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The rise and fall of the Great Library of Alexandria 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 8 1945
Human-Shaped Sarcophagus Found Beneath Notre-Dame Cathedral 4 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 5 1730
'Significant' 500-Year-Old Hunting Bow Discovered in Alaskan Lake 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 3 1323
Final resting place of up to 65 British kings revealed as discovery sheds light on King Arthur era 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 16 1660
World's oldest mummy found in Portugal 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 7 1244
New Experiments Hint Human Language Likely Didn't Start With Grunts 4 Warpy Mar 2022 Mar 2022 5 1840
Ancient DNA helps reveal social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago that shaped the human story. 4 elleng Mar 2022 Mar 2022 7 1992
Archaeologists have uncovered two pre-Hispanic temples in the Tehuacn el Viejo archaeological zone 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 5 1351
WHAT PRE-COLONIZED MEXICO WAS REALLY LIKE FOR THE AZTECS 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 5 1416
How Sitting Bull's Fight for Indigenous Land Rights Shaped the Creation of Yellowstone National Park 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 7 1344
Researchers Decipher the Glyphs on a 1,300-Year-Old Frieze in Mexico 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 12 1264
Ancient Mexican city endured for centuries without extremes in wealth and power 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 4 1204
Controversial rock art may depict extinct giants of the ice age 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 9 1489
Acoustic remote sensing reveals sunken Roman city of Baia 4 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 14 2240
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps 4 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 4 1669
Old Stone Age culture discovered in China 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 7 1590
Native American shell ring villages may have been occupied then abandoned because of climate change 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 9 1379
Ground-breaking DNA study finds Vikings weren't all Scandinavian 8 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Mar 2022 11 2592
5,300-Year-Old Skull Offers Earliest Known Evidence of Ear Surgery 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 8 1669
Cahokia Mounds Releases Second Phase Of Popular Augmented Reality App 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 1468
Archaeologists find a 9,000-year-old shrine in the desert in Jordan 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 11 1422
The Mysterious Origins of King Tutankhamen's Space Rock Dagger Just Got Clearer 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 23 1913
Neanderthal's Extinction May Be Caused By an Entirely Different Reason 9 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 26 2887
Pre-Inca archaeological site yields 8 child sacrificial victims 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 1252
An Ornate, 5,000-Year-Old Stone Drum Is the U.K.'s Most Significant Prehistoric Art Find in a Centur 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 8 1520
2,000-Year-Old Buddhist Temple Unearthed in Pakistan 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 10 1523
The world's oldest pants stitched together cultures from across Asia 5 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 30 2439
Abu Dhabi unearths archaeological treasures dating back 8,500 years 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 19 1673
The Guardian view on Stonehenge: a dynamic monument - Editorial 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 1251
Who were the Scythians? 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 10 1634

Anthropology Continued...

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Astronauts spot an ancient heart-shaped oasis in Egypt just in time for Valentine's Day 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 14 1569
The Most Lavish Mesopotamian Tomb Ever Found Belongs to a Woman 8 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 22 2480
7 Roman inventions: Incredible feats of ancient technology 5 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 12 1902
Indigenous farmers are 'rematriating' centuries-old seeds to plant a movement 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 1753
Just Like Humans, Monkeys Observed Showing Signs of Choking Under Pressure 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 1025
Comet impact may have triggered decline of Ohio's Hopewell people 1,600 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 6 1118
Ancient chalk sculpture is 'most important prehistoric art' 0 Wicked Blue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1127
Lines written by 'naughty pupils' among 18,000 ancient pottery fragments found in Egypt 2 Wicked Blue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 1577
Tracing the History and Health Impacts of Skull Modification 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 1302
Origins of West African dishes with leafy vegetables date back to 3,500 years 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 1320
Vertebra discovered in the Jordan Valley tells the story of prehistoric migration from Africa 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 6 1226
Vikings' 'blood eagle' torture was horrific -- and may have actually happened 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Feb 2022 6 1740
Ancient helmets, temple ruins unearthed at dig in southern Italy 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 10 1256
Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 1282
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 913
Did Eating Meat Make Us Human? Don't Be So Sure, New Study Says 4 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 6 1937
Research reveals new insights into ancient mound complex of Poverty Point 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 11 1381
2 giant sphinxes depicting King Tut's grandfather found at ancient Egyptian temple 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 10 1141
'Every aspect of museums is affected by colonialism', say the Decolonise Cambridge Museums founders 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 1397
A celebration for the archaeologist who broke new ground on ancient Scotland 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 7 1243
Ancient powerbase of Lords of the Isles in Scotland was home to 'thriving community' 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 6 1235
One of the largest-known Norse longhouses discovered near Viking ship burial 6 Judi Lynn Dec 2021 Jan 2022 9 2206
World's oldest drinking straws are 3 feet long and made of gold and silver 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 1356
Iniskim Umaapi: Is this Canada's 'Stonehenge'? 3 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 19 2278
Saudi Arabia: Ancient tombs reveal 4,500 year-old highway network 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 19 1937
Trail of African bling reveals 50,000-year-old social network 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 11 1323
Archaeologists' discover 2,400-year-old town in Northamptonshire 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 1460
Ancient Andean leaders may have mixed hallucinogen with their beer 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 1330
How Africa's prehistoric geniuses led a technological revolution 1 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 9 1561
180 million years ago... 3 pbmus Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1642

Anthropology Continued...

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Mysterious Footprints Suggest Neanderthals Climbed a Volcano Right After It Erupted 0 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1227
Ancient human discoveries dominated 2021. Here's what we learned 2 left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 17 1822
Evidence ancient Babylonians were far more advanced than we thought - BBC REEL 1 Uncle Joe Dec 2021 Dec 2021 12 1899
Disturbing Viking ritual could have really happened, say researchers 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 2219
What Was the Earth Like after Dinosaurs? 0 Uncle Joe Dec 2021 Dec 2021 11 1544
Why This Ancient Civilization Fell Out of Love With Gold for 700 Years 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2021 Dec 2021 9 1845
Aztec Altar Secretly Built After the Spanish Conquest Discovered in Mexico City 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2021 Dec 2021 4 1142
Incredible Cave Paintings 8 Miles-Long Revealed Deep in Amazon Forest: The Sistine Chapel of Ancient 13 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Dec 2021 65 5306
Archaeology Magazine's Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries 2021 1 left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 16 1743
New dinosaur species from Chile had a unique slashing tail 4 left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 8 1731
Bison in Canada Discover Ancient Petroglyphs, Fulfilling an Indigenous Prophecy 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 63 3181
Saving Culture: Meet the man preserving Russia's forgotten voices from a century ago 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 7 1519
Duck-billed dinosaur may be one of many at Missouri site 0 Sherman A1 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1162
Rare Roman mosaic depicting The Iliad found in British farm field 8 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 50 4239
41,500-year-old ivory pendant may be oldest human-decorated jewelry in Eurasia 1 left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 15 1693
Did Vikings really host rituals to stop Ragnark in a volcanic cave in Iceland? 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 14 2566
Japanese language traced back to farmers in China's northeast: int'l research group 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 9 1257
"The Dawn of Everything": David Wengrow & the Late David Graeber On a New History of Humanity 1 Uncle Joe Nov 2021 Nov 2021 5 1844
Amy Goodman: Defending Her College Thesis 3 Uncle Joe Nov 2021 Nov 2021 9 1992
DNA analysis confirms 2,000-year-old sustainable fishing practices of Tsleil-Waututh Nation 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 10 1420
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