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Egypt Unveils Fragmentary Ramesses II Statue Found in Nile Delta

The find offers fresh evidence on the relocation and reuse of royal statues across the ancient Delta.

Papyrus of Homer's Iliad Found Inside Roman-Era Mummy at Oxyrhynchus

Ancient Sling Bullet Near Hippos Bears Greek Taunt “Learn Your Lesson”

Sealed Chamber in Luxor Yields 22 Painted Coffins Linked to Amun Temple Singers

Chemical Traces in Roman Glass Bottle Offer First Physical Proof of Feces-Based Medicine

Ancient Vial Yields First Material Proof of Roman Feces-Based Medicine

8-Foot Iron Age Spear Unearthed in Tamil Nadu Burial, Touted as India’s Longest

Early Pompeii Baths Used Dirty Well Water Until Aqueduct Transformed Supply

Vindolanda Study Detects Giardia in Roman Britain for the First Time

Vindolanda Latrine Study Finds Worms and First Giardia in Roman Britain

Giardia Confirmed in Roman Britain as Vindolanda Sewers Reveal Soldier Parasites

Heavy Wool on Pompeii Victims Found in New Analysis as Eruption-Date Dispute Continues

Study Confirms 7,000-Year-Old Granite Wall Off Brittany

225 In-Place Statuettes at Tanis Identify Pharaoh Sheshonq III

Study Reinterprets Peru's Monte Sierpe as Pre-Inca Market Later Used for Inca Accounting

Researchers Publish Most Detailed Open Map of Roman Roads, Spanning 299,171 Kilometers

Itiner-e Launch Maps 299,000 Kilometers of Roman Roads

Study Finds Early Maya Monument Aguada Fénix Is a Vast Cosmogram Built by Communal Labor

New Study Shows Maya Eclipse Forecasts Stayed Accurate for Centuries

Dorset Excavation Points to Iron Age Human Sacrifice, With Victims Cast Onto Bone Platforms