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Large-scale medieval urbanism traced by UAV–lidar in highland Central Asia

The Silk Road Was Not What We Thought It was

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The Silk Road Was Not What We Thought It was, as new discoveries reveal urban sprawls in the mountains of Asia.

Map showing The ruins that were found in eastern Mexico, in Campeche

A PhD student has accidentally found a lost city in a Mexico jungle

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A PhD student has accidentally found a lost city in a Mexico jungle showing pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres

Gate House, Torre Abbey

This is Torre Abbey in Torquay, Devon, England

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This is Torre Abbey in Torquay, Devon, England, a medieval Abbey started by the Premonstratensian order of canons in 1196

Stalactites and stalagmites at Kent's Caverns, Torquay. Credit: 360onhistory.com

Podcast Episode 103 I Kent’s Cavern: A Journey Through Time

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Welcome to Podcast Episode 103 on Kent's Cavern: A Journey Through Time, a fascinating cave system in Torquay, Devon, on England's southern coast.

A triple enclosure unearthed in eastern France is like nothing archaeologists have ever seen before(Jérôme Berthet, Inrap)

Ground breaking Ancient Monument Discovered in France, Unlike Anything Ever Seen

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Groundbreaking Ancient Monument Discovered in France, Unlike Anything Ever Seen by Archaeologists

Monks Mound is the largest earthen structure at Cahokia (for scale, people below and on top). About 80 earthen mounds or earthworks survive at the archeology site out of perhaps as many as 120 at the city's apex.

Unraveling Cahokia: The Forgotten City That Redefined Ancient America

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Around 900 years ago, an extensive and sophisticated culture existed across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis, home to approximately 50,000 people in the metropolitan area. This was Cah...

New fossils from Mata Menge.

Tiny humans known as Hobbits were even shorter

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Tiny humans known as Hobbits were even shorter and they lived 700,000 years ago according to a new analysis.

Craiyon drawing of man hunting with spear in arctic glaciers facing away

The Role of Ice Ages in Human Evolution: How Glacial Cycles Shaped Our Ancestors’ Journey

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Human evolution has been impacted by so many events over millenia; events that have shaped our physical, cognitive, and cultural development. Our species has had to deal with the pressures of survivin...

Items recovered from a site where a wealthy traveler was frozen in the ice. (© Valais History Museum, Sion; Michel Martinez)

Mountaineers are finding mysterious ancient objects on the Alps’ melting glaciers

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Hikers and mountaineers are stumbling on mysterious ancient objects in the Swiss Alps, and their discoveries are keeping archaeologists busy. From the Iron Age to ancient Rome to the Middle Ages, peop...

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