Excavations in central China uncovered a 5,000-year-old tomb filled with artifacts from the Dawenkou Culture. Experts believe the size of the tomb and wealth of the artifacts show the owner was a ...

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An isolated burial in Sudan has revealed the first evidence of an unknown funeral ritual that took place nearly 4,000 years ago in a little-known African kingdom, a new study finds. In the grave, ...

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A bronze altar and a dragon with a pig's nose are among a trove of items discovered in sacrificial pits that shed new light on the buried secrets of an ancient Chinese civilization. Archaeologists on ...

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Archaeologists working at the Wangzhuang ruins, located in Jiyuan City, central China’s Henan Province, have uncovered a significant discovery that sheds light on the Neolithic Dawenkou Culture. This ...