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A 'landmark finding': Homo naledi buried their dead 250,000 years ago, according to newly updated research
By Kristina Killgrove last updated
Homo naledi, an extinct human relative with one-third the brain size of ours, buried and may have memorialized their dead, controversial research suggests.

Mysterious artifacts from King Tut's tomb might have been used in 'awakening Osiris' ritual
By Owen Jarus published
Four trays and four staff found in Tutankhamun's burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings may have been used in an ancient Egyptian ritual, a new paper finds.

Human sacrifices found in a Bronze Age tomb in Turkey were mostly teenage girls
By Kristina Killgrove published
Archaeologists are unsure why unrelated teenagers were buried in an elaborate Bronze Age tomb but think their age may be a clue.

Why modern humans have smaller faces than Neanderthals and chimpanzees
By Kristina Killgrove published
We have smaller faces than Neanderthals and even chimps. A new study may explain how this came to be.

Archaeologists may have finally discovered famous 'lost' canal built by Julius Caesar's uncle
By Taylor Mitchell Brown published
Scientists may have just found a canal the Romans built 2,100 years ago while battling the Celts.

2,200-year-old mysterious pyramid structure filled with coins and weapons found near Dead Sea
By Skyler Ware published
The purpose of a mysterious pyramidal structure in the Judaean Desert is unknown, but excavators are finding many well-preserved artifacts there.

'Exceptional' hoard of 800 Iron Age artifacts found mysteriously burned and buried in UK field
By Laura Geggel published
An Iron Age hoard discovered in England is on a "kind of scale and size that is exceptional for Britain and probably even Europe."

Ancient Egyptian pyramids, thought to contain only the elite, may also hold low-class laborers
By Owen Jarus published
At the site of Tombos, archaeologists have found that less-affluent laborers may be buried with upper-class people in pyramid tombs.

Neanderthals: Who were they and what did our extinct human relatives look like?
By Rebecca Wragg Sykes last updated
Discover interesting facts about who Neanderthals were, whether they mated with modern humans and when they died out.

Tumaco-Tolita gold figurine: A 2,000-year-old statue with a 'fancy nose ornament' from a vanished South American culture
By Kristina Killgrove published
The Tumaco-Tolita people, who lived in an area rich in natural gold, crafted intricate and delicate metal objects until the group disappeared 1,500 years ago.
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