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Bulldozers destroy 3,200-year-old Mayan pyramid in Belize

A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Mayan pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract rock for a road-building project.

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Stunning Byzantine mosaic uncovered in Israel

Archaeologists have uncovered an "extraordinary" mosaic that would've been used as the floor of a public building during the Byzantine Period in what is today Israel, the Israel Antiquities...

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Digging History

Israel finds source of 'Second Temple' era stones

A huge quarry, along with tools and a key, used by workers some 2,000 years ago have been discovered during an excavation in Jerusalem prior to the paving of a highway, Israel authorities said.

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Before Babel? Ancient mother tongue reconstructed

The ancestors of people from across Europe and Asia may have spoken a common language about 15,000 years ago, new research suggests.

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Again? Ancient Roman cemetery found under parking lot

Hidden beneath a parking lot in Leicester, England, archaeologists have discovered a 1,700-year-old Roman cemetery that seemed to show no religious bias.

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Scientists find evidence of cannibalism at Jamestown settlement

Scientists said Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Va., survived harsh conditions by turning to...

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Mysterious Hebrew stone depicts archangel Gabriel

An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit in Jerusalem, even as scholars continue to argue about what...

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Archaeologists plan more digs at Richard III site

Archaeologists who unearthed the skeleton of England's King Richard III under a municipal parking lot say they want to dig up a 600-year-old stone coffin found nearby.

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Family crypt of medieval knight discovered?

Archaeologists have unearthed skeletal remains of eight people that may be the relatives of a medieval knight discovered under a parking lot last month in Scotland.

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Ancient Europeans mysteriously vanished 4,500 years ago

The genetic lineage of Europe mysteriously transformed about 4,500 years ago, new research suggests.

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New archaeology apps may make you an armchair Indiana Jones

A new app for tablets and smartphones will soon transport you to actual dig sites and ancient civilizations around the world, from China to Egypt to Peru, without getting you down into the mud,...

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Mayan calendar end date confirmed

Carbon-dating of a structural beam from a Guatemalan temple confirms that the Mayan Long Count calendar did end on December 2012, leaving no room for further doomsday prophecies and...

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Possible tomb of Chinese tyrant uncovered

Archaeologists have found a tomb in eastern China that may be the grave of the notorious Emperor Yang of Sui, according to news reports

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Egypt discovers oldest port, parchment in country

Egypt's state minister of antiquities says a Franco-Egyptian exploration team has discovered a Red Sea port dating back about 4,500 years to Great Pyramid builder King Cheops of the Fourth Dynasty...

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Archaeology treasures from the cradle of civilization

Iraq's national museum, home to some of the world's most precious artifacts of ancient Mesopotamia, is still far from ready for a public re-opening, ten years after it was looted and smashed by...

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