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Archaeologists Dug Under an Ancient Greek City—and Found a 3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Settlement
On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...
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Where Civilization Began: Greece’s Theopetra Cave Reopens After 9 Years
Theopetra Cave, in Greece, believed to be the oldest human construction on earth, reopened to the public after 9 years of ...
How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.
A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...
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Unveiling France’s Cussac cave: Ancient art holding prehistoric secrets hidden for 30,000 years
LE BUISSON-DE-CADOUIN (France), March 27 — Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in south-western France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, mammoths and rhinoceros into the ...
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Why Do We Ignore the Ancient Treasures Atop Greek Mountains?
Olympus in northern Greece, for instance, or the legendary cave on Crete’s Mt. Ida where the goddess Rhea concealed the infant Zeus from his father, Cronus, to prevent him from being eaten. There are ...
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In pics: Grotte de Cussac, a French ancient cave where humans lived 30,000 years ago
The 1.6-kilometre cave has over 1,000 carved figures, both animals and stylised feminine forms. Scientists have dated these to between 26,000 and 35,000 years ago, the time of the ancient ...
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Ancient cave art uncovered after 30,000 years in France
Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, mammoths and rhinoceros into the walls, a fabulous prehistoric menagerie that ...
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Ancient Greece: History and Documentaries About Ancient Greek Civilization, Mythology, and Art
The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...
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Fluorescent caves could explain how life persists in extraterrestrial environments
Scientists are using these fluorescent features to understand how the caves formed and the conditions for supporting life in extreme, and even extraterrestrial, environments. Deep below Earth's ...
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Horror as diver dies after getting trapped in notorious underwater labyrinth of caves, as two more rescued
Police rushed to the Twin Caves in the Blue Springs Recreation Area in Florida after being called when three divers didn't return to the surface on time. Rescue divers pulled two of the thrill-seekers ...
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Ancient shark species discovered in Kentucky national park had ‘molar like’ teeth
[email protected]. The fossilized remains of a newly discovered ancient shark species found in the depths of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park reveal not the sharp, pointy ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.