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Lighthouse keeper's wife's remains saved from being swallowed by sea
via abc.net.auThe bones of a Queensland lighthouse keeper's wife were almost lost as a result of rising sea levels nearly 150 years after her death.
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'Priceless' Egyptian artefacts stolen from museum north of Brisbane
via abc.net.auAn ancient burial mask, cat figurine and jewellery are among the "priceless" Egyptian artefacts stolen from the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology yesterday.
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Hand stencils discovered in Indonesia are world's oldest-known rock art
via abc.net.auFaint ochre outlines of hands thought to be at least 67,800 years old are the oldest rock art yet discovered. Archaeologists say the discovery of the Indonesian cave art backs up estimates of when humans first reached Australia.
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Massive stone statues 'walked' across Easter Island, researchers say
via abc.net.auA study using 11,600 aerial drone photos to map a mountainous quarry in 3D reveals more about how the island's famed stone sentinels were created and moved to their final resting places.
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Landmark Easter Island map 'unlocks the mystery' of giant Moai heads
via abc.net.auA study using 11,600 aerial drone photos to map a mountainous quarry in 3D reveals more about how the island's famed stone sentinels were created and moved to their final resting places.
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Neanderthals may have been fire starters 400,000 years ago
via abc.net.auArchaeologists have uncovered the earliest-known evidence of deliberately lit campfires at a site in the UK dated to be 400,000 years old.
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What France's famous cave replicas can teach Australia about rebuilding lost heritage
via abc.net.auFive years after Rio Tinto destroyed a 47,000-year-old sacred rock shelter to expand an iron ore mine, an ambitious rebuild is underway drawing inspiration all the way from France.
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Several ancient Roman-era statues stolen from Syria's national museum
via abc.net.auOfficials say at least six marble statues were stolen from the museum in Damascus.
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What's in this ancient Roman shipwreck may help us understand the Universe
via abc.net.auSome 2,000 years ago, a Roman ship sank off the coast of Sardinia. Now its cargo is being used to search for elusive phenomena like dark matter.
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This ship sank 2,000 years ago. What's in it may help solve a cosmic mystery
via abc.net.auSome 2,000 years ago, a Roman ship sank off the coast of Sardinia. Now its cargo is being used to search for elusive phenomena like dark matter.
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Timber sample helps identify shipwreck unearthed during Cyclone Alfred
via abc.net.auThe identity of a shipwreck that was exposed in northern New South Wales by Cyclone Alfred has been narrowed down to just 13 vessels.
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Timber sample helps identify shipwreck unearthed by Cyclone Alfred
via abc.net.auThe identity of a shipwreck that was exposed in northern New South Wales by Cyclone Alfred has been narrowed down to just 13 vessels.
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'Scientists will never catch up to us': Ancient knowledge helps drive modern science
via abc.net.auFrom dinosaur footprints to volcanic eruptions, First Nations knowledge is helping to drive modern science.
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How a song cycle led scientists to hidden dinosaur tracks
via abc.net.auFrom dinosaur footprints to volcanic eruptions, First Nations knowledge is helping to drive modern science.
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Ancient wetland older than Egypt's pyramids exposed on beach
via abc.net.auHarsh winter weather has exposed almost 100 preserved trees from an ancient wetland on an Esperance beach, but there are fears over protecting the site on a popular four-wheel drive stretch.
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Archaeologists discover 1.5-million-year-old hand fossils in Kenya
via abc.net.auThe first set of ancient hand fossils from an ape-like cousin of humans discovered in Kenya suggest a number of species were capable of making tools 1.5 million years ago.
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Mystery artists carved life-sized camels into rocks 12,000 years ago
via abc.net.auThree newly discovered sites filled with art and stone tools have pushed back the date of when humans returned to Arabia after the last ice age.
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Vietnam mummy predates Egyptian examples by nearly 10,000 years
via abc.net.auArchaeologists claim they've found the oldest-known deliberately mummified remains in burial sites across China and South-East Asia, with some individuals dating back 14,000 years.
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Archaeologists find evidence of homicide dating to ice age
via abc.net.auIt was on a sweltering morning in 2018 in a cave in northern Vietnam when Chris Stimpson and his team uncovered what may be the oldest cold case murder in South-East Asia.
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Victorian company loses court bid to keep pre-Columbian artefact
via abc.net.auVictorian company Palmanova loses its High Court battle over the possession of a pre-Columbian basalt artefact, bought from an American gallery in 2020.
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Ancient texts reveal the remarkable 4,000-year 'global history' of books
via abc.net.auA 4,000-year-old tax receipt is among the treasures on display at the State Library of Victoria's annual World of the Book exhibition, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025.
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Million-year-old tools found in Sulawesi made by mystery human
via abc.net.auArchaeologists discovered stone tools at least a million years old on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, but exactly who made them and how they got there is unknown.
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Ancient Buddha jewels return to India after legal threat
via abc.net.auThe nearly 350-piece collection has been purchased by an Indian businessman in what is being described as a "public-private partnership" with the Indian government.
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Their old people sang of a place lost beneath the waves. Now it's found
via abc.net.auFor years, researchers have been trying to find ancient artefacts sitting on the ocean floor. Now they have brought in Indigenous rangers to help.
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Indigenous rangers join archaeologists in search of ancient underwater artefacts off WA coast
via abc.net.auFor years researchers have been trying to crack archaeology's 'last frontier' - the ancient artefacts sitting on the ocean floor. Now they've brought in local Indigenous rangers to help.
