Read more about the article STONE ME: Search For Suspect Who Painted Menhir Stone Like Those Made By Obelix White
Picture shows the menhir of La Lancha after it was painted white, in Arcos, Spai, undated. The 5,000-year-old megalithic landmark was whitewashing. (entornoajerez.com/Newsflash)
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STONE ME: Search For Suspect Who Painted Menhir Stone Like Those Made By Obelix White

A search is underway for a suspect who whitewashed history by painting a 5.000 year-old-menhir completely white. Menhir's started appearing in the middle Bronze Age and are most commonly found in western Europe, in particular in Ireland, Great Britain and Britanny, where there are about 50,000 examples. Britanny was also…

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September 22, 2022
Read more about the article GAME OF ROMES: Incredible Snaps Show Ancient Roman-Era Remains On Seabed
Image shows the shipwreck on the bottom of the Skerki Bank, undated. UNESCO stated that archaeologists from eight countries teamed up to explore the underwater site between Sicily and Tunisia, on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (Vincent Creuze ROV Drassm/Newsflash)
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GAME OF ROMES: Incredible Snaps Show Ancient Roman-Era Remains On Seabed

https://youtu.be/kq-edYXdWjs These remarkable underwater snaps show a treasure trove of shipwrecked Roman-era remains that ended up at the bottom of the Mediterranean. The astonishingly well-preserved finds are understood to come from cargo ships that sunk fully loaded. UNESCO recently spent a fortnight exploring three Roman-era shipwrecks in the Skerki Bank…

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September 21, 2022
Read more about the article RAIDERS OF THE LOST MARKS: Ancient Hebrew Fragment Dating Back To Solomon’s Temple Returned To Israel
Photo shows the Ishmael Papyrus, a rare document from the First Temple period, undated photo. The extremely rare document is composed of four torn lines that begin with the words “To Ishmael send….”, the text hinting that it is a fragment of a letter containing instructions to the recipient. (Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)
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RAIDERS OF THE LOST MARKS: Ancient Hebrew Fragment Dating Back To Solomon’s Temple Returned To Israel

https://youtu.be/0CtlImQfNE0 This rare and previously unknown papyrus dating back thousands of years to Solomon's Temple has been repatriated to Israel where it is joining the country's collection of Dead Sea Scrolls after hanging on the wall of a house in Montana for years. The unique papyrus, which is not much…

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September 21, 2022
Read more about the article DIG THAT: Ancient Egypt Shrine And Statue Fragments Found At City That Once Housed Cleopatra’s Needle
A statue fragment of a sphinx of King Amenemhat III found during excavations in the city of Heliopolis in Egypt. (Dietrich Raue/Newsflash)
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DIG THAT: Ancient Egypt Shrine And Statue Fragments Found At City That Once Housed Cleopatra’s Needle

Archaeologists researching the ancient temple city of Heliopolis have made remarkable discoveries documenting intense temple construction activities in Ancient Egypt. Heliopolis - which literally means City of the Sun - was one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt. It was occupied since the Predynastic Period which spans the period…

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June 24, 2022
Read more about the article PAW-SIBLE DISCOVERY: New Species Of Bear-Dog Dating Back Millions Of Years Named After Large, One-Eyed Giant
A representation of the newly discovered species of large predators belong to a group of carnivores that could weigh around 320 kilogrames, appeared 36 million years ago before becoming extinct around 7.5 million years ago, found in Sallespisse, France. (Denny Navarra/Newsflash)
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PAW-SIBLE DISCOVERY: New Species Of Bear-Dog Dating Back Millions Of Years Named After Large, One-Eyed Giant

An international team of scientists has identified a new species of ancient predator that was part bear and part dog and roamed Europe millions of years ago. The new genus has been named 'Tartarocyon', a nod to a large, powerful, one-eyed giant from Basque mythology. The international team of experts,…

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June 17, 2022