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A 6,000 year old Tenerian skeleton found in the Sahara with its middle finger in its mouth.

A 6,000 year old Tenerian skeleton found in the Sahara with its middle finger in its mouth.

MÁTTARÁHKKÁ: Mother Earth in Sami Rock Art

MÁTTARÁHKKÁ: Mother Earth in Sami Rock Art

Flores Hobbit were sort of like humans, sort of like chimps, sort of like Tolkien’s fantasy beings.

Flores Hobbit were sort of like humans, sort of like chimps, sort of like Tolkien’s fantasy beings.

Roman theatre discovered in Kent

Roman theatre discovered in Kent

German Archaeologists Discover World’s Oldest Wooden Wells

German Archaeologists Discover World’s Oldest Wooden Wells

Engraved Stone Dating Back 30,000 Years Found in China

Engraved Stone Dating Back 30,000 Years Found in China

University of Chicago’s Indiana Jones mystery solved

University of Chicago’s Indiana Jones mystery solved

Stunned Archaeologists find a second of cache of artifacts in a staffordshire field. In 2009, the largest find of  Anglo-Saxon objects was found nearby.

Stunned Archaeologists find a second of cache of artifacts in a staffordshire field. In 2009, the largest find of Anglo-Saxon objects was found nearby.

Recently recieved at the University of Chicago: Indiana Jones Mystery Package

Recently recieved at the University of Chicago: Indiana Jones Mystery Package

Archaeological News: Remains of dark ages princess found in field in Cambridge

Reblogged from archaeologicalnews

archaeologicalnews:

The remains of a mysterious Anglo-Saxon princess, who died thirteen and a half centuries ago, have been found in a field three miles south of Cambridge.

Aged just 16 when she died, and buried lying on a special high status funerary bed, she was laid to rest with a small solid gold,…