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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Chichen Itza: Archaeologists discover scoreboard for ancient Maya ball game 4 Wicked Blue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 1975
Ancient Europeans Took Hallucinogenic Drugs 3,000 Years Ago 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 14 963
New Evidence Found for Stone Age Children, Thought Lost to Time 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 31 3017
Clues to the Lives of North America's First Inhabitants Are Hidden Underwater 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 1894
Gruesome cache of severed hands (ancient Egypt) - Ars Technica 2 BootinUp Apr 2023 Apr 2023 9 1449
Severed hands unearthed at ancient Egyptian site may have been battle trophies 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1272
A major UCLA study says that at least 65 species of animals laugh 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 12 1696
Polish-Armenian team discovers 'Golden tomb' dating back 3,200 years 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1132
Funeral service for victims of inhumane and racist research 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 843
The wild psychedelic origins of indigenous mystical rites -- as revealed by archaeology 9 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Apr 2023 16 2281
Archaeologists Uncover First Direct Evidence of Drug Use From the Bronze Age 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 2552
Benin bronzes made from brass mined in west Germany, study finds 4 Eugene Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1247
Archaeologists discover 2,000-year-old dwelling site of Hopewell Native Americans in Ohio 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 9 1407
ANCIENT RUNES EXPLAINED (AND HOW THEY INFLUENCED THE LORD OF THE RINGS) 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 12 1327
'Evil eye' jewelry that was used to protect a young girl 1,800 years ago unveiled in Israel 3 Wicked Blue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 2146
Ancient people lived among ruins too. What did they make of them? 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 11 1537
Clues to the Lives of North America's First Inhabitants Are Hidden Underwater 0 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1198
Indigenous people of the American West used 'sacred' horses a half-century earlier than previously t 8 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Apr 2023 10 1964
World History: Resisting the De-Africanizing of Ancient Egypt - Pursuing Its Paradigms of Excellence 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 1052
Medieval Swahilis and Persians paired up 1,000 years ago in East Africa, ancient DNA reveals 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 1409
Archaeologists to find lost underwater civilization with magnetic fields 1 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 997
1,000-year-old brick tomb discovered in China is decorated with lions, sea anemones and 'guardian sp 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 1750
Face of Egyptian man who died 35,000 years ago, brought to life by scientists 5 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 16 1679
Bones kept by former eugenics institute buried in Berlin 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1167
Polish-Armenian team discovers 'Golden tomb' dating back 3,200 years 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1169
To save Hainan gibbons, Earth's rarest primate, experts roll out the big tech 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 1513
Beneath an Old Fireplace, Evidence of the Spirituality of the Enslaved 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1129
What did 70,000 Neanderthal food taste like 5 cally Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 1396
1,600-Year Old Demon-Slaying Mega Sword Unearthed in Japan 3 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 9 1616
Hiker Accidentally Discovers Ancient Roman Shrine To Mountain Gods In The Alps 6 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 33 2736

Anthropology Continued...

