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8 pre-Inca mummies and artifacts unearthed just beneath the streets of Lima, Peru
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
While installing new gas lines in Peru, workers unearthed nearly a dozen pre-Inca mummies buried alongside a variety of artifacts.
Mysterious and 'beautifully carved' life-size camel carvings discovered in Saudi Arabian desert
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Life-size carvings of camels have been found in the Saudi Arabian desert, but archaeologists aren't sure who created them and when.
The 1st American cowboys may have been enslaved Africans, DNA evidence suggests
By Kristina Killgrove published
DNA from cattle suggests some of the first cowboys in the Americas were enslaved Africans, who herded cows that were brought with them on slave ships.
'Very rare' Bronze Age arrow with quartzite tip uncovered from melting ice after 3,000 years
By Laura Geggel published
Glacial archaeologists in Norway have found an arrow with its quartzite tip still attached after spending up to 3,000 years in the snow and ice.
1,400-year-old tomb of emperor in China reveals evidence of royal power struggle among brothers and a warlord
By Tom Metcalfe published
An inscription on the 1,400-year-old tomb shows the dead man, who was posthumously declared emperor, was buried as a duke.
'Ritual text' from lost Indo-European language discovered on ancient clay tablet in Turkey
By Tom Metcalfe published
Researchers are still studying the ancient text of an unknown language, written in cuneiform on a clay tablet.
See the 'amazing' facial reconstruction of a Bronze Age woman discovered crouching in a 4,200-year-old grave
By Laura Geggel published
Facial reconstruction The skeletal remains of the 'Upper Largie Woman' were found in a quarry in Scotland. Now, scientists have reconstructed the Bronze Age woman's face.
Landslide reveals 2,500-year-old 'richly decorated' gold necklaces in Spain
By Hannah Kate Simon published
A landslide in northern Spain has helped unearth two Iron Age gold necklaces that were likely buried in a hoard about 2,500 years ago.
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