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![Illustration of Homo heidelbergensis pair wearing cave bear skins for protection from the cold.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fzmbJeCdMMRTjJwRtCfcXU-320-80.jpg)
When did humans start wearing clothes?
By Ashley Hamer last updated
Clothes don't survive the way artifacts made of stone, bone and other hard materials do, so scientists have to get creative to answer this question.
![ancient wine inside a glass urn](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WGjmZ3t9tTraFnM8ecPMhj-320-80.jpg)
2,000-year-old funerary urn found in Spain contains the world's oldest known liquid wine
By Kristel Tjandra published
Scientists discovered the oldest known wine in liquid form inside a Roman-era tomb in Spain.
![A selection of iron rivets photographed with a black background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HPTYKzKVSfRHEECgwPRVxg-320-80.jpg)
Viking Age ship burial may be hiding beneath Norwegian farm, iron rivets hint
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A scattering of rivets found in a field in Norway could be evidence of a Viking Age ship burial.
![A selection of statues depicting ancient Egyptians.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dPseTJV3A6cjmVxXqiLTvg-320-80.jpg)
Ancient Egyptian 'office workers' had terrible posture just like us, disfigured skeletons reveal
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
The development of osteoarthritis was more common among scribes than their ancient Egyptian peers, a study finds.
![A faded funerary mask against a black backrgound.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Av7Mss4DGUdpgomFQHAh4A-320-80.jpg)
'Exceptional' discovery reveals more than 30 ancient Egyptian tombs built into hillside
By Kristel Tjandra published
The more than 30 tombs include family burials, such as children buried with their parents, in a hillside in Aswan, Egypt.
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12 old shoes found in archaeological excavations from around the world
By Jennifer Nalewicki last updated
Shoes can give us an interesting insight into what people used to wear. Here are a dozen of the most extraordinary finds from the archaeological record.
![A pair of leather sandals with nails on the soles.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SVsZ4HMZqmzaFW9NuHvpsG-320-80.jpg)
2,000-year-old Roman military sandal with nails for traction found in Germany
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Archaeologists used X-rays to analyze the remains of a sandal unearthed near a Roman fort in Bavaria.
![A top view of a skull with a crack in it](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hfD2RMeTNhG9K9pcK6e4fb-320-80.jpg)
Medieval warrior woman was buried alongside 23 Spanish monks, and no one knows why
By Hannah Kate Simon published
A medieval woman who was buried alongside 23 warrior monks in Spain was likely a warrior herself, a new study finds.
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