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Rare 4,000-year-old Egyptian handprint discovered on a "soul house."

@CBSNews explains that a soul house is "a clay model resembling a building that can be traced to burials in ancient Egypt."

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#Archaeology #Anthropology #Egypt #Science

#history

Science and local sleuthing identify a 250-year-old shipwreck on a Scottish island.

From @AssociatedPress: https://flip.it/A3rSXX

#Archaeology #History #Shipwreck #Science #Scotland

Deadly "pharaoh’s curse fungus" could be used to fight cancer.

From @popsci@universeodon.com: "A deadly fungus linked to deaths in archaeologists excavating ancient tombs has been turned into a new cancer-fighting compound."

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#Cancer #Science #Fungus #Archaeology #Medicine

#history

Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests.

From @AssociatedPress: https://flip.it/-mvFgE

#Anthropology #Archaeology #History #Science #Germany

Was it a stone tool or just a rock? An archaeologist explains how scientists can tell the difference.

From @TheConversationUS@newsie.social: "There are telltale signs that a rock has been modified by humans or our very ancient ancestors, hominins."

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#Archaeology #Science #Anthropology #Humans #History

A mummy called the "air-dried chaplain" has long been shrouded in mystery. Scientists say they now have answers, according to @CNN.

"Local lore suggested the mummified body ... had been recovered from a grave a few years after death and transferred to the crypt at ... a church in a village north of the Danube River in Austria."

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#Science #History #Austria #Histodons

3-year-old discovers 3,800-year-old treasure during a family outing in Israel.

From NBC News: "Experts identified the find as a Canaanite seal or scarab."

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#Archaeology #History #MiddleEast

Archeologists find surprise signs of British rule in Florida.

From @Independent: "City archaeologists in St. Augustine uncovered a dry moat belonging to a British redoubt, a fortified military outpost, dating back to 1781."

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#History #Archaeology #Florida #Science

Pursuing the electrical fluid: How scientists discovered the electron, from @KnowableMag@mstdn.science.

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#Physics #Science #Quantum #History

A rare new species of two-clawed dinosaur has been discovered by scientists in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. @BBCNews reports:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7v3eln56no.amp

#Dinosaurs #NewSpecies #Mongolia #Archaeology

#history

Scientists date remains of an ancient child that resembles both humans and Neanderthals.

From @AssociatedPress: "The child’s remains were discovered 27 years ago in a rock shelter called Lagar Velho in central Portugal."

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#Archaeology #DNA #History #Science #Evolution

Pharaoh’s tomb is the biggest ancient Egyptian discovery since King Tutankhamun.

From @PopularScience: "Thutmose II didn’t rule for long, but the find marks a major moment for Egyptology."

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#Egypt #History #Archaeology #Histodons #Ancient