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Chinook Helicopter in Iraq. — 6 'lost' cities archaeologists have never found Scholars know of some important ancient cities from texts, but they haven't been able to find them.
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a scuba diver underwater — The Bering Land Bridge has been submerged since the last ice age. Will scientists ever study it? Humans likely left a lot of archaeological evidence along the Bering Land Bridge when they crossed from Asia to Alaska during the last ice age. But will we ever be able to dive down to examine it?

a fragmentary dark teal colored bowl has accents of gold lines, circles and zigzags — Caergwrle Bowl: A 3,300-year-old stone-and-tin bowl with gold oars and 'protective eyes' The ancient stone-and-tin bowl was discovered 200 years ago in a boggy field in Wales.

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Prometheus brings fire to humanity, Heinrich Fueger (1817) Prometheus has sometimes been cited by anthropologists as a mythical symbol of humans’ conscience, and thought about the world and about himself.

'Artificial intelligence' myths have existed for centuries – from the ancient Greeks to a pope's chatbot

By Michael Falk published 30 December 25

'Artificial intelligence' myths have existed for centuries — from the ancient Greeks to a pope's chatbot

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10 things we learned about Neanderthals in 2025

By Kristina Killgrove published 30 December 25

Findings about our extinct relatives, the Neanderthals, continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025.

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Lchashen wagon: A 3,500-year-old covered wagon that transported a deceased chief to the next world

By Kristina Killgrove published 29 December 25

This 3,500-year-old covered wagon is the best-preserved example in the world of this ancient form of wheeled transport.

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6 'lost' cities archaeologists have never found

By Owen Jarus published 27 December 25

Scholars know of some important ancient cities from texts, but they haven't been able to find them.

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1.5 million-year-old Homo erectus face was just reconstructed — and its mix of old and new traits is complicating the picture of human evolution

By Skyler Ware published 26 December 25

A never-before-seen Homo erectus face reveals a complex picture of early human evolution.

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10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2025

By Kristina Killgrove published 26 December 25

Findings about our human ancestors continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025.

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Complete set of artifacts donated to SFU for study laid out on a white table.

Archaeological artifacts should not be for sale in thrift shops. But putting them in a museum is harder than it sounds.

By Sabrina C. Higgins, Cara Tremain published 25 December 25

Archaeologists discovered artifacts for sale in a thrift shop. They decided to create a college course on what to do about them.

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'Gospel stories themselves tell of dislocation and danger': A historian describes the world Jesus was born into

By Joan Taylor published 25 December 25

The modern Christmas themes of peace and joy were in short supply amid the ‘dislocation and danger’ of ancient Judea – as they are in today’s fractured world too.

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We now know much more about how our ancestor 'Lucy' lived — and died

By Kristina Killgrove published 24 December 25

Fifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how this iconic species lived and died.

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