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Archaeologists find new evidence of ancient slave labor in southern Iraq
A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a ...
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Archaeologists find what may be the first definitive proof that Neanderthals made artwork
Neanderthals may have used a red pigment on a rock to shape what looks like art - a rendition of a facial figure from 43,000 ...
Archaeologists found a strange red mark on rock. Forensic police helped them unravel who made it
Scientists say they found one of the oldest known symbolic objects bearing a human fingerprint in Europe. The print hints at ...
A 43,000 year-old work of art? Neanderthals may have painted portraits.
An ancient granite pebble included indentations resembling a face, its nose a red dot. A study says it may have had symbolic ...
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The eighth wonder of the ancient world may have an untouched tomb
His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey ... The next year Turkish art historian, painter, and statesman Osman Hamdi Bey and Turkish sculptor ...
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The real history of exorcisms that you don't see in movies
The ancient Greek word daimon—from which the modern "demon" derives—referred to god-like spirits and supernatural forces. While a daimon could be good or evil, the latter was a malevolent ...