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• The Mystery of the Golden Hats

In total, history knows four such hats, named after the places where they were discovered. Scientists believe that they were all produced and used in the Bronze Age, that is, no later than 800 BC. And to be more precise, in the middle of this period.The f

• Unsolved mystery of Phaistos disk

Many world riddles and mysteries are connected with world archeology. And not always these riddles lie on the surface and are as huge as the Egyptian pyramids. Sometimes they easily fit and, I’m in the hands of a man, but many centuries and millennia are

• Ancient peoples of Mesopotamia

  Where did the Sumerians come from is not clear. Language researchers suggest that the Sumerian language is associated with Mongolian, Turkish or Hungarian and conclude that the Sumerians immigrated

• Secrets of the Chinese pyramids

  Unlike their pyramids in Egypt, Chinese counterparts are not very well known around the world. No, they are not just not known, they are>  And even more mysterious is that only 1994 the Austrian arc

• Cremation urns' dusty bones tell tale of death in Roman London

Experts study remains dug up in 19th century for first time ahead of Museum of London Docklands exhibitionA puff of dust almost 2,000 years old rose as archaeologist Jackie Keily gently tipped a wastepaper bin-sized lead container, and a pile of cremated

• Airstrikes Blast 3,000-Year-Old Temple in Syria

Credit: Syrian Human Rights ObservatoryRecent Turkish airstrikes on the Kurdish-held Afrin region of northern Syria have damaged an ancient temple, with 3,000-year-old stone carvings "blasted into fragments," a watchdog group says.The American S

• In Photos: Destruction at Syria's Temple of Ain Dara

Ain DaraCredit: Syrian Human Rights ObservatoryThe 3,000-year-old temple of Ain Dara in Syria has reportedly been badly damaged by airstrikes between Jan. 20 and 22, 2018.Before damageCredit: Michael DantiAin Dara is located northwest of Aleppo, near Syri

• Our Responsibility to Protect Cultural Heritage in Conflict Zones

  Photo from March 10, 2017, shows severe damage to the Umayyad (Great Mosque) of Aleppo—part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site—caused by fighting during the Syrian Civil War. Photo: Alfred Yaghobzadeh

• Dead Sea Scroll Remains a Puzzle After Scientists Crack its Code

  Scholars have deciphered a Dead Sea Scroll written in a Hebrew code, finding that it contains part of a 364-day calendar of holy days. 

• Bones of the victims at Roman Herculaneum

ARE HUMAN REMAINS THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF DEATH OR THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF LIFE? THIS STRANGE PARADOX STATED IN PEARSON (1999), ADDRESSES THAT THE SURVIVING BONES, TISSUES AND SKIN ARE MORE LIKELY TO REVEAL INFORMATION ABOUT A PERSON’S LIFE, NOT A PERSON’S DEATH.Th

• The Roman Empire Strikes Back

THE ACCEPTED DATE FOR THE COLLAPSE OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE WAS APPROXIMATELY 476 CE, WHEN THE LAST TRUE ROMAN EMPEROR ROMULUS WAS OVERTHROWN BY ODOACER, THE GERMANIC LEADER WHO BECAME THE FIRST BARBARIAN TO RULE ROME.As the sun was setting on the west

• What's Hiding Inside Egypt's Great Pyramid? Tiny Robots May Find Out

  Using cosmic particles called muons, and possibly tiny robots, scientists hope to figure out what created two mysterious voids inside the Great Pyramid.  Possibilities range from a new burial chambe

• Silk Road Travelers' Ancient Knowledge May Have Irrigated Desert

  More than 1,700 years ago, ancient farmers in China transformed one of Earth's driest deserts into farmland, possibly by using ancient knowledge of irrigation passed along by Silk Road travelers

• New discovery reveals China’s Maritime Silk Road connections

As one of the most powerful nations in the East throughout its history, China long dominated the maritime Silk Road with its extraordinary manufacturing capabilities, especially when it came to porcel

• Important Discoveries at Huangjinwan Archaeological Site, Guizhou Province

From June 2015 to July 2017, large-scaled salvage excavations were carried out at Huangjinwan site by a joint archaeological team of Guizhou Provincial Institute of Archaeology and other organizations

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