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01/19/2023
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By Kevin Hughes
Prehistoric DNA study uncovers previously unknown group of people that lived in Siberia thousands of years ago
Scientists examining prehistoric DNA have found a previously unknown group of hunter-gatherers that lived in Siberia possibly more than 10,000 years ago. They determined that the mysterious group in Siberia’s Altai area was a mixture between two distinct groups that lived in Siberia during the last Ice Age. The Altai – situated between northern Siberia, […]
01/13/2023
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By Kevin Hughes
Amateur archaeologist decodes messages hidden in cave art inscriptions
An amateur archaeologist has deciphered what experts dubbed as “the first known writing in the history of Homo sapiens.” British newspaper the Times reported that 67-year-old furniture restorer Ben Bacon has spent his nights examining photographs of cave paintings. In the course of his examination, Bacon managed to decipher code inscriptions that appear in at least […]
01/12/2023
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By Kevin Hughes
5 Hidden ancient civilizations discovered by laser technology
In the past few years, archaeologists have used lasers to discover previously hidden ancient civilizations. This laser technology, called light detection and ranging (LiDAR), employs planes or drones to beam thousands of laser pulses from the sky to the ground below. These pulses penetrate through the thick, deep forest covering – which researchers then use to generate […]
01/11/2023
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By Kevin Hughes
Archaeologists discover ruins of Mayan civilization in Guatemala using LiDAR technology
Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan civilization that developed more than 2,000 years ago. The ruins, located in northern Guatemala, were revealed with the help of laser technology. The long-lost urban jungle was composed of almost 1,000 settlements spread out across 650 square miles. The settlements, connected by a vast causeway system, […]
06/01/2022
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By Zoey Sky
Experts unearth unique leather scale armor at 2,500-year-old Chinese burial site
According to a study, a man in Northwest China was buried with a unique armor made of over 5,000 leather scales about 2,500 years ago. The military garment was so elaborate its design looks like the overlapping scales of a fish. The study was published in the journal Quaternary International. The armor resembles an apron-like waistcoat and it […]
11/05/2021
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By Ramon Tomey
Researchers find world’s oldest stone tools in Kenya
American paleontologists recently found the world’s oldest stone tools, believed to be carved some 3.3 million years ago during the Pliocene period. The Smithsonian Magazine reported that the set of carved tools was discovered at the Lomekwi 3 site in West Turkana, Kenya. Amounting to 149 tools in all, they include hammers, anvils and carved stones. The stone tools were […]
10/01/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Vesuvius eruption wiped out people of Pompeii because it lasted longer than 15 minutes, study finds
A new study suggests that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago may have killed the inhabitants of the ancient city of Pompeii because it lasted longer than 15 minutes. The majority of the victims died of asphyxiation, or suffocation, caused by a giant cloud of ash and toxic gases. In a study published in the […]
05/28/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Ancient “embassy” in famed Mayan city hints at two allied states turned bitter foes
Archaeologists unearthed what might be an embassy hidden in the ancient Maya city of Tikal in what is now Guatemala. Built around A.D. 300, the embassy was a sprawling courtyard that featured a pyramid, a burial site and sundry items, all of which appeared to have been informed by the artistic sensibilities of Teotihuacan, a rival city hundreds of miles away in […]
04/30/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Ancient potsherd inscription may be the missing link in the alphabet’s history, researchers suggest
An inscription written on an ancient jar fragment may fill a significant gap in the history of the alphabet, according to a study published April 15 in the journal Antiquity. Discovered in 2018 at a dig site in Tel Lachish, Israel, the fragment dates back to around 3,450 years ago and contains letters used by people in the Levant, an […]
04/16/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs may have created the Amazon rainforest, study suggests
A new study suggests that the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs likely gave rise to the Amazon rainforest in South America. Published April 1 in the journal Science, the study also posits that the same asteroid created all of the Americas’ tropical rainforests. Around 66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide meteor struck what is now the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Named the Chicxulub […]
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