Humans have left clues of our existence throughout time, leaving behind burials, artifacts and written records that hint at our evolution, beliefs, practices and cultures. Studying the archaeological record shows us that the oldest known bones belonging to Homo sapiens are 300,000 years old, or that the world’s oldest civilizations arose at least 6,000 years ago.
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A 'landmark finding': Homo naledi buried their dead 250,000 years ago, according to newly updated research
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Mysterious artifacts from King Tut's tomb might have been used in 'awakening Osiris' ritual
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Human sacrifices found in a Bronze Age tomb in Turkey were mostly teenage girls
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Why modern humans have smaller faces than Neanderthals and chimpanzees
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Archaeologists may have finally discovered famous 'lost' canal built by Julius Caesar's uncle
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2,200-year-old mysterious pyramid structure filled with coins and weapons found near Dead Sea
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'Exceptional' hoard of 800 Iron Age artifacts found mysteriously burned and buried in UK field
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Mysterious artifacts from King Tut's tomb might have been used in 'awakening Osiris' ritual
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Ancient Egyptian pyramids, thought to contain only the elite, may also hold low-class laborers
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3,200-year-old Egyptian tomb may belong to military commander who served under Ramesses III
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'Not enough survives to read the king's name': Tomb discovered of unknown ancient Egyptian pharaoh
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2,200-year-old shackles discovered at ancient Egyptian gold mine
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Mechanical Dog: A 'good boy' from ancient Egypt that has a red tongue and 'barks'
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'Pregnant' ancient Egyptian mummy with 'cancer' actually wasn't pregnant and didn't have cancer, new study finds
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2,600-year-old jewelry stash from ancient Egypt includes gold statuette depicting family of gods
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Thutmose II tomb discovery raises new mysteries: Where is his mummy, and why wasn't he buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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Archaeologists may have finally discovered famous 'lost' canal built by Julius Caesar's uncle
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Jewish ritual bath discovered near Rome is the 'oldest discovery of its kind in the world'
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Hoard of silver Roman coins found in UK — and some date to reign of Marcus Aurelius
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Mystery of how man's brain turned to glass after Vesuvius eruption possibly solved
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Rare fresco discovered in Pompeii shows type of woman who 'breaks free from male order to dance freely, go hunting and eat raw meat in the mountains'
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2,000-year-old remains of London's oldest Roman basilica discovered under office building
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'Incredible moment in history:' Particle accelerator and AI offer first peek inside 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll
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1,900-year-old Roman sanctuary and coin found in flooded Spanish cave
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1,600-year-old Roman padlock with spring mechanism discovered in Germany — and it's tiny
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'Vulva stone' and coin jewelry among remarkable treasures discovered at Viking burial site in Norway
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Were the Vikings really that violent?
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1,200-year-old Viking cemetery with 'stone ship' burials discovered in Sweden
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Why didn't the Vikings colonize North America?
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50 Viking Age burials discovered in Denmark, including a woman in a rare 'Viking wagon'
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Vikings in Norway were much more likely to die violent deaths than those in Denmark
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Viking Age stone figurine unearthed in Iceland — but no one can agree on which animal it is
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'Spectacular silver treasure' from Viking Age unearthed by college student on farm in Denmark
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Viking Age ship burial may be hiding beneath Norwegian farm, iron rivets hint
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