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The Shaman of Bad Drrenberg 0 wolfie001 Jun 22 Jun 22 6 444
Never seen a picture of the great rift valley before. 20 applegrove Jun 19 Jun 21 41 1661
Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 18 Jun 19 12 676
How Ancient People Moved a 6-Ton Stone 700 Kilometers to Stonehenge 1 erronis Jun 15 Jun 15 12 677
Scientists Opened a Sealed Cave for 20,000 Years and Found Perfectly Preserved Artworks 20 Judi Lynn May 29 May 30 64 3296
Melting Mountain Ice Is Bringing Ancient Secrets to the Surface . . . 5 Judi Lynn May 21 May 29 19 1096
Mysterious Ancient Chinese Bronze Kingdom (PBS Secrets of the Dead full episode) 0 eShirl May 28 May 28 6 638
Something Was Very Wrong With The Inca Empire -- DNA Just Proved It 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 21 May 26 20 1496
Ancient Korean society practiced human sacrifice and high inbreeding, researchers find 3 Judi Lynn Apr 10 May 26 5 1174
Rainforest Discovery Reveals Early Humans in Rainforest 150,000 Years Ago, Rewriting Human Evolution History 3 Judi Lynn May 21 May 22 29 1130
How a 4,000-year-old city defied history's 'rules' by becoming more equal as it became more successful 0 erronis May 19 May 19 22 896
Artifact: The Rolodex 3 Kali Apr 23 May 17 5 855
Glad to see Judi Lynn is back! 10 mntleo2 May 3 May 4 63 1772
A New Discovery at Easter Island Could Rewrite History As We Know It 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 26 Apr 26 15 1114
220,000-Year-Old Quarry Site in South Africa Studied 4 Judi Lynn Apr 9 Apr 9 17 1301
Roman sanctuary unearthed beneath Frankfurt may have a dark past involving ritual human sacrifice 0 Judi Lynn Apr 9 Apr 9 14 912
Beadnet dress: A 4,500-year-old ancient Egyptian funeral 'gown' that was in vogue during the Old Kingdom 4 Judi Lynn Apr 6 Apr 6 15 1421
Archaeologists Discovered an Ancient Projectile Inscribed With a Threatening Message 5 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 9 1304
Iran Attacked Its Arab Neighbors -- Their DNA Explains Why 5 Warpy Mar 2026 Apr 2 3 1392
Ancient Maya Wetlands Reveal Settlement That Thrived Amid "Collapse" 5 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 30 1723
Humans have been gambling since the Ice Age 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2 Apr 2 13 1131
Judi Lynn hasn't been here for a month. 12 Easterncedar Mar 2026 Mar 2026 49 2819
Archaeologists Found 23,000-Year-Old Footprints That Rewrite the Story of Humans in America 17 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Mar 2026 62 4205
PBS Secrets of the Dead: Sunken 4th Century Basilica (full documentary 55:35) 0 eShirl Mar 2026 Mar 2026 6 1125
Scientists Reveal the Surprising Sex Lives of Neanderthals and Early Humans 3 erronis Feb 2026 Mar 2026 5 1582
Humanity's oldest geometries, engraved on ostrich eggs 0 erronis Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 1146
(Archaeology with Flint Dibble): A New History of the Ancient Maya with Dr David Stuart 0 eShirl Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 1085
Archaeologists Believed Every Statue on This Island Had Been Found, Until One Emerged from a Lakebed 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 15 1430
18,000-Year-Old Evidence of Human Brain Consumption Found in Poland's Maszycka Cave 7 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 13 1680
Archaeologists Launch 'Virtual Museum' To Ukraine's Ancient Heritage 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 11 1240

Anthropology Continued...

