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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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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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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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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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Letter from China: Perceiving openness in ancient Silk Road city Xi'an

People Daily 18 Apr 2024
Despite the name change, the openness of Xi'an, the eastern starting point of the ancient Silk Road, endures, albeit in a more modern form ... "I do not need to make a travel plan to see ancient city walls, pagodas and other historical sites.
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The Met, Amid an Audit of its Holdings, Returns an Ancient Statue to Iraq

New York Times 17 Apr 2024
The museum said its enhanced effort to study the provenance of items in its collection had turned up evidence that the statue of a Sumerian man was the property of Iraq ... .
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Despite weather glitch, the Paris Olympics flame is lit at the Greek cradle of ancient games

Athens Daily Review 17 Apr 2024
The flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics has been kindled at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies frustrated efforts to produce the flame in the customary fashion, when an actress dressed as ....
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Kermit the Fossil: Muppet inspires ancient amphibian species

The Philippine Star 17 Apr 2024
Researchers named an amphibian species of a 270 million-year-old�fossil found 40 years ago after the famous Muppet character Kermit the Frog ....
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Ancient Cultic Architecture: Focusing On Syro-Arabian Shrines' Structures

MENA FN 17 Apr 2024
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) AMMAN - The religion of the people who lived in the Syro-Arabian Desert and the steppes during the final phase of the Late Bronze and the Iron Ages (around 1300–550 BC) is ... .
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