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Two H-shaped andesite blocks with deep, square-cut recesses standing on a low row of stone blocks at Puma Punku, Bolivia
Were Puma Punku's Stones Cut by Machines?
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The H-shaped blocks at Puma Punku in Bolivia are often shown on television as proof of machine tools in the ancient Andes. Quarry studies, unfinished stones and stonecutting experiments tell a story about Tiwanaku masons instead.
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Terraced stone platform of a Maya structure under a cloudy sky, with grass in front and trees behind
Ancient DNA Ties Teeth in a Belize Cave to Elite Maya Tombs, Preprint Finds
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Genetic tests on teeth left with a woman buried in Bats'ub Cave, in the Maya Mountains of Belize, suggest that 24 of the 30 people they came from were also buried in elite tombs about 16 miles away, according to a study that has not yet been peer reviewed.
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A pale flint knife with a forked fishtail end on a gray background
Almost 3,000 Stored Flints Point to Expert Knappers at Predynastic Heliopolis
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More than a century after Ernesto Schiaparelli pulled them from flooded trenches beneath what is now Cairo, flint tools stored in 40 boxes at the Museo Egizio in Turin suggest that village experts were making blades for their neighbors before Egypt became a state.
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A grass-covered kurgan burial mound with two trees on the Great Hungarian Plain
A Grape-Size Urinary Stone in a 5,300-Year-Old Steppe Grave Points to a Man's Chronic Infection
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A small calcified object found among the hand bones of an Early Bronze Age man in southwestern Russia turns out to be a urinary stone, and its minerals point to a long infection rather than a rich diet.

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Page of medieval Old Norse handwriting on vellum with a large decorated initial, leaf 1r of the Codex Regius, where Völuspá begins
Several Norse God Poems Survive in Only One Book. Part of It Is Gone.
Oxyrhynchus: Half a Million Papyrus Fragments and What AI Can Really Read
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For more than a century, scholars have been reading the rubbish of one Egyptian town, scrap by scrap. A new wave of excitement says artificial intelligence could finally clear the backlog. The real

Human Origins

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Forensic facial reconstruction of a Cro-Magnon man. Source: Cicero Moraes/CC BY-SA 4.0
The Enigmatic Origins of Cro Magnon: Europe's First Humans (Video)
Human Origins, Folklore
Human Origins According to Ancient Greek Mythology
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Every culture has an explanation about how we got here. The ancient Greeks were no different. The dramatic story of the origins of humanity in Greek mythology involves love, pain, and a hefty dose of

History

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Relief of Thracian Warriors from 6th-5th century BC, Reign of Darius I. Source: Kmrakmra/CC BY-SA 3.0
The Mysterious Thracians: Unveiling Their Unique Culture and Legacy 
History, Ancient Traditions
The Therapeutae and the Secrets of Ancient Monastic Life
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The Therapeutae are an ancient Jewish ascetic community, shrouded in mystery and truly obscure. Much of what we know about them comes from the writings of Philo of Alexandria, a Hellenistic Jewish

Artifacts

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Aerial view of Thulamela location
Forgotten African Kingdom of Thulamela Reveals Gold and Royal Burials
Ancient Technology, Artifacts
Medieval Distillation Vessel Found at Gnandstein Castle Points to Alchemy
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Archaeologists working at the historic Gnandstein Castle in Saxony, Germany, have uncovered a rare and unusual distillation vessel during recent construction-related investigations. This remarkable

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Myths & Legends

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: Interior of Lovelock Cave located next to the former lakebed of Lake Lahontan in Nevada. Source: BLM Nevada / CC BY-SA 2.0
Lovelock Cave: A Tale of Giants or A Giant Tale of Fiction?
Myths & Legends, Africa
Roman Historian’s Cleopatra’s Pearl Story: Is It Fact or Fiction?
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“Cleopatra’s Pearl” is a story told by the Roman author Pliny the Elder in his famous long-read book Natural History. According to this tale, the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, drank a

Ancient Places

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Ollantaytambo aerial view, sacred valley in the Andes, Peru
Ollantaytambo: The Inca Fortress That Defied Conquistadors
Africa
Underwater Military Ship and Burials Found at Thonis-Heracleion, Egypt
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The island-city of Thonis-Heracleion and its famous Temple of Amun was located in Egypt’s Abu Qir Bay, just north of Alexandria, Egypt. Greeks later settled in Thonis-Heracleion during the late

Unexplained Phenomena

Weird Facts of History

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Traditional mince pies.
Did Oliver Cromwell Really Ban Mince Pies in England?
Artifacts, News, History & Archaeology
10 Weird Archaeological Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
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Archaeology isn’t just about dusty ruins and ancient pottery—it’s full of bizarre discoveries that challenge what we think we know about the past. From mysterious artifacts to unusual burial practices