeting unlucky pair unearthed by archaeologists in Germany 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1254
Ancient "curse tablet" targeting unlucky pair unearthed by archaeologists in Germany 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1021
Remains of 3,500-year-old Egyptian woman reveal she suffered from 'rare' disease 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 1336
Archaeologists uncover 4,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian tomb and artefacts 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 729
Cattle in The Earliest European Cities Weren't Bred as Food 0 Warpy Jan 2024 Jan 2024 12 958
Scientists Studied 3,000 Viking Teeth And Discovered Surprisingly Advanced Dentistry 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 1886
EVERYTHING you know about Roman Roads is WRONG 1 Eko Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 1606
20 Greatest Archaeological Discoveries of 2023 2 Eko Jan 2024 Jan 2024 11 1104
'World's Oldest Pyramid' in Indonesia? A Study Draws Skepticism 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 2273
Surprising find proves rainy British city was once the centre of the Roman Empire 6 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 43 2605
Vast submerged area near Australia may once have hosted 500,000 people 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 12 947
Five ways science conquered our beliefs about the Roman Empire in the year MMXXIII 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2024 Jan 2024 18 1601
Scientists May Have Found an Ancient Path Into America 24,000 Years Ago 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 1361
No signs of tooth decay in half of Swedish Viking population (corrected) 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1486
Israel destroyed more than 200 of 325 archaeological sites in Gaza 8 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 1170
Lying down and vomiting between courses: This is how Ancient Romans would feast 7 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1768
Archaeologists have made a shocking discovery after a re-examination of a mummified teen mom who died in childbirth 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 40 3125
Secret underground passageways discovered in ruins of 4,300-year-old city in China 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 971
Archaeologists Unearth 4,000-Year-Old Palace in Ancient Chinese Walled City 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 849
Europe's Prehistoric Mega-Settlements Were Practically Vegetarian 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 13 1044
Discovery of 'calendar' rock carvings from Ancestral Pueblo in US Southwest surpasses 'wildest expectations' 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 1190
Ancient bricks reveal enigmas in Earth's magnetic field 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 13 1184
Rare Ancient Multiplication Tables Found In 2,300-Year-Old Chinese Tomb 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 12 1019
A Staggering Excavation Has Rewritten The Fall Of The Roman Empire 6 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 46 3096
Spirals Carved Into Colorado Rocks Thousands of Years Ago Could Be Ancient Calendars 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 22 1206

Anthropology Continued...

