Turin shroud 'older than thought'
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The Shroud of Turin is much older than suggested by 1980s radiocarbon dating, a new chemical study suggests.
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A collection of charred scraps kept in a Greek museum&#039;s storerooms are all that remains of what archaeologists say is Europe&#039;s oldest surviving book &amp;#151; which may hold a key to understanding early monotheistic beliefs.
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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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Gordon Rugg cracked the 400-year-old mystery of the Voynich manuscript. Next up: everything from Alzheimer's to the origins of the universe. By Joseph D'Agnese from Wired magazine.
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The Olympic Games are a week old! Not bad for an event first recorded in 776 BC. The Games have so far gone much better than anyone really expected.
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âNostoi: Recovered Masterpiecesâ does not pull its punches in explaining how objects made their way abroad: They were looted from Italian archaeological sites.
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A team revives the debate over whether a Bronze Age disc from Germany is one of the earliest known calendars.
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A tooth found in a relic box led archaeologists to identify a long-overlooked mummy as that of Egypt's most powerful female pharoah &#151; possibly the most significant find since King Tutankhamun's tomb was uncovered in 1922, experts said Wednesday.
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Evidence is emerging from Africa that colours were being used in a symbolic way perhaps 200,000 years ago, a UK scientist claims.
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Filmmakers and researchers on Monday unveiled two ancient stone boxes they said may have once contained the remains of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, but several scholars derided the claims made in a new documentary as unfounded and contradictory to basic Christian beliefs.
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Archaeologists working near Stonehenge in England have discovered what appears to be an ancient religious complex containing a treasure trove of artifacts that might finally illuminate the lives and religious ...Comment
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An ancient gold mask and a ring featuring what is believed to be an Olympic rower have been discovered by a Bulgarian archaeologist.
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Recent observations have uncovered evidence that helps to confirm the identification of the remains of one of the earliest stellar explosions recorded by humans. The new study shows that the supernova remnant RCW 86 is much younger than previously thought.
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Call it the Maximus factor. Archaeologists working at the site of an old Roman temple near Guy&#39;s hospital in London have uncovered a pot of cosmetic cream dating back to AD2.
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Archaeologists and other experts are refuting filmmakers' assertions that burial boxes from the 1st century held the remains of Jesus and his family.
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405 years, unmolested by science Scientists have dredged up the oldest known living creature and have called it Ming.â¦
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A stone slab bears 3,000-year-old writing previously unknown to scholars, say archaeologists.