Excavation near Jerusalem finds 9,000-year-old six-fingered Neolithic shaman woman
The woman had six fingers on her left hand, a characteristic that in ancient cultures was often interpreted as a sign of ...
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Record-setting trove of buried beads speaks to power of ancient women
A Copper Age burial in Spain holds the largest collection of beads ever found ― enough to require a tonne of shellfish as raw ...
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Paleolithic kids had cheek piercings 29,000 years ago — and the proof is in the teeth
Parents in the Ice Age let their kids get away with some pretty wild stuff.
30,000 years ago, European Ice Age children pierced their cheeks at age 10
A new research suggests that cheek piercings were popular as long ago as 30,000 years, with teenagers and children as young ...
‘Largest ever’ collection of ancient beads found in mass burial in Spain. Take a look
Nearly two decades ago, researchers discovered a large tomb complex in Spain dating to between 3,200 and 2,200 years ago. The ...
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The Tomb of a Neolithic Shaman Woman from 10,000 Years Ago Who Had Six Fingers on Her Left Hand, Found in the Hills of Jerusalem
A recent study published in the journal ‘Atiqot has revealed the discovery of an exceptional tomb at the Motza archaeological ...
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The Mystery of the Women Buried Simultaneously with More Than 270,000 Beads Made from Seashells, Stone, and Bone 4,900 Years Ago
In the southwest of Spain, at the Montelirio tholos burial site (built between 2900 and 2800 BCE), part of the large Copper ...
Rediscovering Iron Age Techniques: Making Of Loom Weights At Tell Deir 'Alla
( MENAFN - Jordan Times) AMMAN - Scholars attempted to reconstruct technology of loom weight bead making and they studied the ...
Neolithic people in Denmark sacrificed ‘sun stones’ after climate cataclysm, scientists say
Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern ...
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Fashion Legend Iris Apfel's Priceless Treasures From Palm Beach Home To Be Auctioned Off After Her Death
Apfel, who died in March 2024 at the age of 102, was born in Queens ... You can bid on the actual outfit that inspired it, ...
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One of the oldest tin-bronze knife in Eurasian steppe discovered in NW China
The archaeologists revealed that square stone-enclosed tombs from the Middle Bronze Age (2600BC-1800BC ... of personal ornaments such as earrings, beads, and pendants. According to Jia, the ...