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Interesting Insight into Iron-Age Fashion | Ancient Origins
2026/1/05 | 2 mins.
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This Ancient Fossil Could Rewrite the Story of Human Origins | Ancient Origins
2026/1/04 | 6 mins.
Seven-million-year-old Sahelanthropus tchadensis fossil shows evidence of bipedalism, rewriting human origins. New study reveals earliest known upright walking ancestor.
Loved to Death? Autopsy Reveals Shocking Cause of Death for Mummified Child | Ancient Origins
2026/1/04 | 5 mins.
Examinations of a 17th century mummified infant have revealed the short, aristocratic, and privileged life he had still resulted in death from malnourishment.
Roman Temple Discovered Under a Farmhouse in Malta | Ancient Origins
2026/1/04 | 4 mins.
Tas-Silġ is a multi-period sanctuary site in Malta with megaliths, a Byzantine church, and a renowned Roman temple of Juno.
Excalibur: Extracting Swords From Stone, Ancient Metallurgical Metaphors | Ancient Origins
2026/1/04 | 3 mins.
Ancient metaphors of metallurgy are ubiquitously embedded in mythology and real-life examples of the sword in the stone motif.

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At Ancient Origins we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exists countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained .

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