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On the walls of the Deer Cave, in Italy, are depicted numerous paintings, almost 3000 pictograms, from the smallest of about 2 cm to the largest of about 75 cm, concentrated in groups in about 60 panels on both walls of 3 galleries. The Neolithic paintings are between 5000-6000 years old

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On the walls of the Deer Cave, in Italy, are depicted numerous paintings, almost 3000 pictograms, from the smallest of about 2 cm to the largest of about 75 cm, concentrated in groups in about 60 panels on both walls of 3 galleries. The Neolithic paintings are between 5000-6000 years old

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A restored mural depicting seven female figures with raised hands and exposed breasts, reassembled from numerous fragments. The mural, which had sunk in Lake Constance in Germany almost 6,000 years ago, is the oldest figurative wall painting north of the Alps

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A restored mural depicting seven female figures with raised hands and exposed breasts, reassembled from numerous fragments. The mural, which had sunk in Lake Constance in Germany almost 6,000 years ago, is the oldest figurative wall painting north of the Alps

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Wall painting from the Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük, dated to 6000 BCE ca. It depicts a hunting scene including a deer and a boar. Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara

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Wall painting from the Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük, dated to 6000 BCE ca. It depicts a hunting scene including a deer and a boar. Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara

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Hands at the Cuevas de las Manos upon Río Pinturas, near the town of Perito Moreno in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is named for the hundreds of paintings of hands stenciled, in multiple collages, on the rock walls. The art in the cave is dated between 7,300 BC and 700 AD

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Hands at the Cuevas de las Manos upon Río Pinturas, near the town of Perito Moreno in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is named for the hundreds of paintings of hands stenciled, in multiple collages, on the rock walls. The art in the cave is dated between 7,300 BC and 700 AD

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Grime's Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex in Norfolk, England, that was worked between c. 2600 and c. 2300 BCE, although production may have continued through the Bronze and Iron Ages and later, owing to the low cost of flint compared with metals

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Grime's Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex in Norfolk, England, that was worked between c. 2600 and c. 2300 BCE, although production may have continued through the Bronze and Iron Ages and later, owing to the low cost of flint compared with metals

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A bear body made from clay with a bear skull in between its paws, made during the Upper Paleolithic and found in the Montespan cave in France. Riddled with holes from spear points, it was possibly used to teach hunting, or perhaps used for a ritual

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A bear body made from clay with a bear skull in between its paws, made during the Upper Paleolithic and found in the Montespan cave in France. Riddled with holes from spear points, it was possibly used to teach hunting, or perhaps used for a ritual

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The costumes of kings, royal mothers and a bishop from medieval Nubia have been reconstructed by Polish scientists and designers based on 10th-13th centuries CE paintings that once decorated the walls of the cathedral in Faras, Sudan

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The costumes of kings, royal mothers and a bishop from medieval Nubia have been reconstructed by Polish scientists and designers based on 10th-13th centuries CE paintings that once decorated the walls of the cathedral in Faras, Sudan

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In 1935, a group of men discovered inside the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, the remains of an ancient Native American who had likely been mining the mineral gypsum from inside the cave when he had been trapped beneath a large boulder almost 2500 years ago

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In 1935, a group of men discovered inside the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, the remains of an ancient Native American who had likely been mining the mineral gypsum from inside the cave when he had been trapped beneath a large boulder almost 2500 years ago

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Cave pictograph depicting early Spanish settlers/ explorer to Texas created by natives in Texas mostly likely between the 15th and 18th centuries. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory archives.

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Cave pictograph depicting early Spanish settlers/ explorer to Texas created by natives in Texas mostly likely between the 15th and 18th centuries. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory archives.