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1.77-Million-Year-Old Homo erectus Crania in China Challenge Long-Held Timelines of Human Dispersal 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 14 1389
Ancient Greece's Deadliest Secret: Did a Hallucinogenic Fungus Power the Eleusinian Mysteries? 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 33 1711
Ancient Skies, Ancient Wisdom 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 14 1329
How Sumerians in Mesopotamia Perfected Asphalt-Like Materials 4,000 Years Ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 1043
Extraordinary Discovery at Ness of Brodgar, Scotland: New 3D Scans Could Rewrite Neolithic History 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 19 1515
Championships Mark the Rebirth of a Dynamic Art Form 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 12 1210
New Research Reveals How Londoners Used Death Data to Survive the Great Plague 4 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 16 1438
"Million-year-old" fossil skulls from China are far older--and not Denisovans 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 21 1555
Mystery of Armenia's Giant 6,000-Year-old 'Dragon Stones' is Finally Solved 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 27 1677
In the 3rd century, the Vikings' ancestors in Norway may have ravaged the North Sea 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 23 1445
ASI unearths around 4,000-year-old human settlement in Odisha 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 11 1023
430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 55 2319
Only Humans Have Chins -- and They Emerged as an Evolutionary Accident 12 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 19 2441
At a 'Tea Party' With Scientists, This Ape Showed Some Imagination 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 15 1504
Book Review: How Sickness Has Transformed Civilization 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 1285
Ancient bone may prove legendary war elephant crossing of Alps 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 10 1056
A Closer Look at King Tut's Footwear: The Pharaoh Was Buried With Over 80 Pairs of Sandals Made from Gold and Papyrus 10 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 1951
Ancient Inuits Seafarers Conquered the High Arctic 4000 Years Ago and Built Villages There Their travels shape the ecosy 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 15 1201
Ancient DNA reveals Europe's last hunter-gatherers survived until 2500 BCE 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 1123
2,000-Year-Old Iron Age Temple Discovered in Denmark Reveals Powerful Northern European Center 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 11 1261
DNA Reveals the People Who Replaced Stonehenge's Builders Along With 90% of Britain's Population Came from a Dutch Swamp 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 1432
Hunter-gatherers took refuge in European 'water world' for millennia 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 14 1354
Prehistoric discovery in Oregon cave older than Egypt's Great Pyramid rewrites human history 10 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 60 3543
2,000-Year-Old Iron Age Temple Discovered in Denmark Reveals Powerful Northern European Center 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 26 1765
Rules of mysterious ancient board game decoded by AI, scientists say 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 3 1196
A 5,300-year-old 'bow drill' rewrites the story of ancient Egyptian tools 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 10 1116
Archaeologists find 10,000-year-old rock art site in Egypt's Sinai 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 1144
Archaeologists Uncovered a Lost City Hidden Beneath the Desert for 1,200 Years 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 13 1367
Cambridge students unearth Viking-era 'execution pit' 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 1258
Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong 1 Eugene Feb 2026 Feb 2026 14 1354

Anthropology Continued...

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Oldest known sewn hide and other artifacts from Oregon caves shed light on early clothing in harsh climates 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 14 1230
Earliest hand-held wooden tools found in Greece date back 430,000 years 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 1235
These 500,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Discovered 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 1177
In 1940, A Dog Investigated A Hole In A Tree And Discovered A Vast Cave Filled With Ancient Human Artwork 5 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Jan 2026 46 2656
Leonardo da Vinci's DNA may be embedded in his art 2 Bayard Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 1618
Giant stone monuments older than Stonehenge were built by an ancient 'water cult', archaeologists say 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Jan 2026 8 1834
3 Million Year-Old Tools Found Rewrite History 2 Gaugamela Dec 2025 Dec 2025 13 1792
A Massive Stone Wall Built 7,000 Years Ago Was Found Intact Beneath the Sea Off the Coast of France 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 31 1834
Step inside the lost Native American city that rivalled medieval London 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 21 1932
Our primate ancestors evolved in the cold--not the tropics 7 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Dec 2025 20 3891
"Seeking the Koko' Ta'ay"--Taiwan's Little People, Big Questions 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1443
A New Study Revealed the Secret Origin of One of America's Most Mysterious Monuments 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 15 1586
Study Finds Golden Retrievers and Humans Share Genes for Anxiety and Intelligence 4 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Dec 2025 16 1971
Archaeologists in Wisconsin Unearth an Ancient 'Parking Lot' With 16 Dugout Canoes--Including One That's 5,200 Years Old 8 Judi Lynn Dec 2025 Dec 2025 27 2747
It Rivaled Ancient Egypt, Then Vanished: New Study Pinpoints Why the Indus Valley Fell 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 19 1789
Archaeologists Uncover Massive 2,250-Year-Old Monument Beneath Ancient Roman City 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 14 1803
Archaeologists Reveal Ancient, Single-Log Boats Used to Navigate Prehistoric England 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 10 1585
Aologist is racing to preserve Sudan's heritage as war threatens to erase its cultural past 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 1413
Native American city that rivalled medieval London 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 15 1589
DNA analysis suggests first Australians arrived about 60,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 1323
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