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The oldest complete biblical scroll ever found was originally split in 2, scholar finds

Study comes as 'Great Isaiah,' a 24-foot-long text parchment found with the Dead Sea Scrolls, set to be displayed by the ...

Africa's oldest-known cremation raises a historical mystery

The oldest known cremation found in Africa, dating from 9,500 years ago, raises a question: Why were the remains burned in ...

10 oldest trees in the world that are still living and where can they be found

Some trees don’t just survive centuries, they survive civilisations. And for that reason and more, they are rightfully called iconic and historic. These ancient beings have stood through geological ...
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Archaeologists excavated a chultun mass grave in Mexico, but it was DNA analysis that found the twin boys who echo the Maya myth of the Hero Twins

A hidden chamber beneath the famed ruins of Chichen Itza has yielded one of the most haunting and illuminating archaeological ...
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Oldest human tracks found in New Mexico, and the details are insane

On a dry lakebed in southern New Mexico, a set of ghostly footprints has forced archaeologists to redraw the map of the first ...
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Why Some Animals Never Stop Growing—And What Stops Them

Meet animals that grow for a lifetime, sometimes for centuries, and discover why dinosaurs did not, despite their huge size.
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Ritual cremations may have occurred in Africa 9,500 years ago, researchers say

Archaeologists discover human remains by pyre in recent excavation in Malawi, suggesting hunter gatherer societies attributed ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence of Ireland's largest prehistoric hillfort settlement

In a recent study published in Antiquity, Dr. Dirk Brandherm and his colleagues identified more than 600 suspected house ...