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1.2-Million-Year Old Obsidian Axes Found in Ethiopia

The tools have been dated to 1.2 million years ago, pushing back the use of obsidian tools by 500,000 years

The Byzantine gold standard

44 gold coins dating from the early to mid-seventh century A.D., during the reigns of emperors Phocas, and Heraclius, were found in a wall of a building in the Roman city of Paneas

Statue of Hercules Discovered in Rome

The carving was found in Appia Antica Archaeological Park and has been dated to between 27 B.C. and A.D. 476

Headless Skeletons Unearthed in Eastern England

The burials, which have been dated to the third century A.D., were discovered near traces of an Iron Age settlement made up of 40 roundhouses

A mummy unearthed in Egypt wrapped in “layers of gold” may be the oldest ever discovered

Egypt announced numerous archaeological findings recently in efforts to revive its tourism industry

52-foot-long Book of the Dead papyrus from ancient Egypt discovered at Saqqara

There are many texts from The Book of the Dead, and analysis of the new finding may shed light on ancient Egyptian funerary traditions

Mystery of warship wreck off Sussex coast solved

Enemy warship Klein Hollandia sunk by Britain 350 years ago given special protection

Egypt archaeologists uncover “complete” Roman city

Inside the workshops, researchers found a collection of pots, tools and "bronze and copper Roman coins"

Egypt: Archaeologists discover four tombs of Pharaohs and 4,000-year-old mummy (amazing photos)

Limestone sarcophagus found 'in the exact state the ancient Egyptians had left it 4,300 years ago'

4,700-year-old “tavern” complete with fridge, oven and food, unearthed in Iraq

The scene is thousands of years old, yet still familiar

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