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Inscription found in Egypt may be world's oldest weather report
By: Leigh Goessl
A new translation of words that exist on an ancient Egyptian calcite block could potentially rewrite a part of history. Scholars from the University of Chicago have studied an inscription on a 3,500-year-old block located at the Tempest Stela. The inscription's new translation could...
Ancient 'wand' uncovered in Syria
By: Leigh Goessl
A unique item has been uncovered in the vicinity of an ancient burial site located in southern Syria. The item, a "wand" that has two faces engraved on it, is estimated to thousands of years old. According to Haaretz, the artifact was found in an...
The essentials of physical anthropology
By: Chris Pine
Anthropology is one of the most widely misunderstood scientific disciplines. This might be expected, since the word anthropology means "the study of man". That is quite an ambitious discipline! Because of this, anthropology often intersects and is informed by a wide variety of disciplines, such...
The difference between human primates and ape primates
By: Imonikhe Ahimie
Primates are a mammalian order placed as first of all mammalian orders by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), the Swedish naturalist who laid down the system for classifying living organisms, because it is the order to which man belongs. In addition to man, other members of the...
Archaeological sites: Gogo Falls, Kenya
By: Jess Howe
Trying to find information about Gogo Falls, Kenya, is like sifting through a sandbank for a lost ring. Apparently it is that difficult for the archaeologists trying to study the area as well. Due to political and some social issues, access to the site seems...
Fundamental characteristics of human fingerprints
By: Tammy T
For quite a while now, fingerprints have been used as an identification tool, both at crime scenes and for general use. It is the three special characteristics of fingerprints that allowed it for its use. The first being its individuality, the second being its durability...
Ancient dog burial site found in Mexico
By: Christine Zibas
A new discovery has been unearthed in Mexico City beneath an apartment building: an ancient burial ground for dogs. According to National Geographic, it was the result of an ongoing archaeological dig, conducted in the neighborhood of “Azcapotzalco, in the northwestern part of the...
Scientists find 800000-year-old footprints in UK
By: Robin Lamb
On the fast-eroding Norfolk coastline, “a million to one” set of circumstances has uncovered the oldest set of human footprints ever seen outside Africa. According to scientists from several leading British universities, the rare prints – possibly of a family group – may be...
Was Noah's Ark really round?
By: Robin Lamb
It is an old and familiar story: A message from on high that reveals explicit instructions for the construction of a large sailing vessel, into which the animals of the world will be placed “two by two.” But the god who has given...
First-ever Hasmonean structure found in Jerusalem
By: Robin Lamb
More than a century of dedicated archaeological study has yielded some tantalising clues about Hasmonean-era Jerusalem (ca. 140-37 B.C.E.) but until now there have been no Hasmonean structures uncovered in the ancient city. In recent months, however, a team of researchers working...

 

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