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Women ruled from the early Maya period
Researchers working in Guatemala have unearthed a stele depicting a powerful woman in ancient Mayan civilization.
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Ancient village for two thousand years in Dong Thap Muoi
The initial excavation results in an ancient village named Lo Brick proved that people were present early here. Moreover, they themselves contributed to the creation of…
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Giant bones were excavated
In the spring of 1983, in a large graveyard near the town of Zeest in the German state of Westbatlia, archaeologists discovered about 2,000 remains of bodies, 2.3m high…
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The ancient Sume understands the solar system before telescopes?
It was not until August 1986, Voyager 2, the interplanetary exploration ship launched by the United States in 1977, began to send the first close-up images of Neptune, t…
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Our father is African?
Scientists have identified a serious climate crisis in Africa about 70 thousand years ago and most likely changed the development process of human history. Evidence from…
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Women are present in the Roman fort
Women used to live and work in Roman military fortresses. The discovery overthrew the notion that the fortress was occupied only by men, said archaeologist Penelope Alli…
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Discover the oldest Maya painting in Guatemala
Archaeologist William Saturno in the United States yesterday said he was amazed to discover that a Mayan painting was never seen in nearly two millennia. Discovered in t…
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Gladiator - Roman symbol of sex
Divers explore the river running around a fortress of the Roman Empire and a residential area in England found a piece of pottery painted in the back of a gladiator carr…
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Bloody war in Mesopotamia ancient city
Mesopotamia settlement is located in Hamoukar, the top of Syria's north end, 8 km from Iraq. In 3,500 BC, this 13-hectare area suffered a devastating attack, in which bu…
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Read mammoth DNA
Scientists have assembled a piece of discrete gene fragments of mammoths, with 5,000 DNA characters that make up the complete mitochondrial genome of this extinct animal…
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Australia discovered human footprints in the ice age
457 footprints were found in Mungo National Park in western New South Wales, Australia is home to many of the world's best footprints and Australia's oldest footprints,…
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Discover the oldest observatory in China
Chinese archaeologists said they found the world's first observatory, some 4,100 years ago, in northern Shanxi province. The ancient observatory is located in the older…
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The oldest dragon totem in China
A 3,700-year-old dragon antiquity, made from more than 2,000 pieces of turquoise, has been identified as China's oldest dragon totem. The antiquity was discovered in the…
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The temple reveals the origin of Buddhism in China
Archaeologists have discovered a temple dating back more than 1,500 years, at the edge of the Taklimakan desert, in the northwest of the Xinjiang autonomous region of Ch…
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The discovery of the remains resembles the astronomer Copernicus
A man's remains are found in a church in northern Poland very similar to the characteristics of the famous Renaissance astronomer Nicolas Copernicus, archaeologists exca…