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9,500-year-old cremation pyre of a hunter-gatherer woman is the oldest of its kind in the worldHunter-gatherers cremated the headless body of a woman in a pyre around 9,500 years ago in what is now Malawi.
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Anthropologist claims hand positions on 1,300-year-old Maya altar have a deeper meaningA well-known Maya stone carving known as Altar Q, located at the site of Copán in Honduras, may use hand signs to represent key dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar, a new study claims.
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Archaeologists discover hundreds of metal objects up to 3,400 years old on mysterious volcanic hilltop in HungaryThe findings shed light on the ancient people who lived in western Hungary, whose identity continues to confound scholars.
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Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreckThe 466-year-old remains of an adult and a juvenile cat are the oldest known in the modern-day United States, a new study finds.
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Ancient Assyrian capital that's been abandoned for 2,700 years revealed in new magnetic surveyA new magnetic survey of the ancient Assyrian capital of Khorsabad has revealed several structures, including a villa, buried underground.
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Rock found by a 6-year-old on a beach is actually a 50,000-year-old Neanderthal axThe 6-year-old boy found the rock and then didn't tell anyone for three years. But a new examination reveals it was made by some of the last Neanderthals.
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What really happened at the 1st Thanksgiving?The Pilgrims and Wampanoag shared a harvest feast, but it didn't happen the way you were likely taught in school.
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1,600-year-old amulet depicting King Solomon spearing the devil found in TurkeyThe "King Solomon" pendant likely belonged to a cavalry soldier stationed at the ancient Byzantine city of Hadrianopolis.
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Rare gladiator-shaped knife handle discovered by Hadrian's WallIt's rare to find gladiator memorabilia from Roman Britain, but archaeologists by Hadrian's Wall have just found a 2,000-year-old knife handle depicting a left-handed fighter.
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2,600-year-old Celtic wooden burial chamber of 'outstanding scientific importance' uncovered by archaeologists in GermanyThe discovery of an impeccably preserved Celtic burial chamber in southern Germany is a "stroke of luck for archaeology," scientists say.
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Pompeii victims aren't who we thought they were, DNA analysis revealsAn ancient-DNA analysis of victims in Pompeii who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption reveals some unusual relations between the people who died together.
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'Mind-blowing' discovery reveals 5,000-year-old cultic building in IsraelThe remains of a 5,000-year-old structure that likely had cultic purposes is one of the oldest public buildings ever found in Israel.
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1,200 years ago, a cat in Jerusalem left the oldest known evidence of 'making biscuits' on a clay jugAround 1,200 years ago, a cat "made biscuits," kneading on a drying clay jug in Jerusalem, leaving behind the oldest evidence of this feline behavior on record.
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Rare hoard of Roman-era coins discovered in German mountains — miles from the empire's frontlinesA metal detectorist in Germany has unearthed a hoard of nearly 3,000 Roman-era coins in an unusual place — north of the empire's defensive lines.
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Viking Age stone figurine unearthed in Iceland — but no one can agree on which animal it isThe small, four-legged figurine is carved out of stone, but it's unclear which animal it depicts.
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16th-century compass unearthed in Poland may have belonged to CopernicusThe 500-year-old compass is a two-pronged metal device that scientists used for precise measurements in cartography, geometry and astronomy.
