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Ancient World August 3, 2026: Scientists discover 2 new ghost, 500-year-old Inca mummies prove that, Around 150 BCE Aksum rose, and more
Ancient World this week: A new genealogical method applied to 500+ modern human genomes has identified two previously unknown ‘ghost’; and Ancient DNA from two 500-year-old Inca mummies in Chile has yielded the earliest known smallpox…
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Ancient World July 27, 2026: Sacrificed Inca children died very, Archaeologists Discovered 3 300-Year-Old Tombs
Ancient World this week: A new study of three Inca Capacocha mummies from Chile reveals that the children were not killed by hypothermia or; and A 2023 excavation at the Bronze Age port city of Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus has yielded over…
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Ancient World July 20, 2026: million-year-old wooden structure, Ancient DNA Reveals, Family holiday unearths mind-blowing ancient, and more
Ancient World this week: Archaeologists have discovered a wooden structure at Kalambo Falls in Zambia dated to at least 476,000 years ago; and A 13-year ancient DNA study of 169 individuals from the 4,300-year-old Shimao site in northern…
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18 ancient Egyptian tombs with dozens of gold ‘tongues’ discovered along the Mediterranean
Ancient World this week: Archaeologists in Marina el-Alamein, Egypt, have uncovered 18 Ptolemaic or Roman-era tombs containing 24 gold; and Sam Kean’s book ‘Dinner with King Tut’ explores experimental archaeology through hands-on…
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Health, environment, and society, Has there ever been period human history without, and more.
Health, environment, and society this week: A new review of archaeological and historical evidence challenges the assumption that war is a permanent feature of; and Frances Kellor, a progressive reformer and lesbian activist, spearheaded…
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Science and technology breakthroughs, Scientists figured out how, and more.
Science and technology breakthroughs this week: Researchers at EPFL have demonstrated a high-pulse-energy femtosecond laser on a photonic chip, achieving 1; and A new paper by Sergey Ivliev proposes that the Fermi Paradox may be resolved…
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Ancient discoveries and artifacts, Diminutive species Hobbit’ did, and more.
Ancient discoveries and artifacts unearthed this week: A new taphonomic analysis of Stegodon bones from Liang Bua cave on Flores reveals that Homo floresiensis was a; and A large-scale DNA analysis of 85 Iron Age Scythians, published in…
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This Ancient Monolith That Archaeologists Unearthed in Mexico May Depict People Receiving
Archaeologists unearthed an ancient monolith in Veracruz, Mexico, which may depict figures receiving a divine liquid during a ritual.
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This Ancient Monolith That Archaeologists Unearthed in Mexico May Depict People Receiving
Archaeologists unearthed an ancient monolith in Veracruz, Mexico, which may depict figures receiving a divine liquid during a ritual.
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Modern issues and historical origins, How United Nations was Born WWII, and more.
Modern issues and historical origins this week: The article outlines the WWII-era diplomatic sequence that produced the United Nations, framing it as a direct; and A Northwestern University study projects that water scarcity in the…