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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
A cave painting found in Egyptian Sahara depicts a nativity scene 3,000 years before Jesus' Birth 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 14 1411
Xinhua Silk Road: Museum showcasing culture of China's largest prehistoric stone city opens to public 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 1183
Researcher: The people who painted these rock paintings were neither primitive nor naked 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 21 1472
Pliosaur discovery: Huge sea monster emerges from Dorset cliffs 5 nightwing1240 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 1026
A 27,000-year-old pyramid? Controversy hits an extraordinary archaeological claim 10 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 16 2008
Ancient Scythians Did Make Leather Out of Human Skin After All 1 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 933
A Monumental Prehistoric Discovery In Siberia Rewrites Human History, Scientists Say 6 Jilly_in_VA Dec 2023 Dec 2023 28 1922
Summary: Researchers argue those with dyslexia are specialized to explore the unknown. This explorative bias has 6 applegrove Dec 2023 Dec 2023 21 1899
The World's Oldest Settlements Were Built by a Culture Nobody Expected 4 Warpy Dec 2023 Dec 2023 20 1461
Divers Found Cargo That Might Just Lead to a 'Mind-Blowing' Neolithic Shipwreck 3 WhiteTara Dec 2023 Dec 2023 15 1692
Greeks Are Descendants of the Mycenaeans, DNA Study Confirms 6 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Dec 2023 7 1199
This Is The Face Of "Dragon Man", Modern Humans' Closest Relative 4 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 16 1521
The iconic Viking halls probably had stylish glass windows 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 630
Archaeologists 'surprised' by 6,500-year-old Stone Age site near Arctic 3 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 28 1599
People in Europe Ate Seaweed for Thousands of Years Before It Disappeared From Their Diets 0 Judi Lynn Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 920
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancels meet with Greek PM over Elgin Marbles row BBC News 2 xocetaceans Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1058
5:06 / 10:01 The Sound of Ancient Languages. Full Version. You Haven't Seen Anything Like This Before! 22 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 19 3038
Long before they became a Thanksgiving staple, turkeys were revered by ancient Indigenous communities 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 946
Archaeologists Discover Traces of Ancient Jalula 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 908
Indigenous Mexicans migrated to California 5,200 years ago, likely bringing their languages with them, ancient DNA revea 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 1200
World's Oldest War Weapons Factory Existed 7,200 Years Ago In Israel 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 784
Baboon mummy DNA from ancient Egypt reveals location of mysterious port city not on any maps 8 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 18 1514
some cool images of Tenochtitlan 5 Kali Nov 2023 Nov 2023 12 974
Satellites spy remnants of hidden Bronze Age settlement in Serbia 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 17 1090
Hunter-gatherer approach to childcare suggests that the key to mother and child well-being may be many caregivers 4 eShirl Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 1143
Lice DNA records the moment Europeans colonized the Americas 9 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 11 1182
Oxyrhynchus Papyri - Huge treasure trove of paper (papyrus) documents from ancient garbage dump 0 barbaraann Nov 2023 Nov 2023 15 1579
Scotland's 'oldest' tartan found in Highlands bog 7 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Nov 2023 20 2147
Large-scale warfare occurred in Europe '1,000 years earlier than previously thought' 4 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 1595
Extraordinarily Well-Preserved 3,000-Year-Old Octagonal Sword Unearthed In Germany 8 Judi Lynn Jun 2023 Nov 2023 32 4038

Anthropology Continued...

