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Scientists Sequence First Genome From Ancient Egypt, Revealing 4,800-Year-Old Secrets
The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...
DNA analysis from 4,600-year-old skeleton uncovers hidden link between Egypt and Mesopotamia
Sealed inside a rocky tomb for over four millennia, an Egyptian skeleton has just revealed a hidden chapter of ancient ...
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Goodbye to the slave theory – archaeologists claim that the ancient Egyptians used hydraulic machines to build the pyramids
Archaeology has long been kind to the men (and women) who raised Egypt’s stone marvels. Burial shafts beside the Giza ...
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Shrouded in Mystery, Ancient Rock Carvings Offer New Insights into Egypt’s Enigmatic First Dynasty
A piece of ancient Egyptian petroglyph dating back to the First Dynasty offers new insights into the origins of the state.
5,500-year-old Polish ‘Pyramids’ discovered, older than Egypt’s Pyramid of Giza
Archaeologists in Poland have unearthed 5,500-year-old megalithic tombs, dubbed the "Polish pyramids," in the Wielkopolska province. These trapezoidal mounds, built by the Funnelbeaker culture, reveal ...
Archaeologists Found an ‘Anomaly’ Near the Pyramids That May Reveal an Ancient Portal
Researchers led by Tohoku University’s Motoyuki Sato used GPR—along with a method known as electrical resistivity tomography ...