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Wealthy 3,600-year-old Trading Hub Found in Gaza

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Gold, jewelry and Aegean imports found in Tel el-Ajjul, the town that may have sheltered the Hyksos fleeing Egypt, show the inhabitants were wealthy.   The remains of a vast Bronze Age town dating to 3600 years ago has been discovered in Gaza, and has now been shown to be a rich trading hub. The […]

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Decorated Human Jaw Unearthed in Mexico

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CORVALLIS, OREGON—Live Science reports on the ongoing study of a 1,300-year-old carved and painted human mandible discovered in a ceremonial area at the Zapotec site of Dainzú-Macuilxó, located in southern Mexico. The jawbone is thought to have been worn as a pendant. The excavation team also recovered thousands of fragments of smashed ceramic whistles and […]

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Warrior’s Tomb Discovered After 5000 Years!

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5,000-Year-Old Unlooted Tomb of Thracian Warrior is Biggest Find of the Year in Turkey! The intact tomb of a Thracian warrior dating back some 5,000 years has been excavated in Turkey, the Istanbul Archaeology Museum announced. Experts are calling it the biggest archaeological find so far this year in Turkey—a country with many important archaeological […]

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Discovery in Matariya Egypt

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ROME – The Egyptian-German Archaeological Mission to Matariya (Ministry of Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Egyptian Museum University of Leipzig, University of Applied Sciences Mainz) has discovered new evidence for a sanctuary of Nectanebo I (380-363 BC) in the temple precinct of Heliopolis, according to Dr. Mahmoud Afify, head of the ancient Egyptian […]

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The “Impossible” Monoliths of Mizoram

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An archaeological site discovered in India has hundreds of inexplicably carved megalithic stones.  There was once more than six hundred monoliths in the small village of Vangchhia, Mizoram.  The elders remember playing among them as children, not knowing where they came from or why they were there. For hundreds of years villagers have been […]

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