Read more about the article Stunning New Images Show How Bronze Age Scot ‘Really’ Looked
Picture shows the recreation of the face of Ava, undated. The scull of the Bronze Age woman was discovered at Achavanich, Scotland, in 1987, and now 3D designer Cicero Moraes has made a facial approximation image of her. (Cicero Moraes/CEN)

Stunning New Images Show How Bronze Age Scot ‘Really’ Looked

A Brazilian 3D designer has opened a window onto Britain's ancient past with these stunning recreations of a Bronze Age woman whose remains were found in Scotland. The work of…

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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 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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Read more about the article Hundreds Of Cave Drawings Found In Cave In North-Eastern Spain
Picture shows some of the prehistoric engravings, from the Chalcolithic-Bronze period, found in a cave in Febro, Spain, undated. The set of more than a hundred engravings is arranged in an 8-metre-long panel. (Arnau Pascual Monells, Departament de Cultura/Newsflash)

Hundreds Of Cave Drawings Found In Cave In North-Eastern Spain

Hundreds of cave drawings dating back to the Bronze Age have been found in a cave in north-eastern Spain. Newsflash obtained a statement and images from the Catalan Institute of Human…

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Read more about the article Bronze Age Brain Surgery On Royal Brothers Discovered
Photo shows two upper-class brothers who were buried beneath a home in the ancient city of Megiddo, Israel, undated. One of the brothers found out to have undergone a brain surgery not long before he died. (Rachel Kalisher/Newsflash)

Bronze Age Brain Surgery On Royal Brothers Discovered

Rare brain operations carried out 3,500 years ago on two elite – and perhaps even royal – brothers by Bronze Age surgeons have been revealed by archaeologists. The skulls of…

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Read more about the article Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates
Image shows Bronze Age family harvesting grain, undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, got new insights into Bronze Age marriage rules and family structures in Greece. (Nikola Nevenov/Newsflash)

Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates

Ancient Greeks kept their estates and farmlands together by arranging for first cousins to marry each other, a new study has revealed. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary…

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Read more about the article Archaeologists Discover 3,000-Year-Old Ritual Wishing Well Filled With Over 100 Well-Preserved Artefacts
Image shows the wishing well that was discovered in Bavaria, Germany, undated photo. More than 100 preserved artifacts were found inside on Friday, Dec. 12, 2022. (Marcus Guckenbiehl/Newsflash)

Archaeologists Discover 3,000-Year-Old Ritual Wishing Well Filled With Over 100 Well-Preserved Artefacts

Archaeologists have discovered a Bronze Age ritual wishing well filled with over 100 well-preserved artefacts in Bavaria. The Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection in Germany, in a statement obtained…

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Read more about the article Police Seize Gruesome Private Museum Of Ancient Human Remains
Picture shows some of the items seized by police during Osarium operation, undated. Police seized 350 archaeological pieces and almost 200 bone remains from two men charged with misappropriation of goods of historical, cultural or scientific value in Gata de Gorgos, Spain. (Newsflash)

Police Seize Gruesome Private Museum Of Ancient Human Remains

A private collection of nearly 200 ancient human bones and more than 350 archaeological treasures have been seized by police from homes in Spain. Civil Guard officers recovered an astonishing…

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Read more about the article Beetroot Farmer Unearthed Stunning Metal Belt More Than 3,000 Years Old
Photo shows a golden belt dating back to the Bronze Age unearted in the Opava region in the north-east of Czechia, undated photo. The ornamented piece, which is exceptionally well-preserved, is expected to go on display at the Bruntal museum at the end of 2023. (Museum in Bruntal/Newsflash)

Beetroot Farmer Unearthed Stunning Metal Belt More Than 3,000 Years Old

A farmer harvesting beetroots was stunned when he unearthed a rare, incredibly well-preserved golden belt dating back to the Bronze Age. The thin, 20-inch-long piece of metal was found crumpled…

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Read more about the article Ancient Tombs Reveal Opium Use 2,300 Years Ago
Photo shows artefacts unearthed during the excavations at the Tel Yehud site in Israel, undated photo. A new study by the Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv University and The Weizmann Institute of Science has revealed the earliest known evidence of the use of the hallucinogenic drug opium, and psychoactive drugs in general, in the world. (Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)

Ancient Tombs Reveal Opium Use 2,300 Years Ago

Ceramic vessels discovered in ancient tombs in Israel have revealed the world's earliest evidence of opium use dating back more than 2,300 years. The images show the opium paraphernalia from…

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