A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Head in a Sealed Mexican Tomb Raises Questions History Can’t Answer

https://arkeonews.net/a-2000-year-old-roman-head-in-a-sealed-mexican-tomb-raises-questions-history-cant-answer/

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A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Head in a Sealed Mexican Tomb Raises Questions History Can’t Answer - Arkeonews

Known as the Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca Head, this small terracotta artifact—found in a pre-Hispanic burial—has sparked one of the most intriguing

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« The island contains several important archaeological sites, including ruins of a Christian monastery dating from possibly as far back as the 7th century. There are also tombs, temples, and the Achaemenid inscription of cuneiform writing dating from the period between 550 and 330 BCE. »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_inscription_on_Kharg_Island #KhargIsland #History #archelogy

Achaemenid inscription on Kharg Island - Wikipedia

Wendepunkt der Menschheit: Ausstellung "Gebaute Gemeinschaft"

Vor zwölftausend Jahren bauten die Menschen des Neolithikums im Südosten der heutigen Türkei die ersten steinernen Siedlungen. Die Spuren ihres Lebens sind jetzt in einer großartigen Ausstellung zu besichtigen.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
'Landmark' elephant bone finding in Spain may be from time of Hannibal's war against Rome

An elephant bone discovered in Spain may date to the time of Hannibal's battles against the Romans.

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The valley, largely located in modern-day Pakistan and northwest India, hosted one of the most advanced societies at the time, along with Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. And then — with little signs of fighting or power struggles — it mysteriously disappeared.
#history #archelogy #India #Pakistan #antropology #culture #climatechange
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/11/27/indus-river-valley-civilization-climate-drought/
Scientists may have solved why this ancient, advanced civilization vanished

Climate data offers clues to what might have happened to people of the Indus River Valley and how that might relate to our own warming world.

The Washington Post
Our Entire Evolution

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44,000-Year-Old Animal Painting Found In A Cave In Indonesia Could Be The “World’s Oldest Story”

By Natasha Ishak

https://allthatsinteresting.com/indonesia-oldest-cave-painting

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Map of East India Isles drawn in 1813

Is This Mysterious Hunting Scene The World's Oldest Story Drawn By Humans?

"It has always been assumed that the tradition of figurative painting arose in Europe... This shows the tradition does not have its origins in Europe."

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Like the more famous Pompei, Herculaneum was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

In 1752, workmen discovered charred papyri and excavations of them started later. Over the years, attempts have been made to open and read them, but they have disintegrated.

Now, using volumetric scanning, the scrolls are beginning to be "unrolled."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum_papyri

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Herculaneum papyri - Wikipedia

The Rebellion Recorded on the Rosetta Stone

An archaeologist explains how recent archaeological finds in Egypt expand our knowledge of a violent revolt described on the Rosetta Stone.

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