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4w ago

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

A PNAS study of 3,000 engravings from 260 Swabian Jura artifacts finds stable, object-specific conventions with information density matching early proto-cuneiform.

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4w ago

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

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4mo ago

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

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7mo ago

Inca Khipu Knots Reveal Commoner’s Role in Imperial Recordkeeping

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7mo ago

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

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7mo ago

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

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7mo ago

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

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7mo ago

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

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8mo ago

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

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10mo ago

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

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10mo ago

Elite Hallucinogenic Rituals at Chavín de Huántar Linked to Early Andean Class Divisions

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10mo ago

Archaeologists Uncover 900 Metal Artifacts at Somló Hill in Hungary

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last yr.

Unveiling of Melsonby Hoard Reveals Iron Age Wealth in Northern Britain

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Ancient Egyptian Bes Mug Reveals Psychedelic Rituals

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12,000-Year-Old Artifacts Reveal Early Use of Rotational Technology

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3,000-Year-Old Tablet May Reveal Noah's Ark Location

Artifact Analysis

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

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Artifact Analysis

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

Elite Hallucinogenic Rituals at Chavín de Huántar Linked to Early Andean Class Divisions

Archaeologists Uncover 900 Metal Artifacts at Somló Hill in Hungary

Unveiling of Melsonby Hoard Reveals Iron Age Wealth in Northern Britain

Ancient Egyptian Bes Mug Reveals Psychedelic Rituals

12,000-Year-Old Artifacts Reveal Early Use of Rotational Technology

3,000-Year-Old Tablet May Reveal Noah's Ark Location

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Artifact Analysis