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August 2024

🧐 Ancient Beat #123: Egyptian astronomers, the Dolmen of Menga, and the effect of fear on population growth
A 2,500-year-old astronomical observatory has been uncovered in Egypt’s Western Desert. The site, dating to the Late Period, consists of a circular…
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James Fleischmann
🧐 Ancient Beat #122: Freemason tunnels, Ice Age hunting, and ancient reverence for fossils
Archaeologists in Warsaw, Poland, have uncovered a hidden tunnel beneath a historic park, believed to have been used by Freemasons in the 18th century…
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James Fleischmann
🧐 Ancient Beat #121: Glyphs, hobbits, and Stonehenge's Altar Stone
New research has revealed that Stonehenge's six-ton Altar Stone, traditionally believed to come from Wales, actually originates from northeast Scotland…
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James Fleischmann
🧐 Ancient Beat #120: Unusual burials, sarcophagi avenues, and cold hard Bronze-Age cash
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Tios, located near modern Filyos Port in Zonguldak, Turkey, have uncovered a remarkable Roman necropolis…
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James Fleischmann

July 2024

🧐 Ancient Beat #119: Stone faces, submerged hieroglyphs, and the use of hydraulics in pyramid construction
Mysterious Stone Carving Depicting a Human Face Found in Kazakhstan — A stone carving featuring a human face was uncovered in the Akmola Region of…
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James Fleischmann
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🧐 Ancient Beat #118: Giant armadillo burgers, ancient woodworking, and the Pyramid of the Moon
Ancient humans may have butchered and eaten a giant armadillo-like creature called a glyptodont around 20,000 years ago in Argentina. This discovery…
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James Fleischmann
🧐 Ancient Beat #117: Ancient Play Doh, the oldest narrative art, and rituals passed down for 500 generations
Cave art in Indonesia has been re-dated using laser ablation U-series analysis on calcium carbonate layers, and it goes back to 51,200 years ago. That…
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James Fleischmann
🧐 Ancient Beat #116: Late Denisovans, stone needles, and the not-so-sudden demise of Cahokia
Bone remains found in a Tibetan cave 10,760 feet above sea level indicate Denisovans survived there for millennia. Denisovans, an extinct species of…
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James Fleischmann

June 2024

🧐 Ancient Beat #115: Enormous mounds, temples, and Rapa Nui's new narrative
During highway construction near Lípa, Czechia, archaeologists discovered a 5,300-year-old burial mound, or long barrow, with 30 graves — two central…
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James Fleischmann
🧐 Ancient Beat #114: Migrations, mounds, and lost cities
A 4,500-year-old grave in central France revealed the mixing of local farmers and steppe herders from what is now Ukraine and Russia. This grave…
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James Fleischmann
🧐 Ancient Beat #113: Labyrinths, dragons, and egalitarian food access in prehistory
A monumental circular Minoan structure has been discovered atop Papoura Hill near Kastelli, Crete, dating between 2000 and 1700 BCE. Spanning…
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James Fleischmann
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