Both the Khoi and the San believed in a mythical animal, resembling a cow, whose horns were thought to have medicinal attributes.
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The medicine container was found in a painted rock shelter. A radio carbon date of the horn container places it at around AD 1461-1630.
An artistic impression of how the Newport Medieval ship may have looked .
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The Newport medieval ship is the most complete section of a 15th-century European vessel discovered to date.
An archaeologist works at the site of the discoveries in Saqqara.
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Egyptians believed gold was the colour of the gods and gilding the dead expressed the idea that they acquired divine qualities in the afterlife.
Great Zimbabwe.
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Archaeological discoveries show the different options that have solved human problems over time.
Human remains dating back more than 30,000 years were found at Paviland cave in Gower.
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It’s been 200 years since the discovery of one of the oldest human burial sites in western Europe on the Gower peninsula in south Wales.
More people moved into Scandinavia in Viking times than at any other time period analysed in the study.
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DNA analysis reveals a large migration of people into Scandinavia during Viking times.
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Rituals have been around for hundreds of thousands of years – but are they still useful today?
A reconstruction of the Harpole burial.
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The jewellery and human remains discovered at a recent excavation in Northamptonshire shed light on the elite position of some newly-Christian women in seventh century England.
Archaeology students and ULAS staff from University of Leicester carefully clean the fully exposed Trojan War mosaic.
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Rutland’s Roman villa caused a media storm when it was first discovered in 2020 – now researchers have returned to uncover even more surprises.
The coin bearing the head of the mysterious Sponsian.
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Disregarded as ‘fakes’ for decades, new analysis of coins bearing the face of a mysterious emperor is providing answers about a heady gap in Roman history.
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New study shows Neanderthals and Homo sapiens had a taste for sharp and bitter food.
Wall-painting depicting a procession of ships from the Bronze Age site of Akrotiri, Thera in Greece.
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The new ‘docuseries’ makes grand claims about our ice age ancestors. Here’s why you should proceed with caution.
The south wall of the temple of Hathor at Dendera. Cleopatra and her son Caesarian are depicted on the left side.
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From the trinkets of the tomb to the mummy of the queen herself, the discovery of Cleopatra’s mausoleum could rewrite our understanding of the ancient world.
Neighbours from Tla’amin, K’omoks, Qualicum and Tsimshian Nations gather around the newly.
erected plaque on Xwe’etay honoring the ancestral Indigenous people of the island.
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One project on a small island in B.C. is demonstrating how archaeology can bring communities together and serve as a basis for reconciliation.
Benin Bronzes: 944 objects looted in the 19th century from the Kingdom of Benin are in the British Museum in London.
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Momentum is growing for the restitution of objects, such as the Benin Bronzes, stolen during colonialism. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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Despite causing hurt and offence, the legality of removing a whale fossil from the West Coast remains unclear. So what rules and laws govern amateur fossil hunting, and should they be strengthened?
Howard Carter examining the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun.
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From the curse that the papers latched on to new research suggesting that Howard Carter stole objects from the tomb, Tutankhamun’s discovery continues to grab attention.
People took long voyages to start a new life in Britain in early medieval times.
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People didn’t live in insulated communities when the Roman empire fell. Villagers buried people who migrated from far away as one of their own.
Statues of pharaoh Tutankhamun and mythology jackal.
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The discovery of Tutankhamun’s ancient Egyptian tomb in 1922 thrilled the world. But people know more about rumours of a curse than the amazing things science revealed about the boy king.
A helicopter, net and a long-line cable - as well as a skilled pilot - were key to the ‘rescue’ operation.
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Without intervention, the rock may have been destroyed by high tides and storm surges.