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Early Neolithic high mountain settlers were already carrying out complex livestock and farming activities, finds study 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 1328
Marking the Solstice: Ireland's Ancient Stone Circles... 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 1044
New evidence suggests Harappan civilisation is 7,000 to 8,000 years' old 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 12 2117
Remains of palace, barns dating back 4,000 years found in central China 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 1250
Wooden slips dating back over 1,700 years unearthed in central China 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 1438
A cave painting found in Egyptian Sahara depicts a nativity scene 3,000 years before Jesus' Birth 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 14 1660
Xinhua Silk Road: Museum showcasing culture of China's largest prehistoric stone city opens to public 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 1467
Researcher: The people who painted these rock paintings were neither primitive nor naked 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 21 1624
Pliosaur discovery: Huge sea monster emerges from Dorset cliffs 5 nightwing1240 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 1293
A 27,000-year-old pyramid? Controversy hits an extraordinary archaeological claim 10 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 16 2420
Ancient Scythians Did Make Leather Out of Human Skin After All 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 1079
A Monumental Prehistoric Discovery In Siberia Rewrites Human History, Scientists Say 6 Jilly_in_VA Dec 2023 Dec 2023 28 2233
Summary: Researchers argue those with dyslexia are specialized to explore the unknown. This explorative bias has 6 applegrove Dec 2023 Dec 2023 21 2244
The World's Oldest Settlements Were Built by a Culture Nobody Expected 4 Warpy Dec 2023 Dec 2023 20 1659
Divers Found Cargo That Might Just Lead to a 'Mind-Blowing' Neolithic Shipwreck 3 WhiteTara Dec 2023 Dec 2023 15 1881
Greeks Are Descendants of the Mycenaeans, DNA Study Confirms 6 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Dec 2023 7 1438
This Is The Face Of "Dragon Man", Modern Humans' Closest Relative 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 16 1727
The iconic Viking halls probably had stylish glass windows 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 742
Archaeologists 'surprised' by 6,500-year-old Stone Age site near Arctic 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 28 1781
People in Europe Ate Seaweed for Thousands of Years Before It Disappeared From Their Diets 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 1053
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancels meet with Greek PM over Elgin Marbles row BBC News 2 xocetaceans Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1263
5:06 / 10:01 The Sound of Ancient Languages. Full Version. You Haven't Seen Anything Like This Before! 22 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 19 3812
Long before they became a Thanksgiving staple, turkeys were revered by ancient Indigenous communities 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 1086
Archaeologists Discover Traces of Ancient Jalula 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 1050
Indigenous Mexicans migrated to California 5,200 years ago, likely bringing their languages with them, ancient DNA revea 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 1369
World's Oldest War Weapons Factory Existed 7,200 Years Ago In Israel 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 906
Baboon mummy DNA from ancient Egypt reveals location of mysterious port city not on any maps 8 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 18 1836
some cool images of Tenochtitlan 5 Kali Nov 2023 Nov 2023 12 1282
Satellites spy remnants of hidden Bronze Age settlement in Serbia 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 17 1238
Hunter-gatherer approach to childcare suggests that the key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers 4 eShirl Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 1424

Anthropology Continued...

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Lice DNA records the moment Europeans colonized the Americas 9 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 11 1553
Oxyrhynchus Papyri - Huge treasure trove of paper (papyrus) documents from ancient garbage dump 0 barbaraann Nov 2023 Nov 2023 15 1759
Scotland's 'oldest' tartan found in Highlands bog 7 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Nov 2023 20 2450
Large-scale warfare occurred in Europe '1,000 years earlier than previously thought' 4 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 1856
Extraordinarily Well-Preserved 3,000-Year-Old Octagonal Sword Unearthed In Germany 8 Judi Lynn Jun 2023 Nov 2023 32 4421
Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge Neolithic tomb 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Nov 2023 11 1553
Uncovering a lost landscape 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 815
ANCIENT 'FEAT OF ENGINEERING' NEARLY 1,000 YEARS OLDER THAN THE PYRAMIDS FOUND ON REMOTE NORTH SEA ISLAND 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 26 2067
Nearly 500,000 Dirhams were buried in Viking-Age Scandinavia, study findsA new study reveals that silver coins from the 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 9 1704
Sneak Peek Into Neanderthal Cooking Habits Reveals They Were Just As Intelligent As Homo Sapiens 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Nov 2023 16 1193
Comet Impact 12,800 Years Ago Sparked the Rise of Agriculture 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Nov 2023 7 1172
1,700-Year-Old Sock Spins Yarn About Ancient Egyptian Fashion 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 13 1312
Two Million Years Ago, This Homo Erectus Lived the High Life 16 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 26 3062
A thing puzzled me while watching programs 12 moniss Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 1645
A 24,000-YEAR-OLD DISCOVERY IN A EUROPEAN CAVE LEFT RESEARCHERS STUNNED. NOW THEY'RE CALLING IT THE "MOST IMPORTANT" OF ITS KIND 7 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 28 2366
'World-class aquifer' enabled ancient African kingdom to thrive in the Sahara for hundreds of years 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1109
The "missing law" of nature was here all along 0 applegrove Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 1060
AI Is Used To Share What Ancient Languages Sounded Like 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1279
The oldest pieces of Baltic amber found on the Iberian Peninsula indicates imports began over 5,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1072
Ancient Europeans ate seaweed thousands of years before it became a trendy 'superfood' 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 902
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