Ancient Treasures Shed Light on a Forgotten Sudan
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Sudan, torn by civil war, human misery  and upheaval, was not always that way.
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Archaeologists show in Berlin photos of a well-preserved 2,500-year-old Scythian mummy found in Mongolia.
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Asia Societyâs glinting and glowing show of pre-Islamic art offers windows onto history, past and present.
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The remains of 100 African   elephants killed for their tusks have been found in Chad not   far from Sudan's troubled Darfur region, conservationists said   on Wednesday.
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The 3.3-million-year-old fossilised remains of a human-like child have been unearthed in Ethiopia's Dikika region.
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The discovery of remains belonging to a tiny species of ancient human has been hailed as one of the most sensational finds of its type in decades.
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A rare Old Testament manuscript some 1,300 years old is finally on display for the first time, after making its way from a secret room in a Cairo synagogue to the hands of an American collector.
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A stone tablet from Mexico has revealed a 3,000-year-old writing system never before seen, according to a new study. But some archaeologists are crying fraud.
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Paleontologists working in Ethiopia have discovered the remains of at least nine primitive human ancestors that are up to 4.5 million years old.
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Egypt on Monday showed off some of the 619 ancient artifacts smuggled out of the country in the late 1990s and repatriated from London last week.
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COYO, Chile  - Deep within the wind-swept Atacama desert in northern Chile, the remnants of a forgotten civilization rise from the sand.
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A Finnish research team has made a remarkable archaeological find linked to a prehistoric culture which predates the Incas.
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An ambitious international project to decipher 1,000-year-old moldy pages is yielding new clues about ancient Greece.
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Modern imaging techniques have revealed some new information about the earliest biblical passage ever found in ancient artifacts.
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Archeologists working near Stonehenge in England have discovered an ancient religious complex containing a treasure trove of artifacts that may finally illuminate the lives and religious practices of the people ...Comment
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In the caves of South Africa's  Cederberg mountains, an ancient people left a legacy of rock  art that could teach modern man a valuable lesson or two about  living in harmony with nature.
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A 3.3-million-year-old fossil toddler&#151;the world's oldest known child&#151;has been discovered almost completely intact in Ethiopia. Experts say the find will provide fascinating new clues about our early ancestors.