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Why were the ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats?

Feline qualities were apparently next to godliness

Underfloor central heating from 2700 B.C. in Minoan Crete

Ancient technology

Oldest gynecological treatment on record performed in ancient Egypt 4.000 years ago

"Until now, there had been no evidence found to prove that such treatment was actually carried out”

The messy business of scrubbing 2,000 years of bird poop from an Egyptian temple

The crap covered up cartouches and constellations

Brazen Bull: Gruesome Ancient Greek Torture Device Turned Screams into “Music”

As its name suggests, the Brazen Bull was a bronze object in the shape of a bull

Is this tiny island really the lost home of the Aztecs?

Aztlán, the mythical homeland of the Aztec people, from where they departed before founding a second capital in a lake

DNA Analysis sheds light on the mysterious origins of the Ancient Greeks

Scholars have long puzzled over the ancestry of the Minoans and Myceneans, two important Bronze Age cultures

17 out-of-place artifacts said to suggest high-tech prehistoric civilizations existed

Mounting evidence suggest that prehistoric civilizations possessed advanced technological knowledge that was lost throughout the ages

Egypt mummies pass through Cairo in ancient rulers’ parade (videos)

The Pharaoh's Golden Parade

War in the time of Neanderthals: How our species battled for supremacy for over 100.000 years

Neanderthals fascinate us because of what they tell us about ourselves – who we were, and who we might have become

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