Read more about the article Cranium Of 1.5m-Year-Old Human Ancestor Was Rounder And Longer, Say Boffins
Picture shows skull and endocranial cast of DAN5, undated. The study made digital reconstructions of two fossils found in the Ethiopian site of Gona to carry out the analysis of their neurocranial shape and the variability of the first species of the genus Homo erectus. (CENIEH/Newsflash )
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Cranium Of 1.5m-Year-Old Human Ancestor Was Rounder And Longer, Say Boffins

Experts have studied the skull of a 1.5 million-year-old human ancestor with one of the smallest cranial capacities and say that it was longer and rounder than those of modern humans. Picture shows skull and endocranial cast of DAN5, undated. The study made digital reconstructions of two fossils found in…

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March 10, 2023
Read more about the article Supposed 2,500-Year-Old Royal Pottery Find Declared Fake
Photo shows the Darius inscription, undated. Eylon Levy, the international media advisor to the President of the State of Israel Isaac Herzog, and his friend Yakov Ashkenazi, found a small potsherd with some inscribed letters on it in Tel Lachish National Park, Israel. (Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)
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Supposed 2,500-Year-Old Royal Pottery Find Declared Fake

A small pottery shard that was believed to be a rare 2,500-old find inscribed with the name of the Persian king Darius the Great turned out to be nothing more than a school study aid. https://rumble.com/v2cdato-supposed-2500-year-old-royal-pottery-find-declared-fake.html The discovery - made by a hiker passing through the Tel Lachish National Park…

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March 9, 2023
Read more about the article Researchers Find New Unknown Chamber In The Great Pyramid Of Cheops At Giza
Image shows a part of the research group directly in front of the discovery site, undated photo. Standing from left to right are Johannes Rupfle (TUM), Prof Kunhiro Morishima (Nagoya University, Japan), Prof Hany Helal (Cairo University, Egypt), Prof Christian Grosse (TUM), Prof Jean-Baptiste Mouret (Inria, France), Prof Mohamed Elkarmoty (Cairo University, Egypt). (ScanPyramids/Newsflash)
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Researchers Find New Unknown Chamber In The Great Pyramid Of Cheops At Giza

A hidden chamber believed to be protecting the actual burial chamber of King Cheops has been discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Image shows a part of the research group directly in front of the discovery site, undated photo. Standing from left to right are Johannes Rupfle…

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March 9, 2023
Read more about the article Gruesome ‘Sacrifice’ Unearthed At Ancient Mexican Temple
Picture shows the stucco scene depicting the subjugation of a captive discovered in the upper part of the Ek' Balam Acropolis, Mexico, undated. In the scene, ruler can be seen, who wears a skirt decorated with crossed bones, taking a male character by the hair. (INAH/Newsflash)
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Gruesome ‘Sacrifice’ Unearthed At Ancient Mexican Temple

This is the moment in history when the brutal ancient past of Mexico's Mayan people is seen again for the first time in more than a thousand years. Picture shows the stucco scene depicting the subjugation of a captive discovered in the upper part of the Ek' Balam Acropolis, Mexico,…

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March 8, 2023
Read more about the article Ancient Jewels Unearthed
Photo shows a bull's head found at the Al-Ukhdood site in Najran, Saudi Arabia, undated. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabias Heritage Authority announced the discovery of ancient artefacts dating back to pre-Islamic times, at the Al Ukhdud site in the Najran region. (@MOCHeritage/Newsflash)
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Ancient Jewels Unearthed

A 2,000-year-old hoard of highly crafted gold rings has been unearthed by archaeologists excavating an ancient village in Saudi Arabia. https://rumble.com/v2c8cla-hoard-of-the-rings-ancient-jewels-unearthed.html The three rings and a large bronze bull's head were discovered in the dig at the site in Al-Ukhdood and pre-date the region's Islamic period, say experts. Photographs of…

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March 8, 2023