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Locals notice dusty items in empty lot — and find 500-year-old treasures in Peru
On the outskirts of Lima, Peru, locals stumbled upon some dusty items in a vacant lot. They didn’t know it at the time, but ...
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Clay Artifacts Found in King Tut’s Tomb May Have Been Part of a Ritual Honoring the Egyptian God Osiris
The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented ...
In Guatemala, painted altar found at Tikal adds new context to mysterious Maya history
Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer2d
West Philippine Sea updates
West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...
Toddler finds stone which turns out to be 3,800-year-old artifact with Biblical background
Tel Azekah, where the 3-year-old unearthed the ancient artifact, is a well-known archaeological site in Israel’s Shephelah ...
Lexington Herald Leader14d
Fishermen snag ‘large’-eyed ocean predator in first-of-its-kind catch in Philippines
Scientists visited fish markets and ports in Western Visayas to document rays and sharks and found a first-of-its-kind catch, a study said. Google Street View ...
Popular Mechanics15d
A Passerby Went for a Casual Stroll—and Stumbled Upon a 1,000-Year-Old Viking Artifact
Karl-Oskar Erlandsson (an archaeologist from Kalmar) said that from the over 1,000 Viking-era bracelets in the country’s State Historical Museum, only three of the ancient objects are made of iron.
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An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
The 7th century B.C. artifact was on display at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, the city that in ancient times was the birthplace of the games that later inspired the modern Olympic Games.
Miami Herald19d
3,100-year-old tomb of military leader found in Egypt. Take a look at its treasures
Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Sifting through the sandy dirt of eastern Egypt, archaeologists found an ancient grave filled with distinctive artifacts. The treasures ...
Artnet22d
London Museum Lands a Monumental Gift of Roman Artifacts—See 3 Highlights
More than 14,000 Roman artifacts were pulled from ground that once bordered the River Walbrook, a vital source of fresh water for Londinium. This singular collection of Roman antiquities has now ...
Greek Reporter22d
Soldiers Discover Ancient Greek Artifacts in Southern Ukraine
After the discovery of the ancient artifacts, further investigation revealed that the site was an ancient burial ground dating back to the 5th-6th centuries BC. Credit: 123rd Territorial-Defense ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs22d
Ancient humans survived on Tibetan Plateau during last glacial maximum, artifacts reveal
where numerous artifacts indicating human habitation were found. They named the site Pengbuwuqing after a nearby hill. Radiocarbon dating of ancient bones and charcoal from the site revealed three ...