Topic: Archaeology
Hobbit ancestors once colonized Indonesia island
Reuters Life! Online Report
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ancestors of a hobbit-like species of humans may have colonized the Indonesian island of Flores as far back as a million years ago, much earlier than thought, according to a new study published Thursday. These early ancestors, or hominins, were previously thought to have arrived on the ...
Wrong religion: Israeli ruins re-identified
AP News
Galilee ruins, thought to be synagogue, now believed to be palace of Muslim caliphsIsraeli archaeologists have announced that ruins long thought to be of an ancient synagogue are actually the remains of a palace built by Arab caliphs 1,300 years ago. The site, on the banks of the Sea ...
'Hobbit' island colonised much earlier than thought
AFP Global Edition
Flores, the Indonesian island where skeletal remains of famous "hobbit hominids" were found in 2003, was colonised by humans much earlier than thought, scientists said on Wednesday. Humans settled in Flores around a million years ago, at least 120,000 years sooner than previously estimated, they reported in the journal ...
Amenhotep III and Thoth statues unearthed in Luxor
Reuters Life! Online Report
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian archaeologists have discovered two red granite statues in Luxor, one of Tutankhamun's grandfather Amenhotep III who reigned about 3,350 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief said Tuesday. The second statue was of the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom Thoth, Zahi Hawass said. At four meters ...
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