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The 5000-year-old Neolithic timber monument known as "Ballynahatty 5", excavated in the 1990s in Ballynahatty, Northern Ireland. At the core of the site is a series of deep post pits that once held 471 tree-sized wooden posts

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The 5000-year-old Neolithic timber monument known as "Ballynahatty 5", excavated in the 1990s in Ballynahatty, Northern Ireland. At the core of the site is a series of deep post pits that once held 471 tree-sized wooden posts

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Cave pictograph depicting early Spanish settlers/ explorers to Texas created by natives in Texas mostly likely between the 15th and 18th centuries. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory archives

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Cave pictograph depicting early Spanish settlers/ explorers to Texas created by natives in Texas mostly likely between the 15th and 18th centuries. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory archives

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Interesting conclusions from research conducted on one of the preserved remains of a Herculaneum inhabitant from almost 2,000 years ago have been published recently.

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Interesting conclusions from research conducted on one of the preserved remains of a Herculaneum inhabitant from almost 2,000 years ago have been published recently.

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The 4,200-year-old bag from Horseshoe Ranch Cave - prehistoric craftsmanship in North America. Discovered in Horseshoe Ranch Cave, dates to around 2200 BCE and was made by ancient Indigenous peoples of the region, likely ancestors of hunter-gatherer groups living in what is now Texas.

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The 4,200-year-old bag from Horseshoe Ranch Cave - prehistoric craftsmanship in North America. Discovered in Horseshoe Ranch Cave, dates to around 2200 BCE and was made by ancient Indigenous peoples of the region, likely ancestors of hunter-gatherer groups living in what is now Texas.

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Discovered in a cave in southern Poland in the 1980s, this prehistoric boomerang was made from a mammoth tusk and estimated to be 18,000 years old. But new analysis has uncovered that the boomerang is between 39,000 to 42,000 years old, making it the oldest known boomerang in history.

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Discovered in a cave in southern Poland in the 1980s, this prehistoric boomerang was made from a mammoth tusk and estimated to be 18,000 years old. But new analysis has uncovered that the boomerang is between 39,000 to 42,000 years old, making it the oldest known boomerang in history.

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Guyaju Caves are the ruins of a cave complex, in China, that may have served as dwellings for a fortified community, probably between 1000 and 2000 years ago. The origins of the community are mysterious due to uncertainty about the founding people and later disappearance of the community

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Guyaju Caves are the ruins of a cave complex, in China, that may have served as dwellings for a fortified community, probably between 1000 and 2000 years ago. The origins of the community are mysterious due to uncertainty about the founding people and later disappearance of the community

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A 6,900-year-old female tomb from the early Neolithic period at Cys-la-Commune in France. The woman was buried with 2 stone bracelets, a necklace made of more than 350 small discoid limestone beads and 8 large tubular spondyl beads, and 2 spondyl valves at the waist

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A 6,900-year-old female tomb from the early Neolithic period at Cys-la-Commune in France. The woman was buried with 2 stone bracelets, a necklace made of more than 350 small discoid limestone beads and 8 large tubular spondyl beads, and 2 spondyl valves at the waist

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The painting depicts a young man. It is a so-called Fayum portrait—a unique type of portrait created in Egypt during the Roman period, roughly from the 1st to the 3rd century CE. These portraits were painted on wooden panels using the encaustic technique .

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The painting depicts a young man. It is a so-called Fayum portrait—a unique type of portrait created in Egypt during the Roman period, roughly from the 1st to the 3rd century CE. These portraits were painted on wooden panels using the encaustic technique .

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1,700-Year-Old Writing Kit from Georgia , c.250-350 CE: this writing kit was found in an unmarked grave located in the foundations of a cathedral, where it lay buried next to the body of a 40-50 year old woman; it's decorated with images of the Greek muses

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1,700-Year-Old Writing Kit from Georgia , c.250-350 CE: this writing kit was found in an unmarked grave located in the foundations of a cathedral, where it lay buried next to the body of a 40-50 year old woman; it's decorated with images of the Greek muses

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Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a private, richly decorated bathhouse from 2,000 years ago, considered to be one of the largest found so far. The bathhouse could accommodate about 30 people and consisted of several rooms: hot, warm, cool, and a changing room equipped with benches.

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Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a private, richly decorated bathhouse from 2,000 years ago, considered to be one of the largest found so far. The bathhouse could accommodate about 30 people and consisted of several rooms: hot, warm, cool, and a changing room equipped with benches.

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