Surface ceramics reveal self-sufficient rural economy in Ancient Samos

An international team of researchers has uncovered hidden clues about life in the hills of ancient southwest Samos, Greece.

Erich von Däniken, ‘Chariots of the Gods?’ author who fueled UFO interest, dies at 90

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the alleged extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him ...
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'Chariots of the Gods' author Erich von Däniken dead at 90

Born in 1935 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, von Däniken was the son of a cloth manufacturer and grew up under strict religious ...
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4,500-year-old skeleton solves Egypt–Mesopotamia genetic puzzle

Buried for 4,500 years in Egypt's scorching sands, a ceramic pot preserved a laborer's skeleton that now upends long-held views of ancient isolation. DNA from this Old Kingdom man reveals genetic ties ...

Archaeologists Found the Long-Buried Remains of a 2,500-Year-Old Roman Society

The team excavating in the west Nile Delta have discovered a necropolis and industrial complex dating from the Roman Period.
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How White Southerners Distorted the History of Ancient Egypt to Justify Slavery in the U.S.

American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...