In his “Island at the Edge of the World,” the British archaeologist Mike Pitts delves into the misconceptions and legends ...
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Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis
A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...
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Well-preserved 49-foot Book of the Dead found in Egypt is the 2nd to ever be found in history
Archaeologists in central Egypt reported finding a 43‑ to 49‑foot, well‑preserved papyrus in a New Kingdom tomb, underscoring ...
For generations, a misidentified medieval manuscript was hidden in a 474-year-old English boarding school’s library. After a ...
Archaeologists discover the lost 'Book of the Dead' buried for thousands of years ...
Some of these ‘remedies’ included human feces, powdered lizards and hippo teeth.
A new book by author Julian Sancton explores the lengthy quest to find the Spanish galleon—and the political firestorm that ...
Still, the fancy persists, implanted like a microchip, ever since Erich von Däniken’s 1968 best-seller, “Chariots of the Gods ...
The monument’s mysterious past has spawned countless tales and theories. According to folklore, Stonehenge was created by ...
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