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Vast Viking Textile Production Site Discovered Near Aarhus

Lab analyses will test whether the organized flax‑processing complex supplied regional and international trade networks.

Excavation Beneath Notre Dame Reveals 2,000 Years of Paris History

Berlin Displays First Greek Antiquity Found in City With Hellenistic Coin From Ancient Troy

Study Recasts 12,000-Year-Old Plains Artifacts as the Earliest Dice

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

Archaeologists Pinpoint Lost Medieval Town of Stolzenberg in Polish Forest

Stone Age Sign Sequences Show Proto-Writing Structure 40,000 Years Before Cuneiform

Ice Age Markings Show Protocuneiform-Like Structure, Study Finds

12,000-Year-Old Sewn Hide From Oregon Caves Is Oldest Yet, Study Finds

Museum Reanalysis Reveals Egypt’s Earliest Metal Drill, 5,300 Years Old

Archaeometry Rebuttal Challenges Bas-Relief Theory on the Turin Shroud

Viking-Age Grave in Norway Shows Unprecedented Scallop Shell Placement at Woman’s Mouth

New Finds at Aguada Fénix Show 3,000-Year-Old Maya Monument Was a Built Cosmogram

Inca Khipu Knots Reveal Commoner’s Role in Imperial Recordkeeping

3D Simulations Bolster Theory of Shroud of Turin as Medieval Artwork

3D Modeling Study Finds Turin Shroud Imprint Consistent With Medieval Sculpture

4,000-Year-Old Handprint Reveals Ancient Egyptian Potter’s Touch

Complete 4,000-Year-Old Handprint Found on Egyptian 'Soul House' at Fitzwilliam Museum

Neanderthals’ 125,000-Year-Old “Fat Factory” Confirmed as First Large-Scale Bone-Grease Operation

43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fingerprint on Ochre Pebble Reveals Early Symbolic Art