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Battle axes unearthed in a cemetery in Russia may have belonged to 11th-century taxmen
Archaeologists uncovered the twin burials while doing fieldwork in Russia, and the grave goods suggest the deceased may have been tax collectors.
Buddhas of Bamiyan: The colossal twin statues that stood sentinel over Afghanistan — until the Taliban destroyed them
The twin Buddha statues stood sentinel over a valley in Afghanistan until being destroyed by the Taliban. Now all that's left are two cavities.
'Lord, make them die an awful death': Prisoner's dark pleas found etched into Roman-era prison
An archaeologist has identified the rare remains of a Roman prison in Corinth, Greece.
Jerusalem's Second Temple was built with gigantic stone blocks — now we think we know where they came from
Archaeologists discovered a 2,000-year-old rock quarry in Jerusalem which may have provided the massive stone building blocks used in the Second Temple.
World's oldest calendar found at 13,000-year-old temple in Turkey
The 13,000-year-old carvings found in Turkey track the phases of the sun, moon and constellations, making it the earliest known lunisolar calendar.
Ancient Greek mosaic depicting two naked satyrs unearthed during construction project
A 2,400-year-old pebbled mosaic unearthed in Greece contains images of two naked men with tails dancing to music.
'A king will die': 4,000-year-old lunar eclipse omen tablets finally deciphered
Tablets added to the British Museum's collection many decades ago have finally been deciphered.
Homo floresiensis: facts about the 'hobbit'
Homo floresiensis, a diminutive hominin dubbed the hobbit, lived about 17,000 years ago on a remote Indonesian island.
