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	Some 51,200 years ago on the ceiling of a limestone cave in the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi, art history was made. A wild pig was painted with crude red pigment, standing at peace beside three human-like figures. Massive Museum with a Focus on Pompeii to Open in Naples in 2026




	This newly discovered artwork is now heralded as the oldest known cave painting, surpassing the previous record-holder by some 10,000 years, per a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.




	“The method is a significant improvement over other methods and should revolutionize rock art dating worldwide,” Maxime Aubert, archaeologist at Griffith University...

World’s Oldest Known Cave Painting, Featuring a Mysterious Pig, Found in Indonesia

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Archaeologists have just discovered evidence of a “previously unknown” ancient culture that had been lost to the sands of time.A team of experts discovered 30 rock art sites dating back thousands of years in Venezuela’s Canaima National Park. But the most exciting part of the find was realising that its creators belonged to a never-before-seen civilisation.The newfound art "represents a new culture previously unknown," the team’s lead José Miguel Pérez-Gómez, of Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, told Live Science.The pictograms and petroglyphs include simple depictions of leaves and stick figure drawings of people, as well as star-shaped patterns and other...

Archaeologists unearth 4,000-year-old art from never-before-seen culture

Carved between 1,000 and 2,000 years ago, these enormous engravings are located along the Orinoco River in Colombia and Venezuela. Thousands of years ago, it would have been a startling sight: miles and miles of sheer rock, rising up from the river, covered in carvings of animals like anacondas, rodents, and giant centipedes. As the centuries passed, however, the carvings were largely lost to time. Until now.

Ancient Rock Carvings Uncovered In The Jungles Of South America May Be The Largest In The World

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There's a new contender for the worst tipple handed down to us by history. In the ancient Roman necropolis of Carmo in what is now Spain, archaeologists have unearthed a jar of wine, still sealed, and still sloshing liquid after about 2,000 years. There's just one catch. The wine was...

Record Discovery: 'Last Drink' For Dead Roman Found Still Wet in Ancient Tomb

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The drawing of three human figures with a pig was discovered in an Indonesian cave—and might be the world’s oldest art that tells a story.

A 51,200-Year-Old Cave Painting Might Be the World’s Oldest Narrative Art

Long lost treasures lurk beneath the seas and other waters. Ancient canoes have been discovered, as have historic crusader swords. Recently, archeologists have been exploring the beautiful waters of the Adriatic Sea. Sandwhiched between Italy and the Balkans, this sea was a hub of ancient seafaring activity. In an exciting development, as announced by the University of Zadar on Facebook, archeologists uncovered an ancient road built about 7,000 years ago. Now submerged underwater, the road lends insight into the ancient Hvar people who lived in the region in the late Neolithic period.

Researchers Discover 7,000-Year-Old Underwater Road

Archeologists recently unearthed the grave of a man believed to be a chief in the Coclé culture, the archeological name for the people who inhabited Panama over a thousand years ago. Discovered in the El Caño Archaeological Park, the El Caño Foundation shared select images of the ongoing excavation...

Ancient tomb filled with gold, sacrificial victims discovered

Researchers have identified a new snake species in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. Named Rhynchocalamus hejazicus, this small snake is notable for its black collar and reddish coloration, which sets it apart from its closest relatives. Additionally, a uniformly black variant of the species, known as the ‘melanistic morphotype,’ has been discovered. Rhynchocalamus hejazicus is prevalent throughout a large area, bridging the distribution gap between the Levant and the coastal regions of Yemen and Oman for the Rhynchocalamus genus.

Mysterious New Snake Species Discovered in Saudi Arabia

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(Colorado) Colorado has many gems - Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Maroon Bells, and two of Thomas Dambo's wooden trolls. Dambo is a Danish artist, and his trolls are worldwide. Each troll serves as a unique tribute to the place they inhabit, honoring the history and culture of the location.

"Rita the Rock Planter" should be on your Colorado summer bucket list

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Long COVID is a brutal illness without a known mechanism or cure. Far from being psychosomatic in nature, a new study adds weight to the idea that this misunderstood disease is very much biological.
The lingering toll the SARS-CoV-2 virus exacts on the immune system is widespread and hiding in plain sight, argue researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, CellSight Technologies, and Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center.
When 24 patients who had recovered from COVID-19 had their whole bodies scanned by a PET (positron emission tomography) imaging test, their insides lit up like Christmas trees.
A radioactive drug called...

COVID's Hidden Toll: Full-Body Scans Reveal Long-Term Immune Effects

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Archaeologists conducting excavations at the site of a church have unearthed a marble shrine containing a relic that they believe may be tied to Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.

