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Here Are 2022’s 12 Most Mind-Blowing Archaeological Discoveries, From Ancient Lice Combs to the World’s Oldest Mummies
Artnet News   21 December 2022   World  
Photo by Valerie Gache/AFP via Getty Images
<p>It&rsquo;s perhaps our favorite time of year at Artnet News, when we look back through 12 months of coverage to revisit the best, most exciting stories that have graced our pages. As always, we especially like to revisit our archaeology archives to identify ...
Climate Change Is Erasing Humanity’s Oldest Art
WIRED   24 May 2021   Indonesia   Sulawesi island  
Photograph: Putu Artana/Alamy
<p>The limestone caves and rock shelters of Indonesia's southern Sulawesi island hold the oldest traces of human art and storytelling, dating back more than 40,000 years. Paintings adorn the walls of at least 300 sites in the karst hills of Maros-Pangkep, ...
Ancient city is unearthed by archaeologists in Egypt
BBC NEWS   24 November 2016   Egypt   Middle East and North Africa  
A sarcophagus containing a millennia-old mummy which was found by Spanish archaeologists near the southern Egyptian town of Luxor (13 November 2016)Image copyright (AFP Image)
<p>Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed what they describe as a city that dates back more than 7,000 years, containing houses, tools, pottery and huge graves.</p> <p>It lies by the river Nile, close to the Temple of Seti the First in Abydos.</p> <p>Experts ...