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Found honeycomb 3,000 years old in Israel
Recent archaeologists working in northern Israel have discovered the vivid evidence of the ancient beekeeping industry including beeswax, bees and what is called the
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Detecting salt mummies from 1,800 years ago
During the period of the Roman Empire, only after the collapse of ancient Persia (present-day Iran), a salt mine worker in northwestern Iran was killed after a catastrop…
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Identify the famous Egyptian queen mummy
Egyptologists claim that they have identified Hatshepsut's mummy, the most famous queen of ancient Egypt, found in a shabby grave in the Valley of the Kings.
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Egypt: Identify the identity of mummies more than 3,000 years old
On June 27, Egyptian archaeologists in Cairo said they had identified the identity of the more than 3,000-year-old mummy discovered in 1903. That's the female mummy coug…
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Get the wrong pharaoh
All ancient Egyptian royal mummies will be rechecked after scientists discovered a person was mistaken for a pharaoh. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of the Egyptian…
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Is the Chinese script 8,000 years ago?
Chinese archaeologists are studying ancient stone sculptures they claim are evidence that Chinese writing appeared 8,000 years ago.
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Egyptian life recreated in the ancient tomb
Belgian archaeologists have discovered an intact tomb of an Egyptian official who lived 4,000 years ago, including statues that simulate people's daily activities.
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Virtual tours through time
Museums, educators and others are increasingly using more videos, animations, graphics and other technologies to illustrate ancient historical sites to gain the benefits…
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Healing art of Pharaohs
Near the massive burial complex of Abusimbel (in southern Egypt), British archaeologists stumbled upon a small tomb in which three mummies were dried. Each mummy is abou…
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Ancient Mickey Mouse
Thousands of years before Mickey's cartoon character came into being, a French artist created a bronze shirt with a picture that looks exactly like this famous mouse.
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Sudan: found the center of gold production since ancient times
Archaeologists have discovered a gold production center dating back to ancient times and a cemetery along the Nile in northern Sudan. These two locations are part of the…
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Discovered ancient corpses in America
Peruvian archaeologists for the first time discovered the bones of the Incas killed by bullets during the period when the country was invaded by Spain. This is the first…
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The world's largest ancient book
Made in the early 13th century in Podlazice monastery (Czech Republic), the Codex Gigas - also known as the Devil's Bible - is comparable to the medieval world wonders.…
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Discovered a 1300-year-old Tiwanaku tomb
On May 2, archaeologists unearthed a tomb of the ancient Tiwanaku civilization inside a pyramid in western Bolivia. The corpse inside this tomb may have been a king or a…
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Discover many rare plants in ancient caves in America
The oldest conifer tree in North America and some parts of the ancient scorpion are some of the new fossil heritage discovered in a cave in Illinois, USA. The new discov…