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Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge Neolithic tomb 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Nov 2023 11 1301
Uncovering a lost landscape 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 708
ANCIENT 'FEAT OF ENGINEERING' NEARLY 1,000 YEARS OLDER THAN THE PYRAMIDS FOUND ON REMOTE NORTH SEA ISLAND 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 26 1807
Nearly 500,000 Dirhams were buried in Viking-Age Scandinavia, study findsA new study reveals that silver coins from the 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2023 Nov 2023 9 1569
Sneak Peek Into Neanderthal Cooking Habits Reveals They Were Just As Intelligent As Homo Sapiens 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Nov 2023 16 1045
Comet Impact 12,800 Years Ago Sparked the Rise of Agriculture 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Nov 2023 7 991
1,700-Year-Old Sock Spins Yarn About Ancient Egyptian Fashion 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 13 1040
Two Million Years Ago, This Homo Erectus Lived the High Life 16 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 26 2425
A thing puzzled me while watching programs 12 moniss Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 1210
A 24,000-YEAR-OLD DISCOVERY IN A EUROPEAN CAVE LEFT RESEARCHERS STUNNED. NOW THEY'RE CALLING IT THE "MOST IMPORTANT" OF ITS KIND 7 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 28 2046
'World-class aquifer' enabled ancient African kingdom to thrive in the Sahara for hundreds of years 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 953
The "missing law" of nature was here all along 0 applegrove Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 895
AI Is Used To Share What Ancient Languages Sounded Like 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1002
The oldest pieces of Baltic amber found on the Iberian Peninsula indicates imports began over 5,000 years ago 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 930
Ancient Europeans ate seaweed thousands of years before it became a trendy 'superfood' 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 765
Burial of Dingo Companion Animal Examined in Australia 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 708
Archaeologists found a 'lost 8,000-year-old city' after looking in the English Channel 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 9 1110
21,000-yr-old Footprints in New Mexico may be the oldest evidence of human migration in the Americas 8 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 12 1238
A group of giant mounds built by Native Americans thousands of years ago just became the US' newest 13 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Oct 2023 38 3703
SCIENTISTS FIND STRUCTURE FROM BEFORE HOMO SAPIENS EXISTED 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 22 1139
Danish museum says Vikings had stained glass Windows 5 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 795
Norwegian Archaeologists Are Salvaging Priceless Artifacts From Melting Glaciers--Before It's Too Lat 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 49 2775
When excavators uncovered an 'ancient British city' near Edinburgh Airport 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 19 681
An app shows how ancient Greek sites looked thousands of years ago. It's a glimpse of future tech 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 9 871
Stonehenge Before the Druids (Long, Long, Before The Druids) 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 801
How an ancient society in the Sahara Desert rose and fell with groundwater 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 697
Traces of Colorful Paint Detected on Parthenon Sculptures 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 613
Runestones reveal the power of a Viking queen 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 659
These footprints confirm that humans were in North America several millenia earlier than previously 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 14 1029
Vikings Had Windows, Another Shift Away From Their Image as Barbaric Norsemen, Danish Museum Says 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 871

Anthropology Continued...

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Researchers say Unangax knowledge can help solve the mystery of Unalaska's ancient bear bones 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 800
Anglo-Saxon Burials Are Challenging Our Understanding of Gender Identity 5 Warpy Oct 2023 Oct 2023 31 1721
Rediscovering the Miracle Plant of Antiquity with Potential Medicinal Properties 1 Wicked Blue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 13 1046
New Mexico footprints are oldest sign of humans in Americas, research shows 8 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 1076
Rare Neolithic Find: Woodworks Using Stone Tools on 5-Foot Logs From 476,000 Years Ago Found in Afri 4 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 16 1032
Scientists rediscover human groups that were thought to have died out decades ago 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 11 823
A major UCLA study says that at least 65 species of animals laugh 7 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 13 1030
SECRET OF THE ALTAR STONE: STONEHENGE MYSTERY DEEPENS AS NEW DISCOVERY UPENDS 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 12 831
Floods reveal long-lost parts of ancient city for first time in thousands of years 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 755
Comet Impact 12,800 Years Ago Sparked the Rise of Agriculture 0 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 482
Unearthed in Spain: The megalithic complex that could dwarf Stonehenge 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 767
Prehistoric Humans May Have Dug Up Bodies to Make Tools 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 717
See the Face of a Bronze Age Woman Who Lived in Scotland 4,000 Years Ago 5 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 18 1168
9,500-Year-Old Baskets And 6,200-Year-Old Sandals Found In Spanish Cave 8 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 13 889
Archaeologists unearth never-before-seen language in ancient ruins 18 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 50 2885
2,500-Year-Old Gold Necklaces Revealed After Landslide in Spain 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 14 809
New study reveals a long history of violence in ancient hunter-gatherer societies 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 6848
New images of 5,000-year-old Highland burial site 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 552
Bronze Age hexagonal 'pyramid' not like anything 'found before in the Eurasian steppe' 4 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 1459
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of oldest wooden structure--See Date!! 6 cally Sep 2023 Sep 2023 14 7044
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