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Explore the Ancient Aztec Capital in This Lifelike 3D Rendering
The Aztecs did not count time on an infinite scale, as we do, but in cyclical 52-year periods, and at…
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DeepMind’s New AI Helps Restore Damaged Ancient Texts
Google DeepMind has collaborated with classical scholars to create a new AI tool that uses deep neural networks to help…
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Ancient City of Angkor Was Jam-Packed With People
Artist’s interpretation of daily life inside Angkor Wat’s fourth enclosure, late 12th century.Illustration: Tom Chandler, Mike Yeates, Chandara Ung and…
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Archaeologists Find 78,300-Year-Old African Intentional Burial
Virtual reconstruction of the child’s position within the burial pit. Image: Jorge González/Elena Santos A group of archaeologists has found…
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AI Helps Prove Two Scribes Wrote Text of a Dead Sea Scroll
Most of the scribes who copied the text contained in the Dead Sea Scrolls were anonymous, as they neglected to…
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6,200-Year-Old Massacre Shows Humans Have Sucked a Long Time
The upper layers of the mass grave, found in Croatia.Image: Jacqueline Balen, Archaeological Museum of Zagreb Dozens of savagely murdered…
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How This Ancient, Defleshed Human Skull Ended Up in Such a Strange Spot
The skull as it was found inside the cave shaft. Image: Belcastro et al, 2021, PLOS ONE Archaeologists may have…
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