Archaeologists excavate earliest known ancient Maya salt works
A team of archaeologists from LSU and the University of Texas at Tyler has excavated the earliest known ancient Maya salt ...
Ancient Greece's cultural rise started a century earlier than previously thought—new research
While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...
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Earliest ancient Maya salt works excavated
A team of archaeologists from LSU and the University of Texas at Tyler have excavated the earliest known ancient Maya salt works in southern Belize, as reported in the journal Antiquity. The team was ...
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Spy satellite images lead archeologists to the site of a historic battle in Iraq
The findings were published Tuesday in the journal Antiquity. While mapping the route ... The survey team also found pottery shards consistent with the time period when the battle took place. Stay ...
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LSU researchers excavate earliest ancient Maya salt works
As reported in Antiquity, the materials they found contrasted with those ... without the outside trade connections that ...
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Archaeologists Are Bewildered by a Skeleton Made From the Bones of at Least Eight People Who Died Thousands of Years Apart
Found in a cremation cemetery in Belgium, the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and a Roman-era skull, ...
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Ancient Airbnb: 150,000-year-old rock shelter used by Neanderthals, Denisovans, humans
Archaeologists in Tajikistan have discovered a rock-shelter that may have been a migration site for Neanderthals, Denisovans, ...
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A Rare Collab by Gustav Klimt and His Brother Ernst Goes to Auction
Sotheby's is selling this heartwrenching collaboration by Gustav and Ernst Klimt, completed after Ernst's untimely death, ...
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Site of ancient, key battle in Iraq found by archeologists using spy satellite images
The findings were published Tuesday in the journal Antiquity. While mapping the route ... The survey team also found pottery shards consistent with the time period when the battle took place. Jotheri ...
Declassified US Spy Satellite Images Reveal Ancient Battle Site
As part of their survey, researchers examined declassified U.S. spy satellite imagery from the 1970s, which is now in the public domain, and compared the visual data to modern-day photography and ...
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Spy satellite images lead archeologists to site of historic battle in Iraq
Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site ...