AuroraIron Age Iron Age-era mummy preserved in bog still has undigested last mealverified_publisher Fox News - Julia MustoA re-examination of the last meal of an Early Iron Age Denmark bog body called Tollund Man has revealed new details about his final hours. According to findings published Wednesday in the journal Antiquity,...
AuroraTeeth Study Debunks Theory That Earliest Humans Lived on Nuts and Seeds haaretz.com - Ruth Schuster The Homo line has puny teeth compared with this ‘robust australopithecine’ Paranthropus, but if either of us ate 'hard foods', it apparently wasn’t …
AuroraEgypt Book of the Dead fragments, half a world apart, are pieced together Live Science - Laura Geggel A piece in New Zealand matched one in Los Angeles. A torn 2,300-year-old mummy wrapping — covered with hieroglyphics from the ancient Egyptian Book of …
AuroraArchaeology Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old ancient city in Iraqi desert theartnewspaper.com - Aimee Dawson An ancient urban settlement believed to date back to pre-Babylonian times has been uncovered in a desert in southern Iraq. According to the Middle …
AuroraRome Rare stone discovered outlining ancient Rome's city limits Associated Press - APROME (AP) — Archaeologists have discovered a rare stone delineating the city limits of ancient Rome that dates from the age of Emperor Claudius in 49 A.D. and was found during excavations for a new sewage...
AuroraCulture Pinaraverified_publisher Atlas Obscura A veil of mystery surrounds the ancient settlement of Pinara. There are rare mentions of this location in recorded history. One of the most reliable …
AuroraUnited Kingdom Deposed Ninth-Century King May Have Called This Cave Dwelling Home smithsonianmag.com - Isis Davis-Marks An early medieval cave structure in Derbyshire, England, may be the former home of a ninth-century king—and the United Kingdom’s oldest intact …
AuroraRosetta Stone How the Rosetta Stone unlocked the secrets of ancient civilizationsverified_publisher National Geographic - Erin BlakemoreWhen Pierre-François Bouchard’s men discovered the ancient stone slab that would change the world on July 19, 1799, they weren’t on an archaeological dig; they were doing a last-minute construction job....
AuroraPrehistory Where did time hide the body? New human ancestor has surfaced without any bonesverified_publisher SYFY WIRE - Elizabeth Rayne Human ancestors seem to be emerging in caves everywhere lately, but how can you tell ancient humans were ever there when you have no fossils? It used …
AuroraCathedrals Archaeologists Just Discovered A Massive Medieval Cathedral Complex In Sudan Linked To A Lost Nubian Kingdom allthatsinteresting.com - Kaleena Fraga For hundreds of years, the Kingdom of Makuria reigned as a Christian stronghold in Africa. Now, archaeologists may have just discovered the kingdom's …
AuroraAfrica Found: A Massive Medieval Cathedral From a 'Forgotten' Nubian Kingdomverified_publisher Atlas Obscura - Matthew Taub The discovery adds to our knowledge of Makuria, which ruled a vast region of Africa for six centuries. Beneath the sands of a deserted Sudanese town …
