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'Undisturbed' Roman Shipwreck Loaded With Ancient Goods Discovered in Cyprus

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www.theepochtimes.com - Archaeologists have discovered an undisturbed Roman shipwreck loaded with ancient-era products, the study of which is expected to bring new understandings about ancient trade in the region. The disco…

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Ancient palace emerges from Iraqi reservoir after water levels fall

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news.sky.com - An ancient palace has emerged from an Iraqi reservoir after water levels dropped precipitously because of a drought. A lack of rain and the release of water through the Mosul Dam to relieve dry condi…

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Ötzi the Iceman spent his last days trying to repair his tools

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Karla de Roest

arstechnica.com - 5,300 years ago, someone shot a man with an arrow on a high Alpine ridge near the modern Italian-Austrian border. Thousands of years after his death, a group of hikers found the victim’s mummified bo…

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4,000-Year-Old Burial Revealed on Welsh Island Linked to Mysterious Druid Sorcerers

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www.ancient-origins.net - Excavations are underway on the 4,000-year-old Bronze Age burial cairn known as ‘Bryn Celli Ddu Bach’ on the British island of Anglesey, located off the north coast of Wales. Anglesey is famous for i…

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World War II fighter jet parts recovered in Co Monaghan

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www.rte.ie - The remnants of an iconic US World War Two fighter jet have been recovered from a field in Co Monaghan. The twin-engined P38 Lightning aircraft crashed near Castleblayney on 17 December 1942. The dau…

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Hundreds of Mummies Found Buried Around the World’s Oldest Pyramid

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www.ancient-origins.net - An amazing cache of mummies has been found in Egypt near one of the world’s oldest pyramids. Polish archaeologists discovered several hundred of them at the site. The unearthing of the mummified bodi…

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Excavation of El Toril Cave to delve into the evolution in the Pleistocene of the Iberian Peninsula

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Darío Estraviz López

experiment.com - The El Toril cave (Castilla-La Mancha) is located in a karst system of limestone bedrock from Mesozoic origin. The main mouth of the cave is located on an elevation of the land, in the left margin of…

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'First undisturbed' Roman shipwreck found off eastern coast of Cyprus

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archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com - 'First undisturbed' Roman shipwreck found off eastern coast of Cyprus 6/27/2019 06:00:00 PM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest The Department of Antiquities has an…

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Iraq drought reveals 3,400-year-old palace hidden in reservoir - National

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globalnews.ca - A 3,400-year-old palace has been uncovered in a reservoir in the Kurdistan region of Iraq after a drought caused water levels to drop dramatically. A Kurdish-German team of archeologists from the Uni…

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2,000-Year-Old Snack Bars Found In Pompeii Show Even Ancient Romans Liked Fast Food

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allthatsinteresting.com - Wikimedia CommonsA thermopolium with jars used to hold dried meats. It might seem as though our modern-day appreciation of food trucks and portable snacks is entirely contemporary. As it turns out th…

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B.C. First Nation has change of heart, now opposes Trans Mountain pipeline project | CBC News

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www.cbc.ca - A First Nation that was once in full support of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is now standing in opposition, at least until it feels confident the project won't destroy one of their a…

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Neanderthals made repeated use of the ancient settlement of 'Ein Qashish, Israel

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phys.org - The archaeological site of 'Ein Qashish in northern Israel was a place of repeated Neanderthal occupation and use during the Middle Paleolithic, according to a study released June 26, 2019 in the ope…

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3,400 Year-old Palace From a Mysterious Civilization Revealed by Drought

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www.ancient-origins.net - Archaeologists are hailing, as very important, the dramatic discovery of a Bronze Age Palace . It was revealed as the waters of a reservoir fell because of a severe drought in Iraq. The ruin is belie…

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Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple?

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www.smithsonianmag.com - Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, cra…

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Carleton prof harnesses machine learning to explore the bone trade netherworld

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ottawacitizen.com - If someone in the world is willing to buy something, there’s a market for it online — even human remains like skulls and bones. Carleton University’s Shawn Graham is an archaeologist as well as a pro…

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3,000-Year-Old Egyptian God Whips Up A Sand Storm Of Legal Battles

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www.ancient-origins.net - On July 4th, Christie’s auction house in London will sell a rare 3,000 years old, , statue of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun’s head, portrayed as the god Amun, which according to Christie’s listing “e…

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New book reveals Ice Age mariners from Europe were America's first inhabitants

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insider.si.edu - Some of the earliest humans to inhabit America came from Europe according to a new book Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America’s Clovis Culture. The book puts forward a compelling case for people…

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UKOG to file new application for Surrey drilling site

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drillordrop.com - Dunsfold proposed access track (in red) expected to feature in a new planning application. Source: UKOG/OPUS UK Oil & Gas has confirmed it will submit a second planning application for its proposed e…

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Stunning 3,400-Year-Old Palace Of the Kingdom Of Mitanni Discovered Thanks To Drought | Ancient Pages

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www.ancientpages.com - Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Kingdom of Mitanni reached the height of its power between 1500 and 1240 BC and controlled trade routes up the Euphrates from to Carchemish, along with the upper…