The Red Pyramid at Dahshur in Egypt was one of many built close to a…
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Ancient Herculaneum scroll piece revealed by AI – here's what it says
The winners of the Vesuvius Challenge grand prize used expertise to decipher a broken papyrus…
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How fall of Bronze Age civilisations holds lessons for modern world
A gate at Hattusa, historic capital of the Hittite civilisation Erman Gunes/Shutterstock The collapse of…
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Stone Age carvings of animal footprints identified by expert trackers
Rock artwork in Twyfelfontein, Namibia Andreas Pastoors, CC-BY 4.0 Expert trackers have been in a…
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Cave art pigments show how ancient technology changed over 4500 years
Porc-Epic Cave in Ethiopia A. Herrero An enormous stash of reddish minerals from a collapse…
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Terracotta Army shoes reveal secrets of ancient Chinese footwear
The sneakers of a kneeling archer from the Terracotta Army David Davis Photoproductions RF/Alamy Stock…
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‘Scent of eternity’ worn by ancient Egyptian mummy has been revealed
A limestone jar containing the stays of inside organs taken from the physique of Senetnay,…
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Ancient humans may have worn shoes more than 100,000 years ago
Possible historical footprints at Goukamma in South Africa Charles Helm Humans might have been sporting…
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Ötzi the iceman was dark-skinned and balding, suggests genome analysis
The mummified physique of Ötzi, who is assumed to have lived between 3350 and 3120…
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Ancient Babylonian arson in Jerusalem revealed by chemical clues
Aerial view of the excavation website in Jerusalem, on the foot of the Temple Mount…