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Baboon mummy DNA from ancient Egypt reveals location of mysterious port city not on any maps
By Stephanie Pappas published
A new DNA study suggests that the lost realm of Punt and the port city of Adulis may have been in the same place, separated by time.
Civil War weapons thrown into river by General Sherman's forces recovered in South Carolina
By Kristina Killgrove published
Civil War weapons, including an unexploded ordnance, were found during a cleanup project in a South Carolina river.
Satellites spy remnants of hidden Bronze Age settlement in Serbia
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
The more than 3,000-year-old site along a riverbank in Serbia contains the footprints of dozens of Bronze Age structures.
Hoard of 100,000 centuries-old coins discovered in Japan
By Owen Jarus published
A hoard of more than 100,000 coins found in Japan might have been buried by warriors centuries ago.
More than 3,000 Roman coins and gems unearthed at 'magical place' in northern Italy
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
During ongoing excavations at Claterna, an ancient Roman site in Italy known as the "Pompeii of the North," archaeologists unearthed 3,000 coins and 50 gems.
'No scientific evidence' that ancient human relative buried dead and carved art as portrayed in Netflix documentary, researchers argue
By Patrick Pester published
A new commentary blasts claims about Homo naledi featured in Netflix's "Unknown: Cave of Bones."
2,800-year-old ivory carved with sphinx discovered in Turkey
By Tom Metcalfe published
The artifact is from an Iron Age settlement at Hattusa that was established after the city was abandoned by the Hittites.
4,000-year-old tomb discovered in Norway may contain region's 1st farmers
By Kristina Killgrove published
Archaeologists in Norway have discovered a stone-lined tomb from the late Neolithic that holds the remains of at least five people.
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