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4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
The artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...
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High-Altitude Residential Sites In Africa Provide Evidence of Humans Mountaineering 30,000 Years Ago
High-Altitude Residential Sites In Africa Provide Evidence of Humans Mountaineering 30,000 Years Ago Archaeologists have long ...
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Clay Puppets With Open Mouths and Detachable Heads That ‘Resemble Modern Toy Dolls’
Some 2,400 years ago, they were controlled by strings that passed through their necks Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent Researchers have discovered a trove of ancient clay puppets at an ...
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Geological Analysis
Using a technique called thin-section petrography, investigators can learn where, when, and how stone and clay artifacts were made. The method is also used in conservation research, and to ...