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Me‘arat H̱illazon Taẖtit burial interpreted as a Natufian shaman's grave
Me‘arat H̱illazon Taẖtit burial interpreted as a Natufian shaman's grave. The grave goods are substantially more numerous and diverse than any other Natufian grave discovered,…
Natufian culture overview: transition from foraging to farming in the Levant
Natufian culture overview: transition from foraging to farming in the Levant. Natufians occupied the Levant as a Late Epi-Paleolithic culture from approximately 15,000 to 11,500…
Mogollon burial practice featured bowl with kill hole placed over face
Mogollon burial practice featured bowl with kill hole placed over face. Mogollon people placed a bowl over the face of the deceased and punched a kill hole through it before…
46-room site yielded artifacts, infant mummy, and raises coverup concerns
46-room site yielded artifacts, infant mummy, and raises coverup concerns. The cave system contained 46 rooms with visible fire-blackening on ceilings and walls The site was…
1.4–1.2 million-year-old Oldowan tools and fauna at Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
1.4–1.2 million-year-old Oldowan tools and fauna at Archaeological Site of Atapuerca. More than 1,000 stone tools found at Archaeological Site of Atapuerca in Spain, dated between…
Dmanisi: 1.8-million-year-old hominins in Georgia, earliest outside Africa
Dmanisi: 1.8-million-year-old hominins in Georgia, earliest outside Africa. Dmanisi in Georgia preserves hominin remains dated to 1.8 million years ago Described as the most…
Happisburgh: 950,000-year-old human footprints found in Britain
Happisburgh: 950,000-year-old human footprints found in Britain. In 2000, a handaxe was found by a man walking his dog at Happisburgh on the British coast, prompting investigation…
Grăunceanu: 1.95-million-year-old cut marks push back European hominin date
Grăunceanu: 1.95-million-year-old cut marks push back European hominin date. Site at Grăunceanu in southern Romania, on the border with Bulgaria Archaeologists recovered 4,983…
Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara labyrinth site history and Herodotus's description
Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara labyrinth site history and Herodotus's description. Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara is home to the pyramid of 12th dynasty pharaoh Amenemhat…
Current Egyptian excavation details at Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara labyrinth
Current Egyptian excavation details at Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara labyrinth. The excavation is an Egyptian mission led by Ashraf Soapi Rizgala, General Director of Fayoum…
Middle Kingdom foundation exposed for first time at Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara
Middle Kingdom foundation exposed for first time at Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara. The current excavation exposed the foundation of the upper level of the labyrinth temple…
Artifacts found include coins, oil lamps, and hieroglyphic fragments
Artifacts found include coins, oil lamps, and hieroglyphic fragments. The team found coins and oil lamps during excavation Pottery shards found were mostly Greek and Roman period…
Architectural remains: granite column, false doors, and stone joints
Architectural remains: granite column, false doors, and stone joints. A piece of a granite column capital was discovered in the excavation The corresponding upper part of the…
Amenemhat III dates and pyramid contents at Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara
Amenemhat III dates and pyramid contents at Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara. Amenemhat III ruled Egypt for 46 years from 1860 to 1814 BC He was the sixth king of the 12th…
Photography reveals eroded Appalachian soapstone petroglyphs
Photography reveals eroded Appalachian soapstone petroglyphs. Petroglyphs in northern Georgia, western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee are carved on soft soapstone that erodes…
Worked stones suggest ancient quarrying at Appalachian petroglyph sites
Worked stones suggest ancient quarrying at Appalachian petroglyph sites. Large flat stones at the site appear to have been placed rather than naturally occurring in their…
Petroglyph stone discovered at Noonday Sun Valley waterfall
Petroglyph stone discovered at Noonday Sun Valley waterfall. A large flattened stone with markings was found at a waterfall location known as 'Noonday Sun' valley In Cherokee,…
Maya human remains and burials discovered deep in Belize cave system
Maya human remains and burials discovered deep in Belize cave system. Human skeletal remains were found deep inside the cave system, including pieces of femurs, spine, hands,…
Calcified Maya skull forms natural crystal skull in cave chamber
Calcified Maya skull forms natural crystal skull in cave chamber. A Maya skull was found placed under a dripping water formation that calcified the entire skull into a crystal…
Argument that Appalachian petroglyphs predate the Cherokee.
