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May 24, 2025

World’s Oldest Song Is 3,400 Years Old and You Can Listen to It Today

What if the oldest song in the world wasn’t just a myth, but something you could listen to today? The “Hurrian Hymn No. 6” is the world’s oldest recorded playable song and is believed to be around 3,400 years old. Unearthed in the ancient Syrian port city of Ugarit (now Ras Shamra) in the 1950s, the song reminds us that even millennia ago, music was already a vessel for human expression and spiritual connection.

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May 21, 2025

Archeologist Uses 3D Models To Create the Parthenon’s Original Interior

Standing high on the Acropolis, the Parthenon has long been a symbol of Ancient Greece.

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May 10, 2025

New Studies Paw at the Prevailing Theory of How Cats Became Domesticated

Calling a house cat domesticated could be seen as a stretch.

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May 5, 2025

Young Boy Discovers 140-Million-Year-Old Marine Fossil While Digging in His Yard

Seven-year-old Elliott had only lived in his new home in Matlock, Derbyshire, for three months before he discovered something remarkable. While digging in his front garden, he unearthed several limestone rocks from the ground and cracked them open with his parents. It turns out that they were teeming with marine creatures from the Jurassic era.

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April 30, 2025

Researchers Unearth 4,000-Year-Old Tablets Revealing How the Sumerians’ Government Bureaucracy Worked

Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have unearthed over 200 administrative tablets that shine a light on the early...

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April 29, 2025

Bite Marks on Gladiator Bones Are First Physical Proof of Human-Animal Combat in the Roman Empire

The image of a gladiator fighting with animals in the Colosseum is one of the top things people associate with...

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April 22, 2025

3-Year-Old Finds 3,800-Year-Old Scarab Amulet While on Family Hike

Many kids enjoy exploring and getting their hands dirty, making them great potential archeologists. This is particularly true for 3-year-old Ziv Nitzan. During a hiking trip with her family in Israel, Ziv stumbled upon a unique rock that caught her eye. After closer inspection, the stone turned out to be a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet. The finding took place in a dirt trail in Tel Azekah, located about 25 miles outside of Jerusalem.

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April 16, 2025

New 3D Scans of the Titanic Reveal the Most Detailed Look at the Ship in Its Final Moments

Back in 2022, filmmaker Anthony Geffen and his team embarked upon a journey off the coast of Newfoundland.

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April 11, 2025

London Museum Receives Incredible Donation of Over 14,000 Roman Artifacts

When the new London Museum opens its doors in 2026, it will be home to more than 14,000 Roman artifacts.

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April 4, 2025

Nearly Life-Sized Relief Sculptures in Exceptional Condition Discovered in Pompeii

On April 2, 2025, another remarkable discovery was made in Pompeii: a funerary relief depicting two almost life-sized figures of a man and woman. The relief was discovered in a necropolis near Porta Sarno, an area in which over 50 cremation burials have already been unearthed, as evidenced by stelae and a monumental funerary arch in the vicinity.

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