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Ancient Maya Pyramid Holds Royal Bones Burnt In 'Desecration' Ritual

Newsweek 18 Apr 2024
The burning ritual, which likely took place in the 9th century, may be rare archaeological evidence of political regime change ....
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Will the riddle of China’s ancient Wuwangdun tomb finally be solved?

South China Morning Post 18 Apr 2024
There is speculation that the burial site belongs to Kaolie, one of the last kings of the Chu state ... .
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Interspecies competition led to even more forms of ancient human -- defying evolutionary trends in vertebrates

Science Daily 18 Apr 2024
Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins -- and produced a 'bizarre' evolutionary pattern for the Homo lineage -- according to a new study that revises the start and end dates for many of our early ancestors ... .
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Ireland At The Crossroads: Can The Ancient Brehon Laws Guide The Republic Away From Anti-Immigrant Sentiment?

MENA FN 18 Apr 2024
(MENAFN - The Conversation) Ireland's new prime minister is a relatively young man leading a comparatively young republic that is experiencing several unprecedented challenges .Simon Harris was ... .
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Ancient humans hid in Saudi Arabian lava tube for over 7,000 years

The Independent 18 Apr 2024
Archeologists find artefacts, rock art and skeletal remains in Umm Jirsan .
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Temple Mount sifting: What were these ancient clay tokens used for?

Israel National News 18 Apr 2024
Jerusalem archaeologists are still trying to understand the nature of a 2,000-year-old mysterious clay token found in dirt sifted from the Temple Mount ....
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Ancient marine reptile found on UK beach may be the largest ever

New Scientist 18 Apr 2024
The jawbone of an ichthyosaur uncovered in south-west England has been identified as a new species, and researchers estimate that the whole animal was 20 to 25 metres long ... .
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Ancient Maya burned their dead rulers to mark a new dynasty

New Scientist 18 Apr 2024
In the foundations of a Maya temple, researchers found the charred bones of royal individuals – possibly evidence of a fiery ritual to mark the end of one dynasty and the beginning of another ... .
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Ancient humans lived inside a lava tube in the Arabian desert

New Scientist 18 Apr 2024
Underground tunnels created by lava flows provided humans with shelter for thousands of years beneath the hot desert landscape of Saudi Arabia ... .
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Debian spices up APT package manager with a dash of color, squishes ancient bug

The Register 18 Apr 2024
2.9 gives a taste of what's to come Major updates to Debian's Advanced Packaging Tool don't come along very often, but APT 2.9 is here with a significant facelift ... .
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Brits have tiny window to see UK's ancient city this summer before it's buried

The Mirror 18 Apr 2024
Work to uncover the Ness of Brodgar archaeological site on the Orkney Islands in Scotland will finally finish this summer, before it is covered in soil and hidden ... .
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When new leaders took over in ancient Maya, they didn't just bury the former royals. ...

CTV 18 Apr 2024
New archeological investigations in Guatemala reveal that the ancient Maya people had a ritual of burning royal human remains as a public display of political regime change ... .
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U.S. returns 38 ancient cultural artifacts to China

ECNS 18 Apr 2024
(ECNS) -- The National Cultural Heritage Administration of China reclaimed 38 lost cultural artifacts from the United States on Thursday ... ....

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