A 2-000-year-old battery? An ancient clay pot found in Iraq has archaeologists puzzled about what it was used for

A new study has delved into the debate about the use of an ancient artifact discovered in Iraq nearly a century ago but that ...

430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found

The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were ...
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430,000-Year-Old Stick Found in Greece Among Humanity's Oldest Wooden Tools

Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430,000 years.
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Archaeologists Found 6,000-Year-Old Artifacts Under One of England’s Most Hallowed Buildings

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists exploring the estate at the Palace of Westminster have found artifacts stretching 6,000 years into history. The team uncovered stone ...
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50,000-Year-Old Artifacts Unearthed at Controversial Archaeological Site Could Rewrite the Early Prehistory of the Americas

Discoveries at a controversial southeastern archaeological site could potentially push back the timelines for human arrival ...
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Ancient grave reveals the oldest gold artifacts ever found

An unassuming grave on the western shore of the Black Sea has pushed the story of gold back to a far earlier chapter than anyone expected. The burial, part of a prehistoric cemetery near the modern ...
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3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian artifact seized in Tennessee

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A millennia-old Egyptian artifact was found in a shipment to the port at Memphis, Tennessee, officials say. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered the artifact on Aug ...