Archeology

November 2, 2024

Explore the Ancient “Cave of Swimmers” in the Sahara Desert

The Sahara is known for being the largest desert in the world, stretching thousands of miles across the northern African continent. Touching the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Red Sea, this vast expanse of sand and rock is in sharp contrast to its bordering waters. But the geological history of the region is quite different than its dusty, dry present.

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October 20, 2024

Astonishingly Painted Throne Room Is Found by Archeologists in an Ancient Peruvian Site

A recent archeological discovery has taken aback researchers in Peru. A stunningly painted throne room from the Moche culture was found in Pañamarca, located atop a granite hill in the lower Nepeña Valley. The Moche, a society that lived between about 350 and 850 C.E. in northern Peru, has been at the center of exciting findings in the last few years—yet none may be as revealing as this one.

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October 2, 2024

303 Newly Discovered Nazca Geoglyphs Depict a Wide Array of Animals and Humanoids

The enigmatic Nazca lines have long fascinated archeologists and the general public. These figurative geoglyphs or drawings have been long attributed to the Nazca people, a civilization that lived in the area of southwestern Peru from 200 BCE to 700 CE. Now, a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has shed new light on these markings that have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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September 21, 2024

Complex Life May Have Begun 1.5 Billion Years Earlier Than Believed

Humans, cats, dogs, chickens, rats, trees, fungi—today, complex life on Earth comes in a remarkable number of variations. Its evolution has taken many twists and turns over millions of years, including the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and the development of “legs” for sea creatures to take to the land. But when did this prehistoric parade of evolution begin? Evidence of microbes has been discovered dating back 3.7 billion years.

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