Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May, appears to have been a distant relative of humans.
tags: archaeology, chimps
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Bible Archaeology describes ancient cities,agriculture,religion and pagan gods,Fayum portraits,housing,Jerusalem,jewelry,palaces,tombs and catacombs,warfare and weapons,ziggurats
tags: agriculture, ancient, ancient religions, archaeology, bible, cities, crucifixion, houses, housing, jerusalem [+]
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Drunkenness, hangovers, and debauchery tend to come to mind when one thinks
about alcohol and its effects. But could alcohol also have been a catalyst
for human civilization?
tags: archaeology, beer, civilization, features, independent, spark, thirst
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T. rex's family tree just got one member larger. Scientists unearthed bones from a new dinosaur species, including an adult specimen and bones from a teenager that lived some 75 million years ago.
tags: archaeology, bones, fossil
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Ambassador or slave? East Asian skeleton discovered in Vagnari Roman Cemetery -
News, Archaeology - The Independent
tags: ambassador, archaeology, asian, cemetery, east, news, skeleton, vagnari
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Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, according to the most extensive study ever of his more than 3,300-yea
tags: archaeology, dna, egypt, king tut, tutankhamun
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Canterbury City Council is the latest local authority set to close museums as
part of cost-cutting measures. It is wielding the budget axe and has decided
that saving the city’s Christmas lights is more important than keeping the
Roman Museum ope
tags: archaeology, crunch, independent, museum
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A vast series of earth mounds on the eastern coast of South America may be living landscape fossils of a forgotten civilization's agriculture. People
amazon, ants, arauquinoid, archaeology, doyle mckey, feral gardens, guyana, pnas, termites, university of montpellier
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A new pathway across Anatolia retraces the journey of Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi – in a landscape barely changed since he walked here in the 17th century
tags: archaeology, camping, cycling holidays, history, horse riding, travel, walking holidays
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