
Gary Manners
Editor and Content Manager at Ancient Origins
Editor and Content Manager at Ancient Origins España y Latinoamérica
Articles
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4 days ago |
ancient-origins.net | Gary Manners
In a groundbreaking discovery that reshapes our understanding of Mediterranean prehistory, archaeologists uncovered the earliest and largest known agricultural complex in Africa outside the Nile Valley. Located at Oued Beht in north-western Morocco, the site belonged to a previously undocumented Neolithic farming society that thrived between 3400 and 2900 BC.
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4 days ago |
ancient-origins.net | Gary Manners
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The iconic image of the shattered statues of Queen Hatshepsut has long been interpreted as evidence of political vengeance - an aggressive attempt by her successor, Thutmose III, to erase her memory. But new research, drawing on previously unpublished excavation records and archival materials from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 1920s fieldwork at Deir el-Bahri, is challenging that story.
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5 days ago |
ancient-origins.net | Gary Manners
A rare and remarkable discovery at the sprawling Copper Age megasite of Valencina in southwestern Spain is reshaping our understanding of prehistoric Iberian society and its relationship with the sea. Archaeologists have confirmed that a sperm whale tooth-unearthed in 2018 in the Nueva Biblioteca sector-is the first of its kind ever documented from Late Prehistoric Iberia.
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5 days ago |
ancient-origins.net | Gary Manners
A breathtaking new analysis of an ancient iron spear unearthed on Okinoshima - Japan's revered "Island of the Gods"- has revealed East Asia's earliest known example of a gold-inlaid weapon. This exquisitely crafted artifact, first discovered in 1954 beneath a sacred boulder near the Okitsu-gū Shinto shrine, is now shedding extraordinary light on the spiritual sophistication and metallurgical expertise of Japan's early Yamato state. The artifact with sketch of the patterns inlayed on the spear.
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1 week ago |
ancient-origins.net | Gary Manners
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In the shadowy forests near Wawa, Northern Ontario, a centuries-old mystery has emerged from the earth - literally.
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