The shrine contained a 1,500-year-old ivory box adorned with Christian motifs, according to an Innsbruck University press release.

The item was discovered by archaeologists from Innsbruck University in southern Austria under an altar inside a chapel at the summit of Burgbichl, a small hill, in the municipality of Irschen.  

Since 2016, archaeologists from the University of Innsbruck have been carrying out excavations in Irschen, which is a part of the Carinthian Drava Valley.

‘City of the Dead’ archeologists have...

Archaeologists discover ancient relic believed to be tied to Moses and the Ten Commandments

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

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Arizona, known for its desert landscapes and blistering heat, is also a treasure trove of oddities and unique facts that make it stand out in the tapestry of American states. From bizarre laws to extraordinary natural phenomena, here’s a look at some of the weirdest and most wonderful aspects of the Grand Canyon State. Are you ready to dive into the quirky side of Arizona?

Arizona’s Hidden Secrets: 21 Weird Facts to Amaze You

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The ancient city of Swenett, now Aswan, thrived between 6 B.C. and 9 A.D.

Archaeologists Discover ‘City of the Dead’ With 1,000s of Mummies

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Figurative rock art – art that presents lifelike representations of subjects – provides visual insights into ancient cultures, beliefs and societal practices, offering a direct window into human cultural evolution. 

Being able to date figurative rock art accurately is crucial. It helps establish timelines of human artistic expression, aiding in understanding the development of symbolic thinking and cultural complexity across different periods and regions.

In an article published in the journal Nature today, we present a novel approach to date cave paintings. 

Using this new dating innovation, we have found the world’s oldest figurative cave art. 

Dated to at least 51,200...

Found in a cave in Indonesia, we can now show the world’s oldest figurative art is 51,200 years old


A new study of animal behavior shows that using a 'good enough' strategy to complete a task could have advantages over striving for perfection.
Researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the US wanted to challenge traditional methods of animal research, where diverse behaviors in activities such as mating, hunting, or evading predators are typically compared to some optimized method.



					
			

Using theoretical algorithms and models, the researchers took apart a simple and widely used foraging task – where animals (such as mice) get to choose between various options to get a reward – to come up with a vast number of...

Good News! Turns Out You Don't Need to Be Perfect to Get The Job Done

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People have different levels of maturity. An individual’s age or upbringing can make them possess certain traits. Yet, most people believe that one matures as they grow old. On the contrary, some zodiac signs appear childish in old age. They are jumpy and careless. This strains their relationships with signs who misunderstand them. Air and fire signs are temperamental and some people refer to them as being childish. How can you identify an immature sign?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Immature

These giant freshwater crabs might just be your new Roman Empire. Archaeologists studying Trajan’s Forum, a historical Roman ruin site, in 2005, discovered an ancient crab species, Potamon fluviatile. The only freshwater crab species indigenous to Italy, researchers suspect that they’ve been around the region since ancient times — far before it was known for gelato and pasta.

Giant, ancient crabs live beneath Rome, and conservationists have their backs: 'They deserve to be saved'

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In-depth research focusing on genetic material found at an ancient Mayan temple points to a pattern of sacrificing twin boys and other close relatives, according to a new study conducted by an international team of experts. The city of Chichén Itzá, built on what is now Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, has been investigated by archaeologists for over 100 years, according to a news release from the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, an independent association of German research institutes. Multiple researchers associated with the Max Planck Institutes were part of the multi-part analysis backing the new study. The city is...

DNA shows ritual sacrifice of boys in ancient city, scientists say

Scientists have discovered what they are calling the 'City of the Dead' in Egypt after discovering a huge burial site with more than 300 tombs.The site is located near the city of Aswan, which was an important quarry, trade and military zone more than 4,500 years ago but the lives of people living there has been unclear.Archaeologists have been at the site for five years, reports Mail Online, and recently found 36 tombs that were reused over a 900-year period.Each one could fit between 30 and 40 mummies inside - some had families in them.Patrizia Piacentini, an archaeologist at the...

Scientists discover hidden 'City of the Dead' with more than 300 tombs

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Mysterious Symbols on 4,000-Year-Old Rock Art Hint at an Unknown Culture


Hidden deep in the highlands of southern Venezuela, archaeologists have uncovered one of humanity's best-kept secrets.
At around 20 different sites, carved and painted in caves and...

Mysterious Symbols on 4,000-Year-Old Rock Art Hint at an Unknown Culture

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