The oldest known crown in the world, which was famously discovered in 1961 as part of the Nahal Mishmar Hoard, along with numerous other treasured artifacts, dates back to the Copper Age between 4000–3500 B.C.
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Spectacular 2,000-year-old treasures from the Roman empire and the Aksumite kingdom, which ruled parts of north-east Africa for several centuries before 940AD, have been discovered by British archaeologists in northern Ethiopia.
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As the German army was in retreat at the end of 1944 and the
country starved, Hitler stashed away his precious liquor, where it lay
hidden for 76 years - until now.
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Vessels discovered in a Scythian grave mound contained traces of opium
and marijuana, confirming the claim of an ancient historian.
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The remains of three colorful dragon heads made of clay have been discovered in a huge palace in Xanadu, a city constructed by the grandsons of Genghis Khan.
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A team of scientists excavating the ancient Maya city of
Nixtun-Ch’ich have discovered that it was built according to a grid
pattern not seen with any other settlements from that period in the
region. The city, which is thought to have thrived between 600 and 300
BCE, was probably under the rule of a powerful leader, who ordered the
strict city planning design.
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Wounds identified on a 430,000-year-old hominin skull from the
archaeological site of Sima de los Huesos in northern Spain may indicate
one of the first cases of lethal violence in the hominin fossil record,
says a team of scientists headed by Dr Teresa Nohemi Sala Burgos of the
Centro Mixto UCM-ISCIII de Investigación sobre Evolución y
Comportamiento Humanos in Madrid.
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A new relative joins "Lucy” on the human family tree. An international team of scientists, led by Curator of Physical Anthropology Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie, has discovered a 3.3 to 3.5 million-year-old new human ancestor species. Upper and lower jaw fossils recovered from the Woranso-Mille area of the Afar region of Ethiopia have been assigned to the new species Australopithecus deyiremeda. This hominin lived alongside the famous "Lucy’s” species, Australopithecus afarensis.
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