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• Ancient plants in Israel give clues about real 'Paleo' diet

Mom was right: Eat your vegetables. We were born to be herbivores.

• Dogs, monkeys, cats: 2,000-year-old pet cemetery uncovered in Egypt

A nearly 2,000-year-old pet cemetery holding the remains of dogs, monkeys and scores of cats has been uncovered in an ancient Egyptian town, archaeologists say.

• Royal altar of heaven discovered in Shaanxi

The site is located in the village of Banpopu, where a team of archeologists began excavation in July. Important ruins include a mound altar, along with walls, buildings, roads and sacrificial pits. More than 1,900 items that were used in worship ceremoni

• Significant achievements from the excavation of No. 2 Mound of Batatai cemetery, Yunnan

From July 2015 to June 2016, excavations of No. 2 Mound in Batatai cemetery in Qilin District, Qujing City, Yunnan Province were conducted again jointly by Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Qujing Cultural Relics Administrati

• Prehistoric relics unearthed from Jiangsu tombs

An ancient cultural site dating back more than 5,000 years ago was found by experts from the Nanjing Museum following a three month excavation at the Zhao village archaeological site in Suqian city of Jiangsu province.

• Ancient State-level sacrificial site discovered

Archaeologists recently found a State-level venue used by ancient emperors to partake in sacrificial offerings.

• China spends 3.5 billion yuan protecting world heritage sites

China has spent a total of 3.5 billion yuan(510.39 million U.S. dollars) on the protection of two world heritage sites in southwest China's Sichuan Province over the past two decades.

• In Brazil found creepy ancient burial

Archaeologists have discovered terrifying evidence of ancient burial rituals that took place in one of the regions of Brazil.

• Excavation on tomb of Liu He's wife to start next year

As the excavation of the Emperor Liu He's tomb in the Haihunhou mausoleum is completed, archaeological work on his wife's tomb is scheduled to start during the first half of next year, according to Nanchang Daily.

• Feasts in Iron Age Anatolia drove demand for Cypriot-style ceramics

Cypriot-style ceramics were all the rage in Anatolia – present-day Turkey – during the Iron Age. They're been found in digs thousands of years old.

• Hebrew may be world's oldest alphabet

The oldest recorded alphabet may be Hebrew. According to a controversial new study by archaeologist and ancient inscription specialist Douglas Petrovich, Israelites in Egypt took 22 ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and turned them into the Hebrew alphabet ove

• Zawyet El-Erian – the forbidden city in Egypt

Zawyet El-Erian is a city in Lower Egypt, located between Giza and Abusion.

• Ancient lead books about Jesus were the presents

Examination has defined age of lead books of religious contents in Hebrew language. It has turned out that books which long time were considered as a fake really have been written 2000 years ago.

• Measures for the Protection of Historic Sites Along the Maritime Silk Road in Ningbo City”Reviewed and Formally Approved

On the afternoon of 22nd November, the“Measures for the Protection of Historic Sites Along the Maritime Silk Road in Ningbo City”(“Measures”) was reviewed and officially approved by the 90th executive meeting of Ningbo Municipal Government.

• In England found a giant gold Hoop

A treasure hunter armed with a metal detector, found in a field in Cambridgeshire, a giant necklace (torc) of gold, weighing about 730 grams and age of more than three thousand years.

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