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Easter Island’s red-hatted statues
Archaeologists have figured out where the red hats that sit on top of many of Easter Island’s stone heads came from. They pieced together a series of clues to discover how the statues got their red...
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2,000-year-old cup inscription stumps experts
The discovery, in Mount Zion, of a Bible-era stone mug containing ten lines of mysterious script is leaving experts scratching their heads. What sets the newfound cup apart is its inscription, which...
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Neolithic human figurine found in Turkey
The stone figure of a reclining beaded man has been found at Çatalhöyük in Turkey. A reclining man with a bushy beard and big nose is the latest to join a haul of stone figurines unearthed at the...
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Nine “frozen in time” Mayan palaces could shed light on civilization collapse
Nine palaces at the ancient city of Kiuic may shed some light on why the ancient Mayans abandoned their city 1,000 years ago. When the team started exploring the hilltop palaces, five vaulted homes to...
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Stone Age weapons factory found in England
Archaeologists in Leicestershire have discovered an 8,000-year-old weapons factory. Archaeologist Wayne Jarvis, who has led the dig, said: “What we’ve collected are a large number of very early flint...
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Mesolithic flint weapons found in Leicestershire, England
Excavations at a Prehistoric site in Leicestershire, England have turned up a large number of flint tools and flakes. Over 5000 worked flints came from this small area, including flint cores used for...
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15th-century stone relic found in India
A rare 15th-century relic has been found in Kalkeri, India. In an official release, deputy director of archaeology and museums, S K Potnis, said that the stone was rare as it was a memorial to a brave...
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Giant Mayan sculptured head found in Guatemala
A huge Mayan sculptured head has been found in a remote region of Guatemala, hinting at the possible existence of what was a significant city. The stucco sculpture, which is 10 feet wide and 11.5 feet...
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Huge stone head of pharaoh unearthed in Egypt
A massive red granite head of Amenhotep III has been unearthed in Luxor. [Thx Saturn] The 3,000-year-old head of Amenhotep III – grandfather of Tutankhamun – was dug out of the ruins of the pharaoh’s...
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Was 130-year-old house built using stone from Native American site?
An archaeologist has been called in to determine if a 130-year-old stone house in Nebraska was built using materials taken from a Native American monument. “Initially, we did a self-guided history...
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Ptolemaic king statue found in Egypt
A headless granite statue of a Ptolemaic-era king which dates back 2,000 years, has been discovered in Egypt. A headless granite statue of a Ptolemaic king has emerged from the ruins of an ancient...
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Stone found with Indus inscriptions
A stone has been found, the first of its kind, bearing Indus inscriptions. The discovery is significant because this is the first time that the Indus script has been found engraved on a natural stone...
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Inscribed stone slab found in Sri Lanka
A 1,000-year-old inscribed stone slad has been found at the future site of a cricket stadium in Sri Lanka. The inscribed stone slab has a large perforation at the centre reminding of anchors and...
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2,800-year-old altar found in Mexico
A stone altar which dates back nearly 3,000 years has been found at Chalcatzingo in Mexico. “The discovery shows allow us to understand how they used their objects and how they managed to use them as...
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Iron Age stone warriors reassembled
Researchers have reassembled a collection of Iron Age life-sized stone warriors from thousands of fragments of stone found on Sardinia. Archaeologists and conservation experts on the Italian island of...
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Stone anchor found off Indian coast
An ancient stone anchor has been found Gulf of Kutch in northwestern India and is now giving researchers new clues into Indo-Arab trade. “Ancient stone anchors serve to understand maritime contacts of...
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Life-sized Hittite lion sculptures found in Turkey
Two life-sized lion sculptures, made by the Hittites, have been found in Turkey. Now archaeologists are trying to figure out what they were for. One idea is that the statues, created between 1400 and...
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9,500-year-old figurines found in Israel
Two 9,500-year-old stone figurines depicting a ram and an ox have been found near Jerusalem. One of the objects is shaped like a ram and made of limestone. The other depicts an ox and is made of...
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Headless statues unearthed in Turkey
Two statues have been unearthed during excavations at Aphrodisias in southwestern Turkey. According to information provided by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, one of the statues is in 1.76 meters in...
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Thracian Lion head found in Bulgarian cave
A Thracian lion head, carved out of stone, has been found in a Cave in Bulgaria. It was German ornithologists who initially discovered the sculpture, local media inform. They stumbled upon the...
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