5200 B.C. Is New Date for Farms in Egypt
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A discovery may provide insights about the farmers and some answers to the questions of how, why and when Egyptians adopted farming.
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In a discovery sure to set off a firestorm of debate over human migration to the western hemisphere, archaeologists in South Carolina say they have uncovered evidence that people lived in eastern North America at least 50,000 years ago - far earlier than
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CAIRO, Egypt -- Egyptian authorities said Wednesday that a mummy found a century ago has been identified as the remains of pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled over Egypt during the 15th century B.C.Hatshepsut was known for dressing like a man and wearing a false beard.
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A study of 7,000-year-old pig remains gives new insight into the migration of Middle Eastern people into Europe.
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A Japanese archeological team has discovered three painted wooden coffins in Egypt, including two from the little-known Middle Kingdom period dating back more than 4,000 years.
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Scientists exploring the western slopes of the Andes in northern Peru have found seeds of domesticated squash from almost 10,000 years ago.
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Archaeologists said Wednesday they have comprehensively dated the contents of a Bronze Age site in Scotland, probably the first time such a site has been dated in its entirety.
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CAIRO -- Egyptian fruit sellers are naming dates for two of the world&#39;s most-feared terrorist leaders as part of a political nicknaming tradition during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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Scientists said the fossils should give new insights into a little-known period of early human origins.
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Egyptologists say they have identified the 3,000-year-old mummy of Egypt's most famous female ruler.
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JERUSALEM _ In quarantine under protective netting, a palm sapling coaxed from a seed nearly 2,000 years old is growing in southern Israel.
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Wine, the elixir of the gods, may be as old as human history, and a team of archaeologists who combine their science with chemistry has found evidence that Chinese were already enjoying sips of fermented rice, honey and fruit in the late Stone Age, more
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Ethiopian scientists said on  Tuesday they have discovered hominid fossil fragments dating  from between 3.5 million and 3.8 million years ago in what  could fill a crucial gap in the understanding of human  evolution.
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TIKRIT, Iraq, March 12  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After decades of strain, the Ministry of Agriculture in the Ninewa Province reported a significant increase in the wheat crop yield for 2006.  Today, the U.S.
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A mud brick tomb dating back more than 4,000 years has been discovered near Egypt's most ancient pyramid in the Saqqara complex south of Cairo, according to an antiquities official. The tomb was located by an Egyptian-Australian mission, Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass, announced Monday.
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Evidence is mounting that the kingdom of Kush, in its ascendancy from 2000 B.C. to 1500 B.C., exerted control or at least influence over a 750-mile stretch of the Nile Valley.
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A stone slab bears 3,000-year-old writing previously unknown to scholars, say archaeologists.