Archaelogists Unearth 7,000-Year-Old Arms Dump In Israel
Photo shows the ancient slingstones, the earliest evidence of warfare and organized arming in the Southern Levant, and specifically in the area of modern Israel, undated. It is revealed that there was mass production of weapons as long as about 7,200 years ago. (Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)
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Archaelogists Unearth 7,000-Year-Old Arms Dump In Israel

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed the earliest known evidence of war in the region dating back more than 7,000 years. https://filedn.eu/lhVNGNsizwl5t7THnzzJ2c8/New%20public/Newsflash-EarliestEvidenceWar-01.mp4 A study of hundreds of sling stones has revealed…

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November 23, 2023
Cranial Injury Study Reveals Huge Violence In Lawless Ancient Middle-Eastern Cities
Photo shows a cranial trauma that bears witness of a violent death. International team of researchers analyzed over 3,500 skulls found in the Middle East, In the 12,000 years before antiquity. (Joachim Wahl,University of Tubingen/Newsflash).
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Cranial Injury Study Reveals Huge Violence In Lawless Ancient Middle-Eastern Cities

A lack of legal frameworks in the disorganised first cities to be built in the Ancient Middle East led to a significant increase in violence between inhabitants, according to researchers…

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October 16, 2023
 Archaeologists Uncover Stunning Fossil Footprint Of Giant Bird That Roamed Atlantic Coast Eight Million Years Ago
Picture shows a scientist to examine the footprints found in Caleta de los Loros y Pozo Salado, Argentina, undated. The analysis of the footprints confirmed that its age is 8 million years, belonging to the Late Miocene era in which the dinosaurs were extinct and it was given the scientific name Rionegrina pozosaladensis. (Gobierno de Rio Negro/Newsflash)
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 Archaeologists Uncover Stunning Fossil Footprint Of Giant Bird That Roamed Atlantic Coast Eight Million Years Ago

Archaeologists in Argentina have uncovered a stunning fossil footprint of a giant bird that roamed the Atlantic coast about eight million years ago. Picture shows a scientist to examine the…

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October 9, 2023
Ancient 2,300-Year-Old Mirror Found In Grave Of General’s Mistress
Photo shows a rare mirror found in the 2,300-year-old grave of a Greek courtesan in Jerusalem, Israel, undated. The well-preserved artifact is found alongside remains, likely of a young woman accompanying a high Hellenic army official on a tour of the Holy Land. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)
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Ancient 2,300-Year-Old Mirror Found In Grave Of General’s Mistress

An ancient Greek mirror unearthed in Israel is believed to have belonged to the mistress of one of Alexander the Great's generals, it has emerged. https://filedn.eu/lhVNGNsizwl5t7THnzzJ2c8/Newsflash-RareBronzeMirror-01.mp4 The 2,300-year-old bronze box…

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September 28, 2023
Namibian Animal Tracking Experts Help German Archaeologists Match Footprint Pictures To Animals
Image shows detail of Stone Age depictions of human footprints and animal tracks in Doro Nawas mountains, Namibia, undated photo. The carvings date back to the Later Stone Age. (Andreas Pastoors, Tracking in Caves/Newsflash)
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Namibian Animal Tracking Experts Help German Archaeologists Match Footprint Pictures To Animals

Archaeologists examining prehistoric artwork of footprints up to 50,000 years old in southwest Africa have been able to determine the type of animals and even their likely ages by cooperating…

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September 22, 2023
Incredible Seabed Footage Of Wrecks Of Battle Of Midway
The chrysanthemum flower crest, an honored imperial symbol of Japan, can still be seen prominently on the bow of IJN Akagi 81 years after the aircraft carriers sinking. Photo recorded by Ocean Exploration Trusts ROV Atalanta on September 10, 2023. Ocean Exploration Trusts visual survey of the Japanese aircraft carrier is the first time anyone has seen the vessel since sinking during June 1942s Battle of Midway. (Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA/Newsflash)
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Incredible Seabed Footage Of Wrecks Of Battle Of Midway

Grim remains from one of the most important naval conflicts of World War II have been revealed by a new ocean-bed study of ships sunk in the Battle of Midway.…

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September 22, 2023
Artefacts Used By Sorcerers Unearthed On Route From Egypt To Muslim Holy City
Photo shows a clay female figurine discovered along the ancient Darb al-Hajj route that led from Egypt to Mecca, undated. The artifacts were likely used for magic rituals 400 years ago. (Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)
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Artefacts Used By Sorcerers Unearthed On Route From Egypt To Muslim Holy City

Ancient artefacts believed to have been used by "sorcerers" in magical rituals have been discovered on the road from Cairo in Egypt to the Muslim holy city of Mecca in…

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September 13, 2023
Rare Roman Gladiator Swords Unearthed In Ancient Arms Cache
Photo shows ancient weapons found in a cave near the Dead Sea in Israel, undated. The ancient weapons were secreted behind a wall of stalactites deep inside the cave in the Judean Desert southeast of Jerusalem sometime in the 2nd or 3rd century A.D. (Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)
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Rare Roman Gladiator Swords Unearthed In Ancient Arms Cache

A cache of astonishingly perfectly preserved Roman swords has been unearthed from what scientists believe was once a two-thousand-year-old rebel arms dump. https://filedn.eu/lhVNGNsizwl5t7THnzzJ2c8/Newsflash-AncientRomanSwords-01.mp4 The four swords are said to be…

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September 8, 2023
Ancients Were Cremated With Animals And Favourite Jewellery, Scans Show
Image shows the Late Bronze Age urn, undated photo. It contained human remains when it was found at the city of St. Poelten, Lower Austria State, Austria. (Waltenberger, OeAW, OeAI/Newsflash)
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Ancients Were Cremated With Animals And Favourite Jewellery, Scans Show

Astonished scientists investigating Bronze Age burial urns have discovered that ancients were cremated with animals and their jewellery, https://youtu.be/mENEyur8ZlY CT scans carried out by Austrian experts have revealed that ashes…

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September 4, 2023