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Clay Artifacts Found in King Tut’s Tomb May Have Been Part of a Ritual Honoring the Egyptian God Osiris
The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented ...
Tutankhamun: Plain-looking mud trays in pharaoh's tomb may have been key part of complex afterlife rituals
More than 100 years after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, new interpretations of the ...
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Scientists Rebuild the Scarred Face of a Viking Woman Buried With an Arsenal — And Challenge Centuries of Misconception
Scientists have reconstructed the face of a 1,000-year-old Viking woman buried with weapons — complete with a battle scar, reshaping ideas of Norse gender roles.
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These Unassuming Artifacts From King Tut’s Tomb Could Tell a Remarkable Story
Since the tomb of King Tut was found, a set of four clay troughs were thought stands for wooden staffs. New research suggests ...
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Bronze Age Scandinavians Crossed Open Seas 3,000 Years Before Vikings
A new study suggests that Bronze Age Scandinavians crossed open seas 3,000 years before the Vikings, showing they were ...
Ireland's neolithic passage tombs were not just the burial place of the elite
In County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne. The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs ...
Ireland’s neolithic passage tombs were not just the burial place of the elite – new research
Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has ...
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Researchers were surprised when they turned over the stone in the Viking grave: It looked like female genitalia
Quite a few stones that look like penises, so-called phallic stones, have been found. Now archaeologists believe they have ...
Ritualistic burials of teenagers — 5,000 years old — found in Turkey. Who were they?
Başur Höyük is a site from the early Bronze Age located in Siirt, Turkey, that dates to the late fourth and early third millennia B.C., according to a study published March 17 in the peer-reviewed ...
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Scotland's 'most common surnames' unveiled - see the full list
New research has revealed Scotland's most common surnames. The National Records of Scotland (NRS) recently unveiled its annual report of the top first names in Scotland. As reported by the Daily ...
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5 fascinating London Underground facts you never knew
Liverpool Street Station and Aldgate Station are both built above mass burial sites. In 2015, it was discovered that Liverpool Street Station was built on an ancient burial site when ...