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worldofarchaeology September 28, 2021

A human skull fossil dating back 32,000 years has been unearthed in Henan, China.

A human skull fossil going back 32,000 years has been discovered at a cave site in central China’s Henan Province,

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worldofarchaeology September 28, 2021

Archaeologists in Israel Discover a Second Temple Period Quarry

Archaeologists working in Jerusalem unearthed a massive quarry that dates back 2,000 years (Second Temple period). The quarry, of which

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worldofarchaeology September 27, 2021September 27, 2021

Archaeologists discover the Zeus Temple gate of Magnesia in Turkey

Join our Facebook group: World of archaeology Archaeologists unearthed the entrance gate to Magnesia’s Zeus Temple in Turkey’s southern Aydn

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worldofarchaeology September 27, 2021

The Delhi Archaeology Department creates a plan to maintain heritage sites

Join our Facebook group: World of archaeology Several heritage sites and monuments in the city that have been preserved by

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worldofarchaeology September 26, 2021September 27, 2021

Sri Lanka is planning to seek for World Heritage designation for another archaeological site.

According to Professor Kapila Gunawardana, Secretary of the Buddhasasana, Religion, and Cultural Affairs Ministry, steps have been done to conserve

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worldofarchaeology September 22, 2021September 22, 2021

Revealing a ‘peripheral’ part of an ancient city in northern Jordan

A severe earthquake struck the ancient city of Jerash in AD 749. Excavation of private houses destroyed by the calamity

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worldofarchaeology September 21, 2021

How did Jews celebrate Sukkot 2,000 years ago? Archaeology offers answers

While no traces survive of the ancient corners Jews worked to commend the occasion, palaeontology gives significant proof of the

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worldofarchaeology September 21, 2021

An archaeology department in Tamilnadu to set up museum in Chengalpet

Chengalpet will have its very own museum hall at the area base camp, 60km south of Chennai, displaying revelations from

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worldofarchaeology September 20, 2021September 20, 2021

Qumran’s True Purpose Discovered?

Scholar argues famed Dead Sea Scroll site was used for pilgrimage Archaeologists have since quite a while ago considered the

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worldofarchaeology September 17, 2021September 19, 2021

Archaeologists were amazed by Peru’s ‘mind-blowing’ ancient solar calendar built into the desert

ARCHAEOLOGISTs were surprised by an old solar calendar found in the western desert plains of the nation for a long

An archaeologist takes photos of inscriptions on the wall of the southern cemetery of King Djoser, after its restoration, near the famed Step Pyramid, in Saqqara, south of Cairo, Egypt [Credit: Nariman El-Mofty, AP]

Inscriptions adorn a wall of the southern cemetery of King Djoser, after its restoration, near the famed Step Pyramid, in Saqqara, south of Cairo, Egypt [Credit: Nariman El-Mofty, AP]

False door engraved with hieroglyphics and images of Pharaoh Djoser [Credit: Nariman El-Mofty, AP]

A path leads to the entrance of the southern cemetery of King Djoser, after its restoration, near the famed Step Pyramid, in Saqqara, south of Cairo, Egypt [Credit: Nariman El-Mofty, AP]

Tel Aviv University Prof. Yuval Gadot in the remains of the building destroyed by the Babilonyans in 586 BCE at the Givati Parking Lot Excavation at the City of David, Jerusalem. (credit: ROSSELLA TERCATIN)

Jomon potteries excavated from the Odake shell midden (Early Jomon). A buried skeleton in this site had a specific burial practice in which the body was placed in a flexed position with bent legs [Credit: Shigeki Nakagome, Trinity College Dublin]

Qumran Living Quarters Credit: Wilson44691, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Berthold Werner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A few artefacts from the collection exhibited at the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department’s headquarters in Chennai

Jomon pottery from the Hirajo shell midden (Late Jomon) and a skull from which ancient DNA was extracted [Credit: Shigeki Nakagome, Trinity College Dublin]