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Have we got Ancient Egypt's mummies all wrong? 2 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1423
Biblical city yields unusual case of 3,500-year-old head surgery 3 Jilly_in_VA Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1506
A 3 Million-Year-Old Discovery May Rewrite the History of Intelligent Life on Earth 10 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 52 3641
Dizzy apes provide clues on human need for mind altering experiences 11 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 16 2056
CASTRO DE BARONA 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 987
Bronze Age craftspeople tempered steel more than 1,000 years before the Romans did it 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 13 1423
New Discovery Shows Viking Religion of Thor and Odin Even Older Than Thought 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 9 1258
Dutch historian finds medieval treasure using metal detector 8 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 1570
Bronze Age ice skates with bone blades discovered in China 4 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1564
Unknown lineage of ice age Europeans discovered in genetic study 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 14 1497
Scientists identify corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza using cosmic rays 2 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 13 1812
Carvings on Australia's boab trees reveal a people's lost history 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 1114
Archaeologists have discovered sandstone blocks belonging to a pharaoh's temple covered with hierogl 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 15 1569
Pavlopetri - The Oldest Sunken City In The World 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 1000
A colonial explorer stole Aboriginal spears in 1770. Centuries later, they'll finally return to Aust 0 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 1599
Our ancestors rode horses as early as 3,000BC: Researchers discover Bronze Age skeletons with 'horse 1 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 1214
Ancient Roman 'spike defenses' made famous by Julius Caesar found in Germany 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Mar 2023 9 1408
500,000-Year-Old Signs of Extinct Human Species Found in Poland Cave 2 Warpy Feb 2023 Mar 2023 20 1474
New Moai statue that 'deified ancestors' found on Easter Island 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Mar 2023 9 1316
Scientists may have solved an old Puebloan mystery by strapping giant logs to their foreheads 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 8 1462
Ramsgate archaeologist discovers 3000 year old Bronze Age toddler's shoe - possibly oldest found in 12 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 29 2888
4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to mighty thunder god discovered in Iraq 8 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 9 1471
Anthropologist Believes An Ancient Human Species May Have Been Sighted On Flores Island 7 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 40 3243
The rock art of Tassili n'Ajjer is mysterious; Lydia Ourahmane's wordless film of the drawings is hy 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 1380
Flowery Funerals? The Controversial Neanderthal Found In An Iraqi Cave 6 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 11 1337
A major archaeological discovery was made in Florida. Was it kept 'under wraps'? 22 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 93 8295
Archeologists in China 'burst into laughter' after unearthing a 2,200-year-old flush toilet 5 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 14 1715
Experts: Shetland's little horses arrived on the Vikings' long ships 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 17 1142
Book of Revelation's vision of the apocalypse inspired by pagan curses, researcher claims 11 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 14 2273
Rather than being peaceful, ancient hunter-gatherers engaged in violent warfare 14 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 9 2199

Anthropology Continued...

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Discovery of 'superhighways' suggests early Mayan civilization was more advanced than previously tho 0 Wicked Blue Feb 2023 Feb 2023 13 1412
Archaeology is rooted in racism and colonialism, say scientists. Here's how we rewrite 'everyone's h 5 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 15 2298
5,000-Year-Old Tavern With Food Still Inside Discovered in Iraq 10 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 56 4172
Here are 3 people-animal collaborations besides dolphins and Brazilians 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 1625
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 1 803
Saudi Arabia unveils face of ancient Nabataean woman 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 19 1736
THE CENTURIES-OLD ROMAN CITY FOUND BENEATH THE SURFACE OF LUXOR, EGYPT 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 30 2092
13,900-YEAR-OLD SPEAR TIP FOUND EMBEDDED IN MASTODON REMAINS 3 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 24 1563
Second mysterious dodecahedron found in Flanders 27 Judi Lynn Jan 2023 Feb 2023 61 5580
Neanderthals Dined on Crab 90,000 Years Ago 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 11 1211
Massive, 1.2 million-year-old tool workshop in Ethiopia made by 'clever' group of unknown human rela 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 9 1439
Seven-Foot Sword Unearthed From 1,600-Year-Old Burial Mound in Japan 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 4 1032
Neanderthals Hunted Giant Elephants Much Larger Than The Ones Today 5 Warpy Feb 2023 Feb 2023 6 1469
Site Of Ancient Egyptian "Great Revolt", Recorded On Rosetta Stone, Finally Discovered 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 9 1568
Side-Eye May Be More Common Among Primates Than We Realized 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 6 1086
THE OLDEST PAINTINGS EVER FOUND ON EARTH WERE NOT MADE BY HUMANS -- RESEARCH 17 Judi Lynn Jan 2023 Feb 2023 40 4488
The return of the spirit horse to Canada 5 Wicked Blue Jan 2023 Jan 2023 12 1674
Egypt archaeology: Gold-covered mummy among latest discoveries 0 Wicked Blue Jan 2023 Jan 2023 9 1352
Ground penetrating radar helps locate graves of First Nations children. 4 wnylib Jan 2023 Jan 2023 11 1945
See the Face of a Neolithic Man Who Lived in Jericho 9,500 Years Ago 17 Judi Lynn Jan 2023 Jan 2023 36 3490
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