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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNA Child's Skull That Has Long Confounded Archaeologists Might Be a Human-Neanderthal Hybrid, Study SuggestsIn 1931, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old remains of a child, among other individuals, in Skhūl Cave on ...
Then came another mystery. In 2022, archaeologists discovered an unmarked body under the famous cathedral and nicknamed it ...
The Maya ruler in question was Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an important Maya city that ruled the southern part ...
A tomb beneath Petra’s Treasury reveals 12 skeletons and 2,000-year-old artifacts. Archaeologists call it a rare find, ...
The Roman Empire built 73 miles of wall to fortify its northern border in Great Britain. In AD 122, the Emperor Hadrian ...
The Incan Temple of the Sun in Cusco has long been a visual and cultural jewel of the ancient empire. But there’s even more ...
If you have ever thought your piece of Douglas County property had an interesting historical story to tell, there’s now a ...
British archaeologists recently helped uncover multistory buildings from the ancient Egyptian city Imet in the Nile Delta, ...
Te K’ab Chaak was the first dynastic leader of the Maya region of Caracol. Even after the king died, his dynasty last another ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNArchaeologists Discover Site Where George Washington Stopped a Friendly Fire Incident by Blocking Muskets With His SwordIn 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish ...
The remains of 3,500-year-old rice were recently found in Guam — making it the earliest known evidence of rice in Remote Oceania.
The Mayan city of Caracol has been researched for decades, but archaeologists only recently found a tomb of one of the city's ...
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