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3,300-year-old tablet from mysterious Hittite Empire describes catastrophic invasion of four cities
By Tom Metcalfe published
Researchers think a sacred language inscribed in cuneiform on the tablet suggest the Hittite king visited or lived where the tablet was found in Turkey.
Archaeologists find top half of giant Ramesses II statue, completing a century-long puzzle
By Owen Jarus published
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the upper half of a large statue depicting the famous pharaoh Ramesses II.
When did humans start wearing clothes?
By Ashley Hamer published
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.
Obsidian blade could be from Coronado expedition fabled to be looking for 'Cities of Gold'
By Laura Geggel published
The blade, possibly dropped during Coronado's expedition in 1541, was found in a Texas collector's stash.
1,900-year-old coins from Jewish revolt against the Romans discovered in the Judaen desert
By Owen Jarus published
Archaeologists in the Judaen desert have found four coins dating to the Jewish Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire.
1,100-year-old Viking sword pulled from UK river by magnet fisher
By Sascha Pare published
Experts have confirmed that a sword pulled from a river in Oxfordshire at the end of last year is an "archaeologically rare" Viking weapon dating to between A.D. 850 and 975.
Ancient humans used cave in Spain as burial spot for 4 millennia, 7,000 bones reveal
By Tom Metcalfe published
The bones show burials from the Neolithic until the Bronze Age, and the researchers think the cave may have even been used by Neanderthals.
Earliest known stone tools in Europe are 1.4 million years old. And they weren't made by modern humans.
By Charles Q. Choi published
Homo erectus may have crafted these stone tools 1.4 million years ago in what is now Ukraine.
More than 140 graves found by medieval abbey in Northern Ireland, including executed criminals
By Sascha Pare published
Archaeologists have unearthed human remains thought to date to the 14th or 15th century in a newly discovered cemetery that likely belonged to a demolished medieval abbey in Northern Ireland.
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