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Vast 4,500-year-old network of 'funerary avenues' discovered in Saudi ArabiaArchaeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered 4,500-year-old "funerary avenues" alongside thousands of pendant-shaped tombs.
By Owen Jarus Published
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Human skull fragments found in massive boneyard in hyenas' lava tube caveIn the Umm Jirsan lava tube, the longest such structure in Saudi Arabia, scientists discovered piles bones belonging to animals that hyenas devoured there for thousands of years.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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US to return 'priceless' 3,500-year-old Epic of Gilgamesh tablet to Iraq 30 years after it was stolenDiscovered in 1853, the Epic of Gilgamesh caused a sensation through its telling of an ark that survived a great flood.
By Ben Turner Published
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Mysterious 7,000-year-old stone structures may be part of prehistoric cattle cultSprawling rectangular structures scattered across northwest Arabia and dating back more than 7,000 years may have been part of a prehistoric cattle cult.
By Owen Jarus Published
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Pet dog buried 6,000 years ago is earliest evidence of its domestication in ArabiaArchaeologists in Saudi Arabia have uncovered bones at a burial site that reveal the domestication of dogs in the area happened much earlier than previously believed.
By Harry Baker Published
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Ancient cultic area for warrior-god uncovered in IraqA 5,000-year-old cultic area dedicated to a Mesopotamian warrior god has been discovered in an ancient city in Iraq.
By Owen Jarus Published
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70,000-year-old Neanderthal remains may be evidence that 'closest human relative' buried its deadThese are the most complete articulated Neanderthal remains to be found in more than 25 years.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Photos: Squashed skull of 70,000-year-old Neanderthal discovered in caveArchaeologists found the upper body of a Neanderthal who lived about 70,000 years ago.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Lost Palace of a Once-Mighty Empire Unearthed in IraqThe site was part of the Mittani Empire, a kingdom of the Ancient Near East.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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