Large-eyed figures carved into a stone block, on the remote Pacific island of Nuku Hiva, possibly depicting deities or ancestors. Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, 11th century AD

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Highest point – mount Tekao (1224 m). Nuku Hiva resembles a quadrangle in shape, the length of which is 30 km, and the width is 15 …

Remains of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine in the Roman Forum in Rome. Built between 308-312 CE, the 35 metres high basilica was the largest building in the Forum (with an area of about 5,600 square meters), and the last Roman basilica built in the city

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Reconstruction of the Basilica of Maxentius / Jorgen Hartogs, Vimeo By Katleiah Ramos / 09.30.2013   Introduction Romans lived like they were gods because they built like they were gods – colossal,…

Perfectly Preserved Lion Cubs Found in Siberia, Believed to Have Died 44,000 Years Ago after Being Abandoned by Their Mother. – NY NEWS

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‘Male siblings born 44,000 years ago’ found ten metres apart […]

Researchers Discoʋer An Ancient Huмan Skeleton That Had Been Buried Aliʋe For Oʋer 2,000 Years ‎

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Archaeologists haʋe мade a reмarkaƄle discoʋery in a reмote location, […]

Check out this 3,000-year-old wooden toe prosthetic discovered on an Egyptian mummy. Researchers think the toe is one of the world’s oldest prosthetic devices.

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One of the new discoveries about the artifact is that the wooden toe was refitted several times to the foot of its owner.

Expedition Magazine | Ancient Mummies of the Tarim Basin

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The mummies of Eastern Central Asia (hereafter ECA) first entered my consciousness in the summer of 1988. I had heard […]

TUT’S GRANDFATHER – Amenhotep III ruled in splendor some 3,400 years ago. His body was found in 1898 hidden along with more than a dozen other royals in KV35, the tomb of his own grandfather, Amenhotep II.

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Tutankhamun – Offspring of a union between siblings, this often-studied pharaoh is now revealed to have had a congenital clubfoot afflicted with bone disease,…

Taiwan finds 4,800-year-old fossil of mother cradling baby

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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Archaeologists in Taiwan have found a 4,800-year-old human fossil of a mother holding an infant child in her arms, museum officials said on Tuesday.

3,300-Year-Old Sandals of King Tutankhamun

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Tutankhamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who, in the New Kingdom of Egyptian history, was the last of his royal family to rule at the end of the 18th Dynasty. His father was Pharaoh Akhenaten, who was believed to be the mummy found in the KV55 tomb. In ancient Africa, King Tut was one of the great rulers. The research, published

Sicilian Mummies Bring Centuries to Life

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Scientists are using radiology and chemistry to determine what Sicilians once ate—and how they died.

Two baby boys, whose bodies were covered in red ochre and buried under a mammoth bone about 31,000 years ago in what is now northeastern Austria, are the earliest known identical twins

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A third infant burial was found nearby.

Lorica Segmentata – remains of Roman legionary armor (and it’s reconstruction). 1st century AD.

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Archaeologists have discovered the oldest and most complete Roman body armour at the site of the  Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in Kalkriese, Germany. Before this find, the earliest known examples of Roman lorica segmentata — iron plate sections tied together — were found in Corbridge, UK, and date to the 2nd century. Those were fragments. The Kalkriese armor is a complete set, and includes an extremely rare iron collar used to shackle prisoners.

Mummy of king Tutankhamen in his Tomb at valley of kings, Luxor.

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AFTER 3,345 years resting in the Valley of the Kings, Tutankhamun is about to move home. Controversial plans to take the mummy of the boy king from Luxor to the new Grand Egyptian Museum have been …

Horned Skeleton Unearthed: Ancient Giant with Horns Found in East Africa

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A teaм of archaeologists has foυnd a giant ancient horned skeleton in the wilds of eastern Africa. This is Ƅelieʋed to Ƅe the skeleton of a large…

Stunning watercolor fresco discovered in the ruins of Pompeii beneath a 2,000-year-old layer of volcanic ash – T-News

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Archaeologists have foυnd a fresco depicting a sensυal scene between a sensυal woмan and a swan in an ancient Poмpeii bedrooм. The watercoloυr scene has мaintained its…

Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük (6000 BC) : The Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük (Çatal Höyük), a 8000 year-old Neolithic baked-clay nude female form figurine, seated between feline-headed arm-rests.

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Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük is a Neolithic Clay and Ceramic Artifact created in 6000BCE. It lives at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Turkey. The image is © Nevit Dilmen, and used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Women a

Evolution of the Ancient Greek bronze statues: Archaic, Classic and Hellenistic period.

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The dignity and beauty of the individual human being and the rich texture of physical and psychological interplay among human beings constitute at once the subject, the goal, and the final determin…

Archaeologists from Bavarian State Office for Preservation of Monuments have announced, discovery of a well-preserved 3000 year old Bronze Age Sword in Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany.

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The sword has an octagonal hilt that German archeologists say was a technically very demanding variant of bronze casting.

14000 years old bisons sculptures found in Le Tuc d’Audoubert cave. Ariege, France

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The Sculpture is believed to be more than 14,000 years old and is regarded as the largest and finest surviving prehistoric sculptures in the world. …

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  E𝚐𝚢𝚙ti𝚊п 𝚙h𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚘h S𝚎𝚚𝚎п𝚎п𝚛𝚎 T𝚊𝚊 II м𝚊𝚢 h𝚊v𝚎 𝚍i𝚎𝚍 𝚘п th𝚎 𝚋𝚊ttl𝚎𝚏i𝚎l𝚍, 𝚘v𝚎𝚛wh𝚎lм𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊tt𝚊ck𝚎𝚛s 𝚊𝚛м𝚎𝚍 with 𝚍𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛s, 𝚊x𝚎s 𝚊п𝚍 s𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛s. Th𝚊t’s 𝚊cc𝚘𝚛𝚍iп𝚐 t𝚘 𝚊 …

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