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Ancient fossil sheds big light on evolution enigma, solving a 100-year arthropod mystery
For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles ...
4,000-year-old burials in Sudan reveal world's oldest known evidence of head straps
Around 4,000 years ago, women in Nubia were using tumplines, a form of head strap, to carry around goods and young children.
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Fossil hunter accidentally uncovers 4,000-year-old ax in Poland. See the discovery
Instead, he found an ancient weapon. Wróbl stopped by the Lublin Provincial Conservator of Monuments to drop off the head of an ax he had discovered while out fossil hunting, according to a March ...
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Ancient Bronze Griffin Head Returned to Greece from Met
An ancient bronze griffin head, dating back to the 7th century BC, has been repatriated to Greece from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, marking a significant step in the global movement to ...
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An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation marking a broader shift in ...