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Chand Baori: World’s Largest and Most Visually Striking Stepwell

Chand Baori stepwell was built during the 8th and 9th centuries and has 3,500 narrow steps arranged in perfect symmetry, which descend 20m to the bottom of the well.
Archaeology

Oldest ever piece of string was made by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago

In a new twist on Neandertals’ Stone Age accomplishments, our close evolutionary relatives wound bark fibers into strings that could have been used to...
Archaeology

3,300-Year-Old Figurine Of Canaanite God Unearthed in Israel

A rare figurine of the Canaanite god Baal and a bronze calf statue are among the fascinating finds which Macquarie University archaeologists have uncovered in Israel.
Ancient Ruins

Awe-Inspiring Ruins Of Hampi

The ruins of Hampi, once a grand city in the Indian state of Karnataka, were once home to around 500,000 people in the Vijayanagara Empire, and filled with Hindu temples. The abandoned city is now dotted with hundreds of individual ruins, home to countless architectural wonders.
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Evidence of 10,000-Year-Old Terraforming Found in the Amazon Rainforest

Findings from Bolivia show plants were domesticated in Amazon rainforest shortly after last ice age. As early as 10,000 years ago, an ancient society transformed the Amazonian rainforest creating as many as 4,700 forest islands.
Anthropology

Child’s shattered skull may be oldest Homo erectus fossil on Earth

The 2-million-year-old skull fragment was mixed among fossils of two other extinct human species in Africa's 'Cradle of Humankind'
Archaeology

Elaborately decorated eggs predate Easter by thousands of years

The intact eggs were all discovered in a burial site known as the Isis Tomb in Vulci, Italy, that was uncovered in 1839 by Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother, Prince Lucien. The tomb dates to about 600 B.C.E. and was filled with other luxury items
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A Comet may have destroyed first human settlement 12,800 Years Ago

Fragments of a comet likely hit Earth 12,800 years ago, and a small human settlement in Syria might have suffered the impact
Archaeology

Paintings discovered inside coffin of 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy

The Paintings on the coffin of mummy 'Ta-Kr-Hb' depict Egyptian goddess Amentet. She is set to be displayed to the public at the Perth City Hall Museum from 2022.
Archaeology

Railway workers discover 14th century cave in England

A team of rail workers doing repairs near the the English town of Guildford have uncovered a small cave believed to be from the 14th century.
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