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Enigmatic Tablets: The Small Artifacts from the Bronze Age Found Across Central Europe That No One Knows the Purpose Of
The enigmatic tablets, the subject of intense study by archaeologists throughout Europe, are small artifacts made of ...
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A Sacred Gate Discovered in Crete is the First Found in a Minoan Palace
The entrance with the four altars (on the right in the photo) and two more altars, one rectangular and one stepped, inside ...
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A Rare Copper Age Dagger Over 4,000 Years Old Discovered in Northern Italy
Copper tang dagger dating to the second half of the 3rd millennium B.C. at the time of discovery. Credit: Federico Bernardini ...
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New findings during the extraction of a Phoenician shipwreck in Spain, the most complete ancient vessel found in the Mediterranean Sea
Extraction works of the Phoenician ship Mazarron 2. Credit: Universitat de València The much-anticipated start of the extraction of the Phoenician shipwreck located in Mazarrón, Murcia, named Mazarrón ...
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A House from 8,000 Years Ago Found in Serbia Belonged to the First Sedentary Farmers of Europe
The excavation sections after completion of the excavations in 2024 on the river terrace of Svinjarička Čuka, Serbia. Credit: M. Börner / ÖAI/ÖAW Did the first agricultural societies in Europe live ...
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Farnese Atlas, the First Known Representation of the Celestial Sphere
Atlas was one of the Titans in Greek mythology, son of Iapetus and the Oceanid Clymene, and brother of Prometheus. After the war against the Olympian gods, Zeus condemned him to hold up the vault of ...
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Reliefs with Figures of Guardians, Celestial Ancestors, and Mythical Animals of the Kaanu’l Mayan Dynasty Found in Mexico
The finding of the millenary vestiges, which have representations of ancestors, mythical animals and other traits of power, derives from the application of the Promeza. Credit: Gibrán Huerta / INAH ...
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The oldest reigning dynasty in the world is the Imperial House of Japan, descended from a shaman queen
If we were to ask what is the world’s oldest active monarchy, most readers would probably say the British without giving it much thought. That would be an incorrect answer. We need to shift the focus ...
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Orsippus of Megara, the First Athlete to Compete Naked in the Olympic Games
A quick glance at any artwork from Ancient Greece gives an idea of the almost religious importance of nudity, and if we interpret the images literally, how widespread its practice was in many aspects ...
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Lucone di Polpenazze, the Bronze Age pile-dwelling settlement that was preserved because a fire caused it to collapse into the lake
View of the excavation of the Lucone D area, with the remains of the pile dwellings in view. Credit: Gafforso / Wikimedia Commons Located in the Lombardy region, near the impressive Lake Garda, the ...
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Sacred tunic of Alexander the Great identified in one of the Macedonian tombs at Vergina in Greece
A recent discovery in Tomb II at Vergina, Macedonia, Greece, has revealed what appears to be the sacred “chiton” or tunic of Alexander the Great, a finding that could change the historical ...
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Qian Xuesen, the Scientist Expelled from the United States Who Brought China Into the Space Race
An image of Qian Xuesen already in China Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons On October 31, 2009, an elderly man, nearly a century old, passed away in Beijing. His name was Qian Xuesen, and in ...