Archaeology
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Geometry in ancient Babylon
A 3,600-year-old circular clay tablet made in Ancient Babylon appears to be the earliest record of applied geometry
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The enigmatic dragon man
An almost complete skull fossil that was hidden for 85 years may belong to a new species of archaic human being
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78,000-year-old human burial
The oldest known burial by modern humans in Africa took place about 78,000 years ago
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History
Population decline in pre-colonial Amazonia
In response to environmental changes, epidemics, or wars, the populational decline of the Amazon region may have started 300 to 600 years before contact with European settlers
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3,000-year-old city in the Valley of the Kings
In early April, archaeologists and the Egyptian government announced the discovery of a 3,000-year-old city, the largest ever unearthed in ancient Egypt
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A powerful fertilizer
Archaeological records of plants and grains suggest that agriculture sustained large human settlements in northern Chile for many centuries was established in 1438
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Cave times
Roughly 7,500 years ago, humans took shelter in Abrigo do Alvo, Analândia, in the state of São Paulo
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The oldest art
A scene portraying pigs native to Indonesia could be the oldest figurative painting attributed to modern humans ever found.
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Neanderthals were weaned at 6 months
New evidence suggests that the weaning age and growth rate of newborn Neanderthals were similar to modern humans
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A giant cat in the Peruvian desert
Archaeologists have identified a new geoglyph on the side of a hill in the desert between the Peruvian cities of Nazca and Palpa
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Inca offerings in Lake Titicaca
A stone box made of volcanic rock found at the bottom of Lake Titicaca is helping archaeologists to better understand the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Incan Empire
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30,000 years ago in the Americas
Mexican site suggests settlement of the Americas began 30,000 years ago
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Archaeology without excavation
Archaeologists have mapped an entire Ancient Roman city without carrying out a single excavation
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The new dimensions of Ur
Ur may have occupied an area up to eight times greater than previously estimated by archaeologists in the 1980s
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Primitive gardens in the Amazon
Evidence of cassava and pumpkin cultivation, dated at 10,350 and 10,250 years ago respectively, helped an international team of researchers to identify 4,700 artificial forests in the Llanos de Moxos region in Bolivia
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New glyphs found in the Peruvian desert
Archaeologists from Japan have identified 143 new drawings—or geoglyphs—of animals, plants, and people in the Nazca desert, near the coast of Peru
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Social inequality in the Bronze Age
Analysis of remains and grave goods found in cemeteries near the city of Augsburg in southern Germany suggests that social inequality is an older phenomenon than previously thought
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Photolab
Until archaeology do us part
After death, a man and woman in Lapa do Santo, Minas Gerais State, remained together for more than 8,000 years
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Evolution
3.8-million-year-old skull
A nearly complete hominid skull dated at 3.8 million years old has led to new conclusions about the origins of the genus
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Egyptian Mummy in Rio Grande do Sul
Researchers have identified the head of an Egyptian mummy who lived 2,500 years ago stored at the 25 de Julho Cultural Center in Cerro Largo, Rio Grande do Sul
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