Read more about the article Small Sea Snail Shells Were Used As Jewellery 45,000 Years Ago
Image shows a heat map of the thickness of different snail shells, undated photo. People used snail shells as jewellery 45,000 years ago, Austrian researchers claim. (Marjolein D. Bosch/OeAW)

Small Sea Snail Shells Were Used As Jewellery 45,000 Years Ago

Sea snail shells discovered during excavation work in Lebanon had been taken there to be used as jewellery some 45,000 years ago. https://rumble.com/v2gkqwc-ancient-fashion-small-sea-snail-shells-were-used-as-jewellery-45000-years-a.html The fact that the items were so used was confirmed by Dr Marjolein D. Bosch from the Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) and…

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Read more about the article Turkish Archaeologists Who Discovered Ancient Toilet That Could Be Used By 13 People Have Now Found 2,000-Year-Old Passage
Turkish archaeologists discovered a latrine, a communal toilet facility at a theatre over 2,000 years old in the ancient city of Smyrna, located within the borders of the modern city of Izmir, Turkey, in 2021. (Izmir Buyuksehir Belediyesi/Newsflash)

Turkish Archaeologists Who Discovered Ancient Toilet That Could Be Used By 13 People Have Now Found 2,000-Year-Old Passage

Archaeologists who discovered a U-shaped toilet that could easily be used by 13 people at once in an ancient theatre in Turkey have now found a 2,000-year-old passage that served as an entrance to the same theatre. The passage, known as a 'vomitorium', is 26 metres long, L-shaped and was…

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Read more about the article Archaeologist Parents Take Baby On Dig At 12,000 Year Old Settlement
Sarya, a nine-month-old baby girl whose parents are archaeologists, has become a source of joy for the excavation team working in a castle in Batman, Turkey. (Newsflash)

Archaeologist Parents Take Baby On Dig At 12,000 Year Old Settlement

These images show how a nine-month-old baby is stealing the show during an archaeological dig at a 12,000-year-old settlement. The dig is taking place in the district of Hasankeyf, which is located in south-eastern Turkey's Batman Province. The baby's mother, named in local media outlet Hurriyet as Tulay Unlu Agrak,…

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