Articles tagged as Ancient Civilizations

Aleppo, Syria, in 2010. Since 2012, the city has been home to a fierce battle in Syria's civil war.

Will the once-regal city survive this moment in the spotlight?

September 8, 2016

Ancient Egyptian Stories Will Be Published in English for the First Time

Translated from hieroglyphics on monuments, tombs and papyri, the book will present tales few outside of academia have read

August 25, 2016

This 2,000-year-old scroll is covered with mysterious words in Aramaic.

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A Guide to Ancient Magic

In antiquity, love or revenge was just a spell away

August 22, 2016

New Research

Tree Rings Help Circle in on Dating Pre-History Events

Solar flares create spikes in the Carbon-14 of woody plants that can provide anchor years for more accurate dating of artifacts

August 22, 2016

One of the dig sites at Durrington Walls where researchers have uncovered a post that once held a large, prehistoric timber post.

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The So-Called “Superhenge” Was Made of Wood, Not Stone

New research shows that the ancient structure was also taken down in a hurry

August 17, 2016

The remains of a teenage boy found near an altar dedicated to Zeus at Mt. Lykaion

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Did the Ancient Greeks Engage in Human Sacrifice?

The remains uncovered at an altar to Zeus on Mount Lykaion may confirm legends about human sacrifice at the shrine

August 12, 2016

The Paris Olympics

Synchronized Swimming Has a History That Dates Back to Ancient Rome

Before it reached the Olympics, the sport was a spectacle of the circus and vaudeville

August 12, 2016

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World’s Oldest Gold Object May Have Just Been Unearthed in Bulgaria

A small gold bead shows that Copper Age people in the Balkans were processing gold 6,500 years ago

August 11, 2016

Temple where the remains of a body and two important hieroglyphic slabs were discovered in Xunantunich

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Rare Maya Burial Temple Discovered in Belize

Excavations at Xunantunich have uncovered the remains of a body and hieroglyphics that tell the story of the snake-head dynasty

August 8, 2016

Remains discovered in the village of Lajia, allowing researchers to date the massive earthquake and flood on the Yellow River

New Research

Does a Massive Flood Confirm China’s Creation Myth?

Evidence shows a cataclysmic flood occurred along the Yellow River 3,200 years ago

August 5, 2016

The ancient carving after it was vandalized by well-intentioned youth.

The petroglyph was made 5,000 years ago

August 4, 2016

A reconstruction from the 3,700-year-old remains of Ava, a woman unearthed in the Scottish Highlands

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Meet Ava, a Bronze Age Woman From the Scottish Highlands

A forensic artist has recreated the face of a woman alive 3,700 years ago

August 4, 2016

Pankration scene: the pankriatiast on the right tries to gouge his opponent's eye; the umpire is about to strike him for this foul.

The Paris Olympics

The Ancient History of Cheating in the Olympics

Punishment for cheating and bribery in the Olympics of Ancient Greece could include fines, public flogging and statewide bans from competition

August 3, 2016

Some of the threads discovered at Must Farms are the width of a human hair.

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This Ball of Thread Is 3,000 Years Old

If it is simply held in the wrong way, the priceless artifact could crumble to pieces

August 2, 2016

Hygiene sticks excavated at Xuanquanzhi station along the Silk Road

New Research

Ancient “Poop Sticks” Offer Clues to the Spread of Disease Along the Silk Road

The parasites found within the 2,000-year-old-feces smeared on bamboo suggest more than commodities made the trip

July 26, 2016

Eleven Persian qanats are being preserved by Unesco.

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Unesco Names New World Heritage Sites

Rock art, irrigation and education add to the organization’s growing list of sites worthy of protection

July 15, 2016

There’s a new attempt to return the Parthenon marbles to Greece

July 13, 2016

Amphora that were cargo of a ship that sank in the Greek archipelago of Fourni

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New Discoveries Double the Size of Ancient Greek Shipwreck Graveyard

Researcher in the Fourni archipelago found 23 ships dating between 525 B.C. and 1850

July 13, 2016

Rachel Kalisher, a member of the physical anthropology team, measures a 10th-9th century BC skeleton

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New Dig Shows the Philistines Weren’t Such Philistines

A graveyard containing over 200 sets of remains is giving researchers their first deep look into the little-known biblical tribe

July 12, 2016

Wolfgang Neubauer (at Carnuntum’s center) estimates the population at 50,000.

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The Discovery of a Roman Gladiator School Brings the Famed Fighters Back to Life

Located in Austria, the archaeological site is providing rich new details about the lives and deaths of the arena combatants

July 2016