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Question: What is the earliest sea migration where people couldn't see their destination before they got in the water?

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The oldest boat known to man. Carbon dated to 10.000 years ago and measured 3 meters x 44 cm Discovered in 1955 in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands.

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Dorsal vertebrae with a dart. Guanche culture.

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Can anyone tell me if there is a specific name