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DNA from skeleton in a pot reveals ancient Egyptian's ancestry
via abc.net.auResearchers have sequenced the genome of an ancient Egyptian who was buried in a pot nearly 5,000 years ago, about the time some of the oldest, and most famous, pyramids were built.
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Art reflects First Nations' worldview in hopes of shared understanding
via abc.net.auHundreds of traditional artworks, connecting generations of remote First Nations communities for almost a century, are now part of a public showcase in Sydney.
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Hidden in a Blue Mountains cave are artefacts that change the story of a nation
via abc.net.auDeep in the Blue Mountains, archaeologists uncover artefacts that reveal secrets of the nation's Ice Age past.
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Contractor discovers underground Byzantine tomb complex in Syria
via abc.net.auA contractor was digging beneath the rubble of a destroyed house in the town of Maarat al-Numan in May when he made the startling find.
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Age of Dead Sea Scrolls pinned down with the help of AI
via abc.net.auA new study has used AI to decipher the age of the Dead Sea Scrolls, potentially rewriting what we know about when some of the world's most precious biblical texts were created.
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Prison cells unearthed below pool highlight Tasmania's convict past
via abc.net.au
Tiny cells unearthed below an old swimming pool in the Tasmanian town of Oatlands shine a light on the "miserable existence" endured by inmates who were once imprisoned at a colonial-era jail that stood on the site.
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Convict-era jail cells and gallows uncovered beneath former Tasmanian council pool
via abc.net.au
Tiny cells unearthed below an old swimming pool in the Tasmanian town of Oatlands shine a light on the "miserable existence" endured by inmates who were once imprisoned at a colonial-era jail that stood on the site.
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Home of colourful figure uncovered as part of Sydney Metro dig
via abc.net.auMetres below the ground excavators have uncovered a treasure trove from the 1800s linked to one of the city's most colourful identities.
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Shipwreck lost for nearly 170 years finally found off SA coast
via abc.net.au
In 1857, the Koning Willem de Tweede sank off SA's south-east coast, and researchers are now confident they have found it.
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Sotheby's postpones sale of Buddha jewels after Indian legal threat
via abc.net.au
Sotheby's has postponed its sale of jewels linked to the physical remains of the Buddha after a legal threat from India and moral questions about the sale of religious antiquities.
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India threatens legal action over sale of ancient jewels
via abc.net.au
Jewels linked to the physical remains of the Buddha are set to be sold at auction, sparking a threat of legal action from India and moral questions about the sale of religious antiquities.
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Bones suggest a lion gnawed on Roman gladiator's body while he died
via abc.net.au
A team of archaeologists has found what they claim to be the skeleton of a gladiator who was bitten by a big cat — the first physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman Empire.
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Big cat bites found on skeleton in Roman 'gladiator graveyard'
via abc.net.au
New research suggests a skeleton which belonged to a gladiator was mauled by a lion or another big cat during combat.
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Returning Australia's oldest skeletons to country has complex history
via abc.net.au
The discovery of these skeletal remains rewrote Australia's history books. Decades later, they're at the centre of a court battle.
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Reburials underway amid court challenge over thousands-year-old skeletons
via abc.net.au
The discovery of these skeletal remains rewrote Australia's history books. Decades later, they're at the centre of a court battle.
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'Pink' is the oldest ancient human 'face' ever found in Western Europe
via abc.net.au
Bone fragments discovered in Spanish cave are putting a face to the earliest ancient humans to arrive in Western Europe, more than a million years ago.
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Million-year-old face fossil discovered in cave named after Pink Floyd
via abc.net.au
Bone fragments discovered in Spanish cave are putting a face to the earliest ancient humans to arrive in Western Europe, more than a million years ago.
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Million-year-old face fossil discovered in cave
via abc.net.au
Bone fragments discovered in Spanish cave are putting a face to the earliest ancient humans to arrive in Western Europe, more than a million years ago.
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3D virtual reconstruction of the facial bones and their mirror image.
via abc.net.au
3D virtual reconstruction of the facial bones and their mirror image.
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Million-year-old tools made of bone raise questions about human ancestors
via abc.net.au
Archaeologists have discovered a large collection of ancient tools crafted out of hippopotamus and elephant bones, pushing back the age of bone tool kits made by humans a million years.
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Ancient humans crafted tools from elephant bones 1.5 million years ago
via abc.net.au
Archaeologists have discovered a large collection of ancient tools crafted out of hippopotamus and elephant bones, pushing back the age of bone tool kits made by humans a million years.
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Unlikely return of long lost skulls sparks celebration in PNG
via abc.net.au
In the 1800s a Russian explorer took 16 human skulls from Papua New Guinea to prove a theory. Now they've finally been returned home.
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PNG to Russia and Sydney then back again. The return of the Rai Coast skulls
via abc.net.au
In the 1800s a Russian explorer took 16 human skulls from Papua New Guinea to prove a theory. Now they've finally been returned home.
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PNG to Russia and Sydney then back again. The return of Rai Coast skulls
via abc.net.au
In the 1800s a Russian explorer took 16 human skulls from Papua New Guinea to prove a theory. Now they've finally been returned home.
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Killer volcanic ash that hit town near Pompeii turned man's brain to glass
via abc.net.au
The famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out Pompeii and Herculaneum created a super-heated ash cloud that turned one unlucky man's brain to turn to glass, a new study suggests.
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