From mysterious artifacts to unusual burial practices, here are 10 of the strangest archaeological facts ever uncovered! 1. The Ancient Egyptians Used Honey to Treat Wounds Over 4,000 years ago, ...

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Two ancient Roman bronze dodecahedrons and an icosahedron (3rd c. AD) in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn, Germany. The dodecahedrons were excavated in Bonn and Frechen-Bachem; the icosahedron in ...

While excavating a temple in Peru, archaeologists found the 2,300-year-old remains of more than a dozen people, some of which show evidence of human sacrifice. The burials bear some rare features, the ...

An undergraduate student was startled after a finely carved ancient head rolled out during a recent excavation – and seemed to smile back at her. The discovery, made at Skaill Farm on the Scottish ...

They are like fossils of an alien species, artifacts of a civilization that died mid-sentence amid some volcanic catastrophe.

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Prologue: an archaeological adventure -- Tunnel of legends -- Clues by candlelight -- Opera of a vanished civilization -- Death on swift wings -- A brutal post-mortem -- Palm wine, spices and myrrh -- ...

Monumentality / Chris Scarre -- Landscape / Randi Haaland, Gunnar Haaland -- Water / Terje Oestigaard -- Fire / Anders Kaliff -- Myth and folklore / Amy Gazin ...