Read more about the article Namibian Animal Tracking Experts Help German Archaeologists Match Footprint Pictures To Animals
Image shows detail of Stone Age depictions of human footprints and animal tracks in Doro Nawas mountains, Namibia, undated photo. The carvings date back to the Later Stone Age. (Andreas Pastoors, Tracking in Caves/Newsflash)

Namibian Animal Tracking Experts Help German Archaeologists Match Footprint Pictures To Animals

Archaeologists examining prehistoric artwork of footprints up to 50,000 years old in southwest Africa have been able to determine the type of animals and even their likely ages by cooperating…

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Read more about the article Artefacts Used By Sorcerers Unearthed On Route From Egypt To Muslim Holy City
Photo shows a clay rattle fragment discovered along the ancient Darb al-Hajj route that led from Egypt to Mecca, undated. The artifacts were likely used for magic rituals 400 years ago. (Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

Artefacts Used By Sorcerers Unearthed On Route From Egypt To Muslim Holy City

Ancient artefacts believed to have been used by "sorcerers" in magical rituals have been discovered on the road from Cairo in Egypt to the Muslim holy city of Mecca in…

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Read more about the article Rare Roman Gladiator Swords Unearthed In Ancient Arms Cache
Photo shows ancient weapons found in a cave near the Dead Sea in Israel, undated. The ancient weapons were secreted behind a wall of stalactites deep inside the cave in the Judean Desert southeast of Jerusalem sometime in the 2nd or 3rd century A.D. (Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

Rare Roman Gladiator Swords Unearthed In Ancient Arms Cache

A cache of astonishingly perfectly preserved Roman swords has been unearthed from what scientists believe was once a two-thousand-year-old rebel arms dump. The four swords are said to be in…

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Read more about the article Perfetly Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Child’s Shoe Found At Ancient Mine
Image shows the 2,000-year-old child's shoe, undated photo. It was found by researchers in the village of Duerrnberg, Austria. (German Mining Museum Bochum/Newsflash)

Perfetly Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Child’s Shoe Found At Ancient Mine

A perfectly preserved child's shoe unearthed from a 2,000-year-old Iron Age mine has been hailed by archaeologists as a first step in cracking the era's social history, The simple shoe…

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Read more about the article Ancients Were Cremated With Animals And Favourite Jewellery, Scans Show
Image shows the Late Bronze Age urn, undated photo. It contained human remains when it was found at the city of St. Poelten, Lower Austria State, Austria. (Waltenberger, OeAW, OeAI/Newsflash)

Ancients Were Cremated With Animals And Favourite Jewellery, Scans Show

Astonished scientists investigating Bronze Age burial urns have discovered that ancients were cremated with animals and their jewellery. CT scans carried out by Austrian experts have revealed that ashes found…

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Read more about the article Scientists Unearth Ancient New Frog Fossil
Picture shows the reconstruction of a new species of prehistoric amphibian, undated. It lived 100,000 years ago, the species inhabited the region during the Pleistocene in San Pedro, Argentina. (Museo Paleontologico Fray Manuel de Torres/Newsflash)

Scientists Unearth Ancient New Frog Fossil

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A new species of ancient wide-mouthed frog once prey to caveman hunters 100,000 years ago has been unearthed by scientists in Argentina. Fossil hunters discovered the remains of the amphibian's…

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Read more about the article Ancient Human Footprints Dating Back 300,000 Years Found Next To Prehistoric Elephant Tracks
Image shows an illustration of how the Schoeningen area possibly looked about 300,000 years ago, undated photo. It is located in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. (Benoit Clarys/Newsflash)

Ancient Human Footprints Dating Back 300,000 Years Found Next To Prehistoric Elephant Tracks

Experts have discovered ancient human footprints in Germany dating back 300,000 years right next to sets of tracks left by prehistoric elephants. The footprints, which can be seen in the…

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Read more about the article Astonishing 2,000-Year-Old Mosaic Of Roman Sea God Unearthed
Archeologists uncover a mosaic, in Trevi , Italy, undated. The excavation concentrated on the area of ​​a large domus belonging to people of high social standing, and uncovered several rooms. (Universita degli Studi di Perugia/Newsflash)

Astonishing 2,000-Year-Old Mosaic Of Roman Sea God Unearthed

An ancient Roman mansion abandoned more than 2,000 years ago has been unearthed with an astonishing mosaic of what appears to be an ancient sea god. Archaeologists in Italy described…

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Read more about the article Discovery Of Ancient Priest Who Lived In Peru 3,000 Years Ago
Picture shows the remains of a priest that lived 3 thousand years ago in Cajamarca, Peru, undated. The remains found in a funerary context, correspond to the first priestly leaders of the temples of the region. (Ministerio de Cultura/Newsflash)

Discovery Of Ancient Priest Who Lived In Peru 3,000 Years Ago

These pictures show the skeleton of a religious leader in a tomb where he had been laid to rest some 3,000 years ago in what is now northern Peru. Local…

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Read more about the article Scientists Stumble Across Bronze Age Treasures
Image shows the bronze artifacts, undated photo. They were discovered in the prehistoric settlement of Motta Vallac, near the village of Salouf, in the canton of Graubuenden, Switzerland, last autumn. (Canton Graubuenden Office for Culture, Archaeological Service/Newsflash)

Scientists Stumble Across Bronze Age Treasures

A massive haul of Bronze Age treasures has been unearthed by astonished experts who had been looking for remains at a Roman battle site. Archaeologists had been scouring the site…

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