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A Sudden Climatic Change In The Nile May Have Kickstarted Ancient Egypt's Prosperity
IFLScience· 3 hours agoFor Ancient Egyptians, the Nile was the source of life itself: it irrigated their crops and fed...
Colossal rock engravings may be ancient borders, study suggests
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoGiant snakes and human figures are two of the motifs found in colossal rock engravings believed to...
Ancient geese stood 3 metres tall and weighed as much as a cow
New Scientist· 2 days agoAustralia’s prehistoric thunder birds – once thought to be the ancestors of emus – were, in fact,...
One Of The World’s Oldest Games May Have Not Been Invented In Ancient Egypt After All
IFLScience· 5 hours agoThe game of "58 Holes" is one of the oldest games in the world. According to traditional interpretations, the board game first appeared in ancient Egypt ...
Cultural vandalism: Dutch tourist accused of defacing ancient Roman villa
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoA Dutch tourist has been accused of defacing a wall in an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum, an ...
14 Death Birds: From Harbingers to Messages From Loved Ones
LOVE to KNOW via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoFrom ancient cultures to present day, some birds' symbolic reputations fly with them. Some are...
Archaeologists Found 11 Canoes Buried in a Wisconsin Lake—and They May Lead to a Lost Village
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 1 day agoAnalysis of the canoes shows that differing wood species were used for the canoes at various times...
12 Mayan Gods Who Helped Make Sense of a Complex World
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoAncient Maya culture was centered on interconnected city-states that developed great networks of...
Pompeii archaeologists uncover incredibly rare blue room with stunning frescoes of female figures
Euronews via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoJust earlier this year, Pompeii archaeologists unearthed an extraordinary banquet hall, containing...
Two ancient Egyptian skulls show how long cancer has been an issue for humans
WLRN Miami· 1 day agoTwo skulls from ancient Egypt appear to show marks left by cancerous tumors -- and one of the skulls appears to have markings that indicate an attempt at surgery to remove them.