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A temple that predates Stonehenge reveals architectural planning may be older than we think 6 left-of-center2012 May 2020 Jun 2020 11 2200
Lost Monument of Early Maya Civilisation Discovered in Mexico 5 Judi Lynn Jun 2020 Jun 2020 6 1913
'Cannabis burned during worship' by ancient Israelites - study 2 Eugene May 2020 May 2020 7 2078
A 46,000-Year-Old Site Of Indigenous Australian Culture Was Just Destroyed By A Mining Blast 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 11 1920
Archaeologists find over 600 ancient tombs in central China 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1127
Egypt makes major archaeological discovery amid coronavirus crisis 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 9 1229
Miniature Rock Art Found in Australia May Have Been Stencilled by Children 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 3 1209
Viking grave found during remodeling 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 6 1110
Scratching the surface: drones cast new light on mystery of Nazca Lines 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 26 1969
First Titanic expedition in 14 years captures ongoing disintegration 2 mfcorey1 May 2020 May 2020 5 1512
Remnants of human migration paths exist underwater at 'choke points' 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 10 1369
45,000-Year-Old Human Remains Found in Bulgarian Cave 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 13 1133
Supercomputer Simulates Neanderthal Extinction, Finds Humans Were to Blame for Our Ancient Relatives 2 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 1054
Humans Colonized Polynesia Much Earlier Than Previously Thought 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 7 1109
Extinction: Maybe Cro-Magnon Wiped Out Neanderthals After All 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1007
The Ancient Practice of Child Labor Is Coming to Light 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 6 1073
Corn connects many generations of Maya 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1239
4,000-year-old Skeleton in Crouching Position Leaves Archaeologists Puzzled 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 3 1147
Snapshots of human anatomy, locomotion, and behavior from Late Pleistocene footprints at Engare Sero 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 3 1171
Drowned Paleo-Agulhas Plain was an Eden for Early humans 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 8 1307
Hitting the Books: Uncovering ancient civilizations with a plane and a prayer 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 1067
Scotland: 'Mind-blowing' ancient settlement found on hilltop 5 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 23 2202
Experts restore sphinxes in legendary Egypt's Karnak complex 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 18 1649
Geometry guided construction of earliest known temple, built 6,000 years before Stonehenge 0 Jim__ May 2020 May 2020 9 1304
Two 'warrior women' from ancient Mongolia may have helped inspire the Ballad of Mulan 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 5 1170
Our species might have reached Europe earlier than thought 5 left-of-center2012 May 2020 May 2020 4 1612
Ancient DNA reveals staying power of early people of the Andes 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 1403
In Groundbreaking Find, Three Kinds of Early Humans Unearthed Living Together in South Africa 9 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 40 3473
Stone Tools Show How Humans Survived a Supervolcano Eruption 74,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 8 1259
Well worth the time reading, for anyone unacquainted with ancient (3,000 B.C.) S.American societies. 12 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 May 2020 5 4667

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The possessive investment in guns: towards a material, social, and racial analysis of guns 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 6 1114
New technologies virtually reconstruct the pre-hispanic city of Tingambato 2 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1136
Rediscovering a path to the Milky Way through archaeology 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 4 1192
Historic statue unearthed at Cambodia's Angkor 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 1033
Genomic history of ancient Andean civilisations analysed 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1048
Demographic expansion of several Amazonian archaeological cultures by computer simulation 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 2 970
INAH archaeologists locate a Post-Classical Mayan village in Mahahual, Quintana Roo 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 0 947
Neandertals had older mothers and younger fathers 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 5 922
Ancient Mongol warrior women may have inspired legend of Mulan 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 1 1080
Study: Amazonian Regions were Agricultural Landscapes Some 10,000 Years Ago 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 May 2020 4 1175
The personal stories of 3 enslaved Africans, as told by their bones 2 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 6 1297
World's oldest human DNA found in 800,000-year-old tooth of a cannibal 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 May 2020 5 1261
4,200-year-old burial of Bronze Age chieftain discovered under UK skate park 3 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 14 1304
How Medieval People Tried to Dance Away the Plague 4 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 9 1157
During tough times, ancient 'tourists' sought solace in Florida oyster feasts 0 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 5 918
Deformed 'alien' skulls offer clues about life during the Roman Empire's collapse 1 Judi Lynn May 2020 May 2020 15 1690
Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1453
World's oldest string of yarn shows Neanderthals were smarter than we thought 3 left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 19 1648
Speed Bump. (comic) 0 JohnnyRingo Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1644
Mediterranean shipwrecks reveal 'birth of globalisation' in trade 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1038
'Spectacular' artefacts found as Norway ice-patch melts 1 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 19 1779
Skulls from the Yucatn Peninsula a Clue to Early American Settlers 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1111
LONDON might be 3,000 years older than previously believed. 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 12 1199
Discover Ozbaki hill that goes down 9,000 years in history 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 5 1235
Humans Have Been Taking Out Insurance Policies for at Least 30,000 Years 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 1 1228
A REAL-LIFE ATLANTIS EXISTED IN FLORIDA, AND IT WAS RULED BY FISH 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 19 1612
Humans living in Amazon 10,000 years ago cultivated plants, study finds 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1372
Neanderthals ate sharks and dolphins 8 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 2356
Ancient Maya kingdom with pyramid discovered in southern Mexico 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 6 1933
Legendary 'Tree of Life' in New Mexico's Ancient Past Might Not Be What We Thought 4 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 16 1848

Anthropology Continued...

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3,400-year-old Mesoamerican ball court sheds light on origins of the game 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1522
EXCAVATION OF 3,400-YEAR-OLD BALLCOURT REWRITES THE ORIGIN OF AN ANCIENT, BRUTAL GAME 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1370
SOMEONE IN MEXICO HAD AN ANCIENT MAYAN KINGDOM BURIED IN THEIR BACKYARD 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 5 1645
Scottish storms unearth 1,500-year-old Viking-era cemetery 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 13 1491
Archaeologists to dig up secrets of Roman amphitheatre in Kent 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1352
Student discovers 5,000-year-old sword hidden in Venetian monastery 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 35 2378
Guatemala find reveals early Mayan writing 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1342
Bones Unearthed in English Church Likely Belong to Seventh-Century Saint 3 left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1474
Humans domesticated horses - new tech could help archaeologists figure out where and when 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1440
Maya warrior queen may have built the longest 'white road' in the Yucatan 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 6 1335
'Astounding new finds' suggest ancient empire may be hiding in plain sight 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 40 4625
Hello kitty! Leopard face reconstructed from ancient Egyptian sarcophagus 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 1091
Humans get some of their knack for killing each other from the primate family tree, a new study says 3 BigmanPigman Feb 2020 Feb 2020 7 1954
Archaeologists use laser tech to reveal secrets of 100-km Maya road 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 3 1255
Rice fossils show Cambodians' rice production dates back early Neolithic period 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 1165
New study results consistent with dog domestication during Ice Age 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 4 1409
Archaeologists discover lost city that may have conquered the kingdom of Midas 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 9 1234
World's oldest art under threat from cement mining in Indonesia 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 4 1116
Experts Discover a 'Shrine' of 15,000-Year-Old Animal Carvings and Mysterious Symbols in a Spanish C 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 44 4530
Ancient Humans in the Sahara Desert Were Feasting on Fish 10,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2020 Feb 2020 10 1694
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