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The Oldest Known Rune Stone Fragments Found in Burial Sites, Hints at Germanic Ritual Practices
The Oldest Known Rune Stone Fragments Found in Burial Sites, Hints at Germanic Ritual Practices Archaeologists discovered ...
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Archaeologists Discovered a Haunting Grave That Was Built to Contain Zombies
A late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age grave has revealed ancient strategies to keep the dead from turning into “revenants” and disturbing the living. The burial included a large stone pinning ...
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The Fenn Cache
Were they ritual objects used in sacred ceremonies or as grave goods? Did the ancients ... an iron-rich pigment that Stone Age cultures often used in ceremonies. The scratches visible on the ...
The Stone Age
About 8,500 years ago, a 5'6" man with size 11 feet walked along the Severn Estuary at 2.6 miles per hour carrying a heavy load on his right shoulder. Archaeologists deduced all this from a series of ...
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What was life like in the Neolithic Stone Age?
These farms marked the start of a new age in Britain – the ... they sat was surrounded by stone to protect them from being bumped and broken. A Neolithic grave at Pentre Ifan, Wales.