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Massive Aztec human skull rack found in Mexico City
Archeologists have discovered a massive ceremonial skull rack from the heyday of the Aztec empire in the heart of Mexico City, a find that could shed new light on how its rulers projected power by human sacrifice, the team said on Thursday.
Archaeology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Friday, Aug 21, 2015, 7:50am
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Archaeologist's Execution Highlights Risks to History's Guardians
A scholar's brutal death at the hands of ISIS is a reminder that archaeologists can find themselves on war's front lines, protecting artifacts.
Archaeology
Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Friday, Aug 21, 2015, 7:50am
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Scientists find evidence of prehistoric massacre in Europe
Archeologists say they discovered a 7,000-year-old mass grave in Germany with skeletal remains from the continent's first farmers
Archaeology
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Tuesday, Aug 18, 2015, 9:07am
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Archeologist Believes He's Found Egyptian Queen Nefertiti's Tomb
Nicholas Reeves, a residential scholar at the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, tells Renee Montagne his hypothesis is based on studying laser scans of King Tutankhamun's tomb.
Archaeology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 12, 2015, 9:46am
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This Ancient British Monument Was 10 Times Bigger Than Stonehenge
As they excavate the site, archaeologists search for clues about what caused an “insane” building boom in Stone Age Britain.
Archaeology
Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Friday, Aug 07, 2015, 9:13am
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Ancient find baffles archaeologists
Israeli archaeologists say they are trying to decode ancient inscriptions written in Hebrew discovered at a dig in Jerusalem.
Archaeology
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Thursday, Aug 06, 2015, 7:43am
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French student finds tooth dating back 560,000 years
Tooth unearthed by 20-year-old volunteer hailed as major discovery by paleoanthropologist overseeing dig at Arago cave near Tautavel
Archaeology
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 28, 2015, 9:53am
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Pages of Ancient Koran Among Oldest Yet Discovered
Manuscript found by student may date to Islam’s earliest era.
Archaeology
Source: National Geographic News
Posted on: Thursday, Jul 23, 2015, 11:44am
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Scientists stumble on centuries-old shipwreck
Shipwreck found off the coast of North Carolina may date to the time of the American Revolution
Archaeology
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 21, 2015, 1:24pm
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Destroyed Iraqi holy sites find new life online
Archaeologists get a second chance to preserve irreplaceable pieces of Iraq's history under attack by ISIS
Archaeology
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 21, 2015, 1:24pm
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Scientists Discover Evidence Of A 435,000-Year-Old Murder
Scientists say it's not just a murder from another era, but also part of one of the earliest mass graves.
Archaeology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 8:05am
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​2,000-year-old aqueduct uncovered in Jerusalem
The ancient water supply system was discovered by construction workers digging a new sewer
Archaeology
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 7:24am
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Technology helps unlock secrets of mummies
CT scans and MRIs are being used by scientists to understand everything from a mummy's sex to its cause of death
Archaeology
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 8:45am
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Staffordshire hoard: experts piece together rare warrior's helmet
Anglo-Saxon headgear reconstructed from more than 1,500 pieces as £400,000 grant is announced to fund further work on the treasure
Archaeology
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 8:45am
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Coffin remains tell life story of ancient sun-worshiping priestess
Chemical tracers show young woman’s travels through Europe during the Bronze Age
Archaeology
Source: Science
Posted on: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 7:50am
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Chipping Away At The Mystery Of The Oldest Tools Ever Found
How do you prove a rock was actively shaped and used as a tool more than 3 million years ago? Scientists found a kit of more than 140 artifacts in one spot and say the tools' crafters were pre-human.
Archaeology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 7:50am
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'Cyber-archaeology' salvages lost Iraqi art
A project is underway that uses tourist photos to make 3D digital reconstructions of artworks destroyed by IS in Iraq.
Archaeology
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 8:20am
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'Captain Kidd's treasure' found off Madagascar
55kg bar of silver found in shallow waters off Saint Marie island may have belonged to notorious 17th-century Scottish pirate
Archaeology
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Friday, May 08, 2015, 8:29am
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New Discovery Of World's Oldest Stone Tools
Researchers in Kenya uncover tools dated to 3.3 million years ago, long before the first humans, as we know them, walked the Earth.
Archaeology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Apr 16, 2015, 8:09am
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Having given up his secrets, Richard III to be reburied
Ahead of an elaborate reburial ceremony, new video shows the moment archaeologists discovered the former king's bones
Archaeology
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 17, 2015, 9:28am
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Can we save history from ISIS vandals?
ISIS is stealing ancient artefacts in Syria and Iraq and destroying archaeological sites. What can the world do to prevent further looting?
Archaeology
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Mar 12, 2015, 11:38am
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The Fabled ‘City of the Monkey God’ Has Been Found in the Honduran Rain Forest
Evidence of an ancient settlement was found in the most inaccessible forest in Central America
Archaeology
Source: TIME Magazine
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 03, 2015, 7:22am
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Ancient customer-feedback technology lasts millennia
In the days before Amazon and TripAdvisor, how could you express your consumer outrage? For ancient Mesopotamians, it was seethe, stamp and bake
Archaeology
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Tuesday, Mar 03, 2015, 7:22am
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Antarctic explorers' historic huts saved from ruin
An ambitious project restored the huts that sheltered Shackleton and Scott on their treacherous expeditions over a century ago
Archaeology
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 04, 2015, 10:22am
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Scientists Unlock Secrets of Ancient Scrolls Near Pompeii
The breakthrough could help find more long-lost texts in a ruined library
Archaeology
Source: TIME Magazine
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 21, 2015, 9:13am
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Cowboy's 132-year-old rifle found propped up against tree in Nevada desert
Archaeologists say the rusted Winchester Model 1873 rifle may have been left at the same spot more than a century ago
Archaeology
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Friday, Jan 16, 2015, 10:10am
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Scientists Finally Find and Map San Francisco’s Most Famous Shipwreck
Scientists have found the SS City of Rio de Janeiro, the most famous of San Francisco’s many lost ships, and produced 3-D sonar maps of the wreck.
Archaeology
Source: Wired
Posted on: Friday, Dec 12, 2014, 11:28am
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Earliest Human Engraving Or Trash From An Ancient Lunch?
Carved zigzag marks on a shell found more than a century ago have drawn new interest from archaeologists. The half-million-year-old lines aren't from an animal, and might be art from Homo erectus.
Archaeology
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 04, 2014, 6:50am
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Skeletal remains found at tomb from Alexander the Great's era
Archaeologists have found skeletal remains inside a limestone grave at a vast ancient tomb in Greece dating to Alexander the Great's era, the most significant discovery to date at the site.
Archaeology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 13, 2014, 8:41am
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​Remains of Ice Age infants uncovered in Alaska
Archaeologists say the more than 11,000-year-old babies are the youngest human remains from that era found in northern North America
Archaeology
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014, 8:51am
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