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Scientists studied jewelry made from now extinct creatures and theorize that humans arrived in Americas 27,000 years agoNew research suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now extinct giant sloths, bolstering evidence that people ar…
Comb and gold hair-ring dating back more than 3,000 years unearthed near Barry in south WalesThey are sometimes depicted as unkempt and wild-haired and but the discovery of what is being billed as possibly the UK’s oldest wooden comb suggests prehistor…
With cruise ships decanting thousands of tourists in Athens, tough new controls have been imposed at the country’s most visited siteIt’s official: more than 25 centuries after it was built and nearly 200 years after it began attracting tourists, the Ac…
Discovery of more than 800 artefacts includes some of largest early prehistoric stone tools in BritainResearchers have discovered some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools in Britain, including a foot-long handaxe almost too big to be handled.T…
Linmere site has more monumental pits in a single area than anywhere else in England and WalesA prehistoric site with as many as 25 monumental pits has been discovered in Bedfordshire to the astonishment of archaeologists.Found in Linmere, they date fr…
Statues were unearthed last year in what was a place of worship for both the Etruscans and RomansA trove of bronze statues buried by mud and boiling water for thousands of years before being found in the ruins of a network of ancient thermal springs in…
Hundreds of faint stripes, dots and wavy lines at Loire valley site were created more than 57,000 years ago, say scientistsHundreds of faint stripes, dots and wavy lines that adorn a cave wall in central France are the oldest known engravings made by N…
Religious site contains burial mound serving as a solar calendar as well as remains of about 60 peopleDutch archaeologists have unearthed an approximately 4,000-year-old religious site – nicknamed the “Stonehenge of the Netherlands” – that includes a b…
Excerpt from the Georgics was carved into vessel used for olive oil 1,800 years agoA tiny fragment of a Roman jar that once held olive oil, produced in what is now southern Spain, has left archaeologists delighted, puzzled and “saucer-eyed” after they …
Ancient sacred complex said to have been where Julius Caesar assassinated in 44BC can be viewed after development projectAn ancient temple complex in the centre of the Italian capital where, according to legend, Julius Caesar was assassinated, was open…