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Saqqara, my love @LiveScience @ojarus livescience.com/archaeology/…
Why are so many ancient Egyptians buried at the Saqqara necropolis?

Why are so many ancient Egyptians buried at the Saqqara necropolis?

The ancient Egyptians buried their dead at Saqqara for thousands of years. Why was the necropolis so important to them?

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What happened to this wine shop 1,600 years ago in Greece? Archaeologists found broken vessels and 60 bronze coins scattered on its floor — likely from a catastrophic "sudden event." By @ojarus for @livescience livescience.com/archaeology/…
Roman-era wine shop, possibly destroyed in an earthquake, discovered in Greece

Roman-era wine shop, possibly destroyed in an earthquake, discovered in Greece

A wine shop in Roman-era Greece experienced catastrophe and was abandoned around 1,600 years ago.

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One more! By @ojarus @LiveScience with a few more details 🤩 @RM_Oudheden @MuseoEgizio @NWONieuws livescience.com/archaeology/… #LeidenTurinExpeditiontoSaqqara #SaqqaraDiaries #SaqqaraTombs
3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian tombs and chapel with 'amazing' decorations unearthed at Saqqara

3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian tombs and chapel with 'amazing' decorations unearthed at Saqqara

Newfound tombs from ancient Egypt at Saqqara include the burials of a temple overseer, royal treasury artist and an unknown individual.

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Mysterious mosaics depicting Medusa uncovered at 2nd-century Roman villa livescience.com/mysterious-m…
Mysterious mosaics depicting Medusa uncovered at 2nd-century Roman villa

Mysterious mosaics depicting Medusa uncovered at 2nd-century Roman villa

Two Roman-era mosaics depicting the snake-haired mythological figure Medusa were unearthed at the Villa of the Antonines in Italy.

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1,400 year-old murals at Panamarca show two men with two faces each livescience.com/1400-year-ol…
1,400-year-old mural of 2-faced men unearthed in Peru may allude to 'cosmic realms'

1,400-year-old mural of 2-faced men unearthed in Peru may allude to 'cosmic realms'

Archaeologists have discovered two 1,400-year-old murals of two-faced men within a ceremonial hall that belonged to the Moche culture of Peru.

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"The first pictures taken with the endoscope seem to show there is nothing, but we cannot see all the room precisely yet" one of the lead authors of the Nature paper told Live Science. livescience.com/cosmic-rays-…

Cosmic rays reveal 'hidden' 30-foot-long corridor in Egypt's Great Pyramid

For years, scientists have known there was something hidden above the entrance to the Great Pyramid. Now, they've finally revealed it.

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2,000 year-old 'lost book' from Herculaneum discusses history after Alexander the Great. Being read with help of machine learning. Research presented at annual meeting of @archaeology_aia @scsclassics livescience.com/ai-is-deciph…
AI is deciphering a 2,000-year-old 'lost book' describing life after Alexander the Great

AI is deciphering a 2,000-year-old 'lost book' describing life after Alexander the Great

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, it carbonized a book on rulers who followed Alexander the Great. Now, machine learning is deciphering the "lost book."

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Birds identified in Amarna palace 'green room' @AntiquityJ livescience.com/realistic-bi…
Ancient Egyptian 'masterpiece' is so realistic, researchers identified the exact bird species it...

Ancient Egyptian 'masterpiece' is so realistic, researchers identified the exact bird species it...

An ancient Egyptian painting is so detailed, researchers can determine which species of birds were featured in it.

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Why is Christmas often celebrated on Dec 25? There are two main theories livescience.com/why-christma…
Why is Christmas celebrated on Dec. 25?

Why is Christmas celebrated on Dec. 25?

There are two major theories as to why Christmas is celebrated on Dec. 25.

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Two complete mummy portraits and several incomplete examples have been excavated by archaeologists at a cemetery in Philadelphia in Egypt livescience.com/fayum-mummy-…
Ancient mummy portraits and rare Isis-Aphrodite idol discovered in Egypt

Ancient mummy portraits and rare Isis-Aphrodite idol discovered in Egypt

For the first time in 50 years, archaeologists have discovered Fayum mummy portraits at an ancient Egyptian site.

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Vast tunnel found beneath ancient Egyptian temple livescience.com/ancient-tunn…

Vast tunnel found beneath ancient Egyptian temple

Archaeologists in Egypt excavating beneath an ancient temple have discovered a tunnel that carried water to thousands of people during its heyday.

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Long-lost jewelry from King Tut's tomb rediscovered a century later livescience.com/king-tutankh…
Long-lost jewelry from King Tut's tomb rediscovered a century later

Long-lost jewelry from King Tut's tomb rediscovered a century later

The British archaeologist who led the excavation into King Tut's tomb a century ago may have illegally taken some jewelry, which a researcher is now tracking down in museums in the U.S. and U.K.

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What did King Tut look like?livescience.com/what-did-kin…
What did King Tut look like?

What did King Tut look like?

Egyptologists studying King Tutankhamun are piecing together what he may have looked like based on the remains of his mummy, personal artifacts, pharaoh portraits and figurines of his likeness.

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9 incredible treasures discovered in King Tut's tomb trib.al/27YHAmE
30 incredible treasures discovered in King Tut's tomb

30 incredible treasures discovered in King Tut's tomb

When archaeologist Howard Carter and colleagues discovered King Tut's tomb 100 years ago, he reported seeing "wonderful things." Here are 30 lavish findings from the ancient Egyptian burial.

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The ancient Egyptians had a god of the dead but didn't really have a god of death livescience.com/ancient-egyp…
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Did druids build Stonehenge? Probably not livescience.com/did-druids-b…
Did druids build Stonehenge?

Did druids build Stonehenge?

After all, modern druids gather at Stonehenge on the solstices.

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3,300-year-old pink granite sarcophagus of Egyptian 'pyramid keeper' found at Saqqara livescience.com/pink-granite…
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3,300-year-old cave 'frozen in time' from reign of Ramesses II uncovered in Israel livescience.com/ancient-cave…
3,300-year-old cave 'frozen in time' from reign of Ramesses II uncovered in Israel

3,300-year-old cave 'frozen in time' from reign of Ramesses II uncovered in Israel

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime discovery."

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Vanished arm of Nile helped ancient Egyptians transport pyramids materials livescience.com/giza-pyramid…
Vanished arm of Nile helped ancient Egyptians transport pyramid materials

Vanished arm of Nile helped ancient Egyptians transport pyramid materials

The ancient branch is long gone.

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This story examines the provenance behind the inscriptions used in the decipherment. One of them is currently impounded in Norway. livescience.com/ancient-line…
Cryptic 4,000-year-old writing system may finally be deciphered

Cryptic 4,000-year-old writing system may finally be deciphered

More than 95% of Linear Elamite may be deciphered.

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