Dig uncovers Stonehenge people's settlement
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British archeologists have discovered evidence of more than two dozen houses belonging to the ancient people who built Stonehenge, a find likely to open an important chapter in the study of one of the world's most famous monuments.
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The study shows that a small group of early humans returned to Africa after first migrating to the Middle East.
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The stones were likely heated in a fire and quickly doused in cold water, cracking before being placed along the serpentine earthen mound. The result: a curving paved structure possibly used in a ritual by Britain's Bronze Age inhabitants.
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A detailed survey of ancient cave carvings at a site first discovered last year in Nottinghamshire, England, reveals the etchings may be some of most elaborate Ice Age art ever found.
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Archaeologists who uncovered the "Hobbit" are given permission to restart excavations.
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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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Archaeologists unearth what is believed to be the first discovery of a Viking burial site in the UK.
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The findings are considered a significant step toward understanding who were some of the first ancestors to migrate out of Africa some 1.8 million years ago.
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Archaeologists excavating the seabed off Cyprus have discovered the tools of ancient mariners, which they believe were used by foragers more than 10,000 years ago &#151; before the island had permanent settlements.
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A discovery of 1.66 million-year-old stone tools has produced the earliest evidence that human ancestors apparently dispersed across Asia at a relatively rapid clip.
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Hoard buried for over 1,000 years goes on display at the British Museum.
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A land-clearing project in southern Antigua is threatening a unique ancient settlement where Arawak Indians lived from roughly 500 B.C. until the arrival of Christopher Columbus, an archaeologist said Monday.
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DNA is aiding fossil hunters in the search for human origins by approaching the search for human origins from a different angle.
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The government will launch a public inquiry to consider plans for a multi-million pound visitor centre at the country's ancient Stonehenge stone circle.
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Israeli archaeologists on Sunday said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound
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The 1.77-million-year-old remains of three adults and a teenager unearthed in the Caucasus point to a far greater variation in early humans than once suspected, according to a study released Wednesday.
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In a breathtaking discovery, scientists working on a remote Indonesian island say they have uncovered the bones of a human dwarf species marooned for eons while modern man rapidly colonized the rest of the planet.