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Stone tools from a cave on South Africa's coast speak of life at the end of the Ice Age
The Robberg is one of southern Africa's most distinctive and widespread stone tool technologies. Robberg tools—which we found ...
Precise measurement standards have revolutionized museum science, helping nail down where artifacts are from
On a cool February morning in 1904, a spark ignited a fire in the heart of downtown Baltimore. Within hours, a raging inferno ...
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2010 Mattievich, Enrico ~ Journey To The Mythological Inferno America's Discovery By The Ancient Greeks [ Rogem Press]
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This South American Sun Cult Looked A Lot Like Ancient Egyptians
The Chankillo Archeoastronomical Complex is an ancient solar observatory in Peru that was built thousands of years before the Inca civilization ruled the area. Very little is known about the actual ...
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Tarkhan Dress: World's oldest known outfit was worn to an ancient Egyptian funeral 5,000 years ago
More than five millennia ago, an Egyptian weaver created a simple, tailored linen dress, likely not realizing just how long it would stick around. The Tarkhan Dress, carbon-dated to 3482 to 3102 B.C., ...
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Appraisal: Native American Artifacts
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Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, June 13-19
Museum of the San Fernando Valley: Hours: 1-5 p.m. Tuesday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Free admission; donations ...
28 Times Archeologists Found Relics That Made Us Rethink History And Its Stories
Some people think that learning history might be useless. "It already happened, what's the point?" Yet the truth is that ...
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Archaeologists Are Finding Dugout Canoes in the American Midwest as Old as the Great Pyramids of Egypt
The ancient Ho-Chunk ... archives—while the Society for American Archaeology devoted a symposium last year entirely to the humble dugout. Unlike many artifacts, canoes offer an inviting ...
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We Found 2,000-Year-Old Relics Buried Just Beneath the Surface
Join the History Seekers team as we uncover an extraordinary field filled with Native American artifacts dating back over 2,000 years. From delicate arrowheads to pottery fragments, these ancient ...
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These 5 cities vanished without a trace. We're finally learning their stories.
Mohenjo-Daro was one of two prominent cities of the ancient Indus Valley civilization ... drove many European conquerors to search throughout South America for riches such as this lime flask ...
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Metal detectorists stumble on treasure — and locate Viking boat grave. See it
Metal detectorists found bronze artifacts ... ancient Roman army camp beyond empire's northern border. See it →1,400-year-old crown — still decorated with insect wings — found in South ...