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Digging deep into the past: unearthing ancient civilisations in the UAE

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Sara Almutlaq

www.thenational.ae - The telegram arrived out of the blue, heavy with promise but tantalisingly short on detail: “Twelve tumuli of Bahrain type discovered on island off Abu Dhabi can you and PV come – Tim.” The recipient…

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'Loot-to-order' antiquities sold on Facebook

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Marwan Hisham

www.bbc.com - Facebook is being used by networks of traffickers to buy and sell looted antiquities, the BBC has learned. Private groups also discuss how to illegally excavate ancient tombs, according to research b…

SCIENCE

Ancient DNA reveals two lost lineages of horses—but not their elusive origins

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Ann Gibbons

www.sciencemag.org - Modern Mongolian herders depend on horses much the way their ancestors did. By Elizabeth PennisiMay. 2, 2019 , 11:35 AM When Ludovic Orlando made up his mind to uncover the origins of domestic horses…

SCIENCE

Human settlements in Amazonia much older than previously thought

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Xavi Bros

www.eurekalert.org - UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Humans settled in southwestern Amazonia and even experimented with agriculture much earlier than previously thought, according to an international team of researchers. "We hav…

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‘Amber’ beads revealed as prehistoric fakes

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cosmosmagazine.com - Pieces of amber jewellery made in the second and third millennia BCE have been found to be fakes – revealing that the practice of passing off dodgy imitations to unsuspecting customers stretches back…

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Israeli Archaeologists Uncover ‘Very Exciting’ Seals Pointing Directly to the Bible

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Ratio Christi CSUNIV

www1.cbn.com - JERUSALEM, Israel – Israeli archeologists have made two rare discoveries in the City of David pointing to people mentioned in the scriptures. The discoveries, which date back to the seventh and sixth…

ART & ENTERTAINMENT

How Star Wars Created New Myths With Ancient Ruins

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QS2 Point

www.forbes.com - Scene from Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope. A Rebel guard watches as the Millennium Falcon takes off from the base on Yavin 4. 20th Century Fox Studios One of my first memories is of going to see t…

LEISURE

Old Kingdom Cemetery Discovered in Giza‏ - Luxor Times

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John Hoopes

luxortimes.com - An Egyptian archeology mission headed by Dr. Mustafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, successfully discovered a Part of Old Kingdom cemetery, during the excavations in…

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How my history degree led to my dream job

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Yusra Salim | يُسرى بِنْت سالم

www.historyextra.com - Author of ‘The Silent Hours’ and other novels My career as a historical novelist began when I was working as a history teacher at a secondary school and searching for something to teach my Year 9 cla…

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Plant studies show where Africa's early farmers tamed some of the continent's key crops

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Jessie Slater

www.sciencemag.org - As it was domesticated, the African yam got bigger, starchier, and more regular in shape. By Elizabeth PennisiMay. 1, 2019 , 2:00 PM Wheat and other plants that feed much of the world today were like…

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Schuylkill Yards development may rest on the Quaker dead

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RyChKo

www.philly.com - The massive $3.5 billion Schuylkill Yards development that begins at 30th Street Station and extends west along Market Street and JFK Boulevard to 31st Street is taking shape in part on land that was…

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Why Are Some Caves Full of Shoes?

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istockhistory

www.sapiens.org - I’ve spent a good chunk of my life hiking the U.S. Southwest, and I’ve kicked my share of sharp rocks and prickly cactuses as I’ve walked across hot sandy stretches of desert. My hiking boots usually…

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Cultural Heritage Has A Lot To Teach Us About Climate Change - CITI IO

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citi.io - Museums, archaeological sites and historical buildings are rarely included in conversations about climate change, which tend to focus on the wider impact and global threats to our contemporary world.…

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Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle & Henge

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Jo Wallace

www.aboutbritain.com - It was built between 2500 BC and 2000 BC, making it the last of the neolithic monuments to have been built in the area. The Ring of Brodgar stands on a small isthmus with Loch Stenness on one side an…

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Astonishing Denisovan Fossil Discovery Traced Back to Unknown Buddhist Monk

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gizmodo.com - The archaeology world is abuzz today with news of the first Denisovan fossil found outside of Siberia. The 160,000-year-old jawbone was uncovered by a Buddhist monk in a Chinese cave nearly 40 years …

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Yemen proves it: in western eyes, not all ‘Notre Dames’ are created equal | Lamya Khalidi

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Abdulhabeb Dhubhani

www.theguardian.com - Like everyone else the world over, I watched in horror last week as Notre Dame burned and its spire fell. I saw the stunned reactions of onlookers on the news, on social media and in front of televis…

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Stunning 3D clips reveal how 7 Ancient Wonders of the World would've looked if they still stood today

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Lu Hersey

www.thesun.co.uk - THE ORIGINAL Seven Wonders of the World have been reconstructed in excruciating detail in a series of incredible 3D videos. All but one of the gargantuan structures, which made up a list of must-see …

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Facebook Pulls 49 Sites Selling ‘Stolen-to-Order’ Antiquities From Syria and Iraq

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Adam Rawnsley

www.thedailybeast.com - Facebook has shut down 49 “loot-to-order” antiquities-trafficking pages selling bespoke artifacts from war zones to clandestine collectors, in response to a two-year BBC investigation. The BBC probe,…

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'Inhabitants of Madrid' ate elephants' meat and bone marrow 80,000 years ago

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Dr Cathryn Zapf

phys.org - Humans that populated the banks of the river Manzanares (Madrid, Spain) during the Middle Palaeolithic (between 127,000 and 40,000 years ago) fed themselves on pachyderm meat and bone marrow. This is…