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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient ...

Archaeologists announced Thursday the discovery of the remains of a woman who lived approximately 5,000 years ago and is believed to have belonged to the elite of the Caral civilization, one of the ...

There are 195 countries in the world. Of these, some have roots that can be traced back thousands of years. The concept of a country or nation-state is relatively modern, but many regions have ancient ...

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Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new secrets from the Old Kingdom. This facial reconstruction of an ancient ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: An ancient monument discovered in Turkey may just be an ancient monument. But, if its markings are what experts think they are, it might be the world ...