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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #89: Acoustic resonance, mass weapon production, and the shaman of Bad DĆ¼rrenberg
The Devilā€™s Church, or Pirunkirkko, is a 102-foot crevice cave in Koli National Park, Finland. Near the site are Devilā€™s Cave, Devilā€™s Mountain, andā€¦
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #88: Winged phalluses, ancient Jalula, and the Book of Deer
The monastery where the Book of Deer was written has been discovered in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The exact location of the monastery, known as theā€¦
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #87: Human parenting, 100,000 coins, and a 100-mile network of sites
A few weeks ago, I covered hundreds of Roman sites found via satellite. Now, over one hundred 3,600-year-old structures have been found in Serbia viaā€¦
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #81: 10,000 hidden structures, new statues at Gƶbekli Tepe, and the (contested) peopling of the Americas
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #86: A 25,000-year-old "pyramid", early spear throwers, and the discovery of ~50,000 coins
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #85: Shark-tooth knives, the formation of the Sphinx, and pushing back the start of large-scale warfare
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #12: Underground stone circles, the dawn of farming, and the Incense Route
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #76: Flower burials, shell dragons, and artifacts that were already relics a thousand years ago
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #86: A 25,000-year-old "pyramid", early spear throwers, and the discovery of ~50,000 coins
For a while now, researchers of all sorts have claimed that the wonderful and enigmatic Indonesian site of Gunung Padang is a manmade pyramid. For theā€¦
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James Fleischmann
šŸ§ Ancient Beat #85: Shark-tooth knives, the formation of the Sphinx, and pushing back the start of large-scale warfare
Scientists reanalyzed the skeletal remains of over 300 individuals from a mass grave in Spain dating to somewhere between 5,400 and 5,000 years agoā€¦
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #84: The mystery of Punt, 396 new Roman forts, and post-supervolcano Europeans
We know Homo sapiens were in Europe at least 60,000 years ago, but a supervolcano in Italy wiped most of them out 40,000 years ago. Until now, it wasnā€™tā€¦
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #83: 250,000-year-old meet-cutes, stone treasure maps, and highlander Homo erectus
It was thought that Neanderthals and sapiens first met (and mixed) during a migration of sapiens from Africa to Eurasia 75,000 years ago. But accordingā€¦
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #82: Cave-lion hunters, glass windows, and ancient homicides
Iā€™m out this week, but Iā€™m always keeping my ear to the ground for interesting discoveries about the ancient world ā€” figured Iā€™d send the links to a fewā€¦
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #81: 10,000 hidden structures, new statues at Gƶbekli Tepe, and the (contested) peopling of the Americas
Several monumental statues and architectural elements have been discovered at two sites that we all know and love: Gƶbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe inā€¦
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šŸ§ Ancient Beat #80: New languages, strange fowling practices, and 60-seater latrines
Excavations at the site of Boğazkƶy-Hattusha in Turkey have revealed a previously unknown language. Most of the 30,000+ tablets found there over theā€¦
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