Argument that Appalachian petroglyphs predate the Cherokee.. Petroglyph sites are commonly attributed to the Cherokee. but this is an oversimplification The Cherokee. are an…
Judaculla Rock: Cherokee-associated petroglyph site in North Carolina
Judaculla Rock: Cherokee-associated petroglyph site in North Carolina. Judaculla Rock is a large petroglyph stone in North Carolina with innumerable carvings including possible…
Maya altar and offerings found in Belize dry cenote sinkhole
Maya altar and offerings found in Belize dry cenote sinkhole. A dry cenote (sinkhole) in Belize was found to contain a Maya altar with stacked rock construction The sinkhole…
Roman legion inscription discovered on Farasan Kabir / Ferresanus Portus in Red Sea
Roman legion inscription discovered on Farasan Kabir / Ferresanus Portus in Red Sea. Farasan Kabir / Ferresanus Portus are located ~1,000 km from Berenike, the southernmost port…
'Douky Bottom Cave' Hawkswick Clowder, near Kilnsey on Socotra contains ~200 multilingual inscriptions dating from 1st century BC to 6th century AD
'Douky Bottom Cave' Hawkswick Clowder, near Kilnsey on Socotra contains ~200 multilingual inscriptions dating from 1st century BC to 6th century AD. Socotra is located ~380 km…
Hrdlicka suppressed pre-Clovis archaeology at Smithsonian, researcher contends
Hrdlicka suppressed pre-Clovis archaeology at Smithsonian, researcher contends. Ales Hrdlicka served as head of the Smithsonian Institution's anthropology department Hrdlicka…
Sneaking past guards to document restricted West Cemetery mastabas on Giza Plateau
Sneaking past guards to document restricted West Cemetery mastabas on Giza Plateau. Located on the Giza Plateau in an area off-limits to tourists Explorers avoided plateau…
Newly documented subterranean staircase cut into bedrock near Abu Rawash descends to water
Newly documented subterranean staircase cut into bedrock near Abu Rawash descends to water. Located in the Egyptian desert near Abu Rawash Staircase cut directly into solid…
Painted hieroglyphs and Osiris Temple, Abydos. reliefs documented in sealed Giza chambers
Painted hieroglyphs and Osiris Temple, Abydos. reliefs documented in sealed Giza chambers. Camera lenses inserted through locked iron doors into sealed chambers Pristine painted…
Laser measurements reveal Giza bedrock shafts plunge over 47 feet deepconspiracy
Laser measurements reveal Giza bedrock shafts plunge over 47 feet deep. Located on the Giza Plateau, described as the 'Giza bedrock mystery' Vertical shafts cut deep into…
Over 1,600 mustatils discovered across Saudi Arabia, built before Stonehenge and pyramids
Over 1,600 mustatils discovered across Saudi Arabia, built before Stonehenge and pyramids. Mustatils are named after the Arabic word for "rectangle" and consist of long stone…
Al-Natah fortified oasis settlement reveals walled Arabian society from 2400 BC
Al-Natah fortified oasis settlement reveals walled Arabian society from 2400 BC. Al-Natah is located in the Khaybar Oasis in northwest Saudi Arabia Occupied from around 2,400 BC…
Earliest written and illustrated references to Stonehenge (1130s-1440s)
Earliest written and illustrated references to Stonehenge (1130s-1440s). Henry of Huntingdon listed Stonehenge as the second of four wonders of England, alongside Peak Cavern,…
Plain bedrock chamber with circular designs found under Angkor Borei and Phnom Dalost_civilization
Plain bedrock chamber with circular designs found under Angkor Borei and Phnom Da. An underground vault was found carved directly into solid bedrock inside a remote cliff at…
Full papyrus of Homer's Iliad found buried in Egyptian tomb 65
Full papyrus of Homer's Iliad found buried in Egyptian tomb 65. Homer is credited with writing the Iliad and Odyssey, living around 700-750 BC A copy of the Iliad was found in…
Victims died ~20 hours after eruption; 1,500 bodies found in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Victims died ~20 hours after eruption; 1,500 bodies found in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Victims at the Port of Nola were found lying on top of the pumice layer, trying to wade…
Tens of thousands of Pompeii survivors resettled around the Bay of Naples
Tens of thousands of Pompeii survivors resettled around the Bay of Naples. Professor Steven Tuck's book Escape from Pompeii uses inscriptions to trace survivors of Vesuvius Most…
Post-eruption salvaging stripped Pompeii's forum and buildings for decades
Post-eruption salvaging stripped Pompeii's forum and buildings for decades. Emperor Titus sent two high-ranking commissioners to supervise relief efforts and ordered that the…
Shanty towns persisted at Pompeii until 472 CE; rebuilding blocked by debris and Vesuvius
Shanty towns persisted at Pompeii until 472 CE; rebuilding blocked by debris and Vesuvius. Recent work on the Insula Meridionalis in the south of the city revealed reoccupation of…
Redating of Xitle eruption challenges Cuicuilco as Teotihuacan's inspiration
Redating of Xitle eruption challenges Cuicuilco as Teotihuacan's inspiration. Volcano Xitle's eruption covered Cuicuilco with ash and lava, forcing inhabitants to flee. Previous…
Pre-Teotihuacan Valley of Mexico civilizations and city's founding around 100 BCE
Pre-Teotihuacan Valley of Mexico civilizations and city's founding around 100 BCE. The Archaic period in Mexico begins around 8000 BCE with hunting and gathering, followed by the…
Teotihuacan's monumental pyramid construction and 2024 DNA study on its builders
Teotihuacan's monumental pyramid construction and 2024 DNA study on its builders. Around 100 CE, when Teotihuacan's population reached 20,000, the city built the Pyramids of the…
Teotihuacan's metropolitan expansion, Tikal influence, and revised decline timeline
Teotihuacan's metropolitan expansion, Tikal influence, and revised decline timeline. After 100 CE, Teotihuacan shifted from pyramid building to constructing hundreds of walled…
La Venta founded c. 1400 BCE as major Olmec city in the Tonala drainage
La Venta founded c. 1400 BCE as major Olmec city in the Tonala drainage. La Venta was founded around 1400 BCE on a small salt dome island in the Tonala River drainage, about 13 km…
Complex A tombs and massive offerings at La Venta showcase elite wealth
Complex A tombs and massive offerings at La Venta showcase elite wealth. Complex A was the elite ceremonial core where rulers and families were buried, enclosed with large basalt…
La Venta's planned urban center features Great Pyramid and nine numbered complexes
La Venta's planned urban center features Great Pyramid and nine numbered complexes. La Venta's layout is formally planned and aligned on an axis of 8° west of north The city…
Olmec art innovations: stelae, masks, and feathered serpent monument
Olmec art innovations: stelae, masks, and feathered serpent monument. La Venta artists innovated new art forms including relief carving that took precedence over freestanding…
Olmec-style art spreads across Mesoamerica at sites like Chalcatzingo and Izapa
Olmec-style art spreads across Mesoamerica at sites like Chalcatzingo and Izapa. Olmec style art appears in the Mexican highlands, Soconusco, Guatemala, and El Salvador, but…
La Venta's decline and Epi-Olmec culture with earliest Mesoamerican writing
La Venta's decline and Epi-Olmec culture with earliest Mesoamerican writing. La Venta and its hinterland were abandoned by 400 BCE, possibly due to river course changes hampering…
SAR tomography and AI blind testing identify sphinx-like anomaly at Gizaconspiracy
SAR tomography and AI blind testing identify sphinx-like anomaly at Giza. Radar engineer Filippo Biondi presented SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) research findings at a public…
Giza mound is 20th-century spoil, not natural ground level, beneath which anomaly lies
Giza mound is 20th-century spoil, not natural ground level, beneath which anomaly lies. Predicted anomaly location sits in the Western Cemetery at Giza, one of the most excavated…
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