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AI identifies 3 more 'Nazca Lines' figures in Peru
By Tom Metcalfe published
The deep-learning system is 21 times faster than a human at finding ancient "geoglyphs" in aerial photographs of Peru's Nazca Desert.
Stunning images of the mysterious Nazca Lines in Peru
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A gallery of images of the Nazca Lines in Peru.
Medici family's famous hunting grounds may have killed them, report suggests
By Anna Demming published
At least one Medici was plagued by a deadly strain of malaria, analysis of organ tissue from the Medici family tomb reveals.
12,000-year-old flutes carved of bone are some of the oldest in the world and sound like birds of prey
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A collection of prehistoric flutes unearthed in Israel once used by the Natufians are some of the oldest musical instruments in the world.
Oldest evidence of humans in Greece is 700,000 years old, a quarter of a million years older than previous record
By Kristina Killgrove published
A prehistoric site in Greece pushes back the earliest known hominin presence in the region by up to 250,000 years.
'Liquid gypsum' burial from Roman Britain scanned in 3D, revealing 1,700-year-old secrets
By Hannah Kate Simon published
About 1,700 years ago, liquid gypsum was poured over the remains of an elite family in Roman Britain.
King Tut's likeness revealed in vivid new facial approximation of ancient Egyptian pharaoh
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Researchers created a facial approximation that reconstructs what the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun may have looked like.
2,300-year-old Buddhist elephant statue from India is one of the oldest known
By Tom Metcalfe published
Archaeologists in eastern India have unearthed an elephant statue thought to date to the third century B.C., when the region was mainly Buddhist.
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