A New Discovery Offers a Glimpse Into the World of the Hittites—in Their Own Words

A new cache of cuneiform tablets reveals the everyday lives of people in the Hittite Empire—from religious rituals to a ...
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Scientists investigate ancient discovery deep inside of massive cave: 'This wasn't a missing chapter … It was a missing volume'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock When scientists recently investigated a cave in Aotearoa, New Zealand, they didn't expect to find ancient ...
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Lost for 150,000 years: Rainforest discovery upends human history

For decades, scientists believed ancient humans avoided dense rainforests, treating them as nearly impossible environments for early survival. But a groundbreaking discovery in West Africa is ...
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New discovery suggests opium use in ancient cultures, from Xerxes to King Tut

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...