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Analysis of latrine sediments at the Roman fort of Vindolanda has revealed that at least three parasites were widespread ...

The project includes the UNESCO heritage site Göbeklitepe – "Potbelly Hill" in Turkish – which is home to the oldest known ...

The grave makers of the Early Bronze Age had their own strategies for keeping the dead... well ... dead. In fear of “revenant” people—think zombies—recovering from death to torment those still alive, ...

Jia Xiaobing, an archaeologist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, says the latest studies on the Hongshan culture's ...

French marine archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery off the coast of Brittany - a massive underwater wall dating to approximately 5000 BC that predates the famous megalithic monuments of ...

Evidence of feasting in the Hebrides 5,000 years ago and the discovery of a lost medieval settlement in the Borders have been ...

Twenty-two archaeological excavation and research projects were honored at the sixth Shanghai Archaeology Forum, jointly ...

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