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The largest Neolithic city in China
Archeology

The largest Neolithic city in China

Archaeologists said the ruins of a 4km-2 city discovered in Shaanxi Province, northwestern China are the largest city of this type in China during the Neolithic period.

December 17, 2018
Discovered a prehistoric tomb in Tuyen Quang
Archeology

Discovered a prehistoric tomb in Tuyen Quang

Mr. Ly Manh Thang, Deputy Director of Tuyen Quang Provincial Museum, said: Archaeological delegation of Vietnam Institute of Archeology and Tuyen Quang Provincial Museum…

December 17, 2018
Ancient people cure toothache with beeswax
Archeology

Ancient people cure toothache with beeswax

New research has found beeswax used to cure cracks in the neck 6500 years ago of the ancient people in Slovenia (Italy). This may be one of the very rare examples of ear…

December 17, 2018
Clues to climate in the early Eocene
Archeology

Clues to climate in the early Eocene

The diamond hunt in the far north of Canada has yielded surprising results: a coniferous wood in a volcanic rock for over 50 million years.

December 17, 2018
3D images of pupae over 300 million years
Archeology

3D images of pupae over 300 million years

Experts from the University of Manchester (UK) used 3D technology to study 305 million-year-old pupae. British scientists say high-resolution CT scans have allowed them…

December 17, 2018
Mysterious skulls appear in Syria
Archeology

Mysterious skulls appear in Syria

Archaeologists found the skulls crushed from the Stone Age in Syria and they did not understand why they were cut from the body, 11 skulls found in Syria dating back abo…

December 17, 2018
Find a 9,000-year-old animal statue
Archeology

Find a 9,000-year-old animal statue

Israeli archaeologists have discovered two 9,000-year-old animal statues while excavating an area to build a highway a few kilometers north of Jerusalem.

December 17, 2018
Redefining the Stone Age dating from poison
Archeology

Redefining the Stone Age dating from poison

The analysis of some of the oldest toxic artifacts and drugs shows that the Late Stone Age could begin in Africa 20,000 years earlier than the time that scientists still…

December 17, 2018
Evidence of Samson legend
Archeology

Evidence of Samson legend

A small stone seal found in Israel may be the first archaeological evidence of Samson, the strongest man ever described in the Bible.

December 17, 2018