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Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests. (flipboard.social)
 

Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests.

From @AssociatedPress: https://flip.it/-mvFgE

#Anthropology #Archaeology #History #Science #Germany

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Was it a stone tool or just a rock? An archaeologist explains how scientists can tell the difference. (flipboard.social)
 

Was it a stone tool or just a rock? An archaeologist explains how scientists can tell the difference.

From @TheConversationUS@newsie.social: "There are telltale signs that a rock has been modified by humans or our very ancient ancestors, hominins."

https://flip.it/dsjF00

#Archaeology #Science #Anthropology #Humans #History

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A mummy called the "air-dried chaplain" has long been shrouded in mystery. Scientists say they now have answers, according to @CNN. (flipboard.social)
 

A mummy called the "air-dried chaplain" has long been shrouded in mystery. Scientists say they now have answers, according to @CNN.

"Local lore suggested the mummified body ... had been recovered from a grave a few years after death and transferred to the crypt at ... a church in a village north of the Danube River in Austria."

https://flip.it/fV.Nz3

#Science #History #Austria #Histodons

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3-year-old discovers 3,800-year-old treasure during a family outing in Israel. (flipboard.social)
 

3-year-old discovers 3,800-year-old treasure during a family outing in Israel.

From NBC News: "Experts identified the find as a Canaanite seal or scarab."

https://flip.it/hi8xFf

#Archaeology #History #MiddleEast

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Archeologists find surprise signs of British rule in Florida. (flipboard.social)
 

Archeologists find surprise signs of British rule in Florida.

From @Independent: "City archaeologists in St. Augustine uncovered a dry moat belonging to a British redoubt, a fortified military outpost, dating back to 1781."

https://flip.it/fHTVCE

#History #Archaeology #Florida #Science

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Pursuing the electrical fluid: How scientists discovered the electron, from @KnowableMag. (flipboard.social)
 

Pursuing the electrical fluid: How scientists discovered the electron, from @KnowableMag@mstdn.science.

https://flip.it/B1imNR

#Physics #Science #Quantum #History

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A rare new species of two-clawed dinosaur has been discovered by scientists in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. @BBCNews reports: (flipboard.social)
 

A rare new species of two-clawed dinosaur has been discovered by scientists in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. @BBCNews reports:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7v3eln56no.amp

#Dinosaurs #NewSpecies #Mongolia #Archaeology

#history

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Scientists date remains of an ancient child that resembles both humans and Neanderthals. (flipboard.social)
 

Scientists date remains of an ancient child that resembles both humans and Neanderthals.

From @AssociatedPress: "The child’s remains were discovered 27 years ago in a rock shelter called Lagar Velho in central Portugal."

https://flip.it/jvHJN8

#Archaeology #DNA #History #Science #Evolution

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Pharaoh’s tomb is the biggest ancient Egyptian discovery since King Tutankhamun. (flipboard.social)
 

Pharaoh’s tomb is the biggest ancient Egyptian discovery since King Tutankhamun.

From @PopularScience: "Thutmose II didn’t rule for long, but the find marks a major moment for Egyptology."

https://flip.it/Yqctv2

#Egypt #History #Archaeology #Histodons #Ancient

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22,000-year-old tracks are earliest evidence of transport vehicles. (flipboard.social)
 

22,000-year-old tracks are earliest evidence of transport vehicles.

New Scientist reports: "Tracks and footprints found in New Mexico are by far the earliest evidence of people using primitive vehicles to transport things."

https://flip.it/X.Ph3Q

#Archaeology #Anthropology #Science #Human

#history

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The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of ancient King Thutmose II, who is thought to have reigned from about 1493 BC to 1479 BC. @BBCNews reports: (flipboard.social)
 

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of ancient King Thutmose II, who is thought to have reigned from about 1493 BC to 1479 BC. @BBCNews reports:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ym30v356po

#Egypt #Archaeology #Pharaoh #Tomb

#history

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Archaeologists in London have uncovered a section of Roman masonry that belongs to a nearly 2,000-year-old town hall, in what historians say is one of the most significant discoveries in the British (flipboard.social)
 

Archaeologists in London have uncovered a section of Roman masonry that belongs to a nearly 2,000-year-old town hall, in what historians say is one of the most significant discoveries in the British capital since an ancient amphitheater was unearthed in the 1980s. @npr reports:
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/18/g-s1-49317/london-roman-basilica-archaeology-roman-empire-discovery

#Archaeology #London #RomanEmpire #Basilica #Britain

#history

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