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From Bronze Age Settlements to Medieval Cities: New Archaeological Discoveries Across Kazakhstan
17+ min ago (729+ words) By Alina Zhalmaganbetova in Editor’s Picks, Nation on 13 September 2026 ASTANA — From Bronze Age settlements to medieval cities, archaeological research across Kazakhstan continues to reveal new details about the societies that once inhabited the Eurasian steppe. Recent excavations have brought new…...
El consumo de drogas más antiguo conocido pudo haber atrapado a los recolectores prehistóricos en un "círculo vicioso"
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (1099+ words) Por Ashley Strickland, CNN Los restos prehistóricos de dos recolectores hallados en la isla indonesia de Sulawesi contienen indicios reveladores de que los humanos comenzaron a consumir una droga que altera la mente miles de años antes de lo que…...
A Boston textile heir spent 43 years and nearly his entire family fortune buying up land on a Maine island to give away — the parcels became Acadia, the first national park east of the Mississippi, and he died with almost nothing but the view
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (362+ words) George Bucknam Dorr belonged to exactly the class of American that does not, as a rule, die broke. Published September 13, 2026 · How we edit Where they summered, from his fifteenth year, was Mount Desert Island, on the coast of Maine. The…...
Fairfax Co. events allow residents to step back in time this fall for free – WTOP News
8+ hour, 17+ min ago (314+ words) Residents in Fairfax County, Virginia, can step back in time for free with guided tours of historic sites and a new challenge that lets visitors explore the county’s past at their own pace. The Fairfax County Park Authority announced that…...
Three Unfinished Roman Megaprojects [12:20]
9+ hour, 18+ min ago (279+ words) More than any other premodern culture, the Romans are associated with feats of engineering. The Pantheon. The Colosseum. The Pont du Gard. Monuments that seem to defy both gravity and time. But sometimes, even the Romans fell short of completing…...
Museum removes Egyptian mummy from display 'to respect her wishes"
12+ hour, 9+ min ago (820+ words) By MAANYA SACHDEVA, ASSOCIATE LIFESTYLE EDITOR Manchester Museum has removed an Egyptian mummy on display for over 200 years to 'respect her wishes'. Curators said they decided to stop showing the 2,700-year-old remains of a woman named Asru in a decision…...
Archaeologists Just Opened a 4,400-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb, and the Colors Are Still There
9+ hour, 41+ min ago (249+ words) In the sands south of Cairo, archaeologists just opened a tomb that has sat untouched for over four thousand years, and what they found inside wasn't just old. It was oddly, almost impossibly, well preserved. A Spanish-Egyptian mission has unearthed…...
A farmer lost a hammer in his field and went looking for it with a metal detector — instead he found nearly 15,000 Roman coins, gold jewelry and silver tableware buried beneath the soil, one of the richest Roman treasure hoards ever discovered in Britain
17+ hour, 10+ min ago (521+ words) Peter Whatling lost a hammer in a Suffolk field in November 1992, the sort of thing that happens on a farm most weeks and never gets written down anywhere. Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit Peter Whatling lost a hammer in a…...
Addressing the Prehistoric Egyptian
13+ hour, 10+ min ago (100+ words) NOTE: While reading my first academic book on Ancient Egypt, I felt the urge to write a sort of poem reflecting how I daydream within this realm. Here, this is my …...
A Circular Monument Built 1,000 Years Before Stonehenge Just Emerged From the Czech Soil, With Human Bones Beside It
13+ hour, 39+ min ago (361+ words) A monumental circle rose from the earth near a small Czech village nearly 6,500 years ago, built by hands that somehow understood the sky better than we'd ever expect. A circular monument built 6,500 years ago near the present-day municipality of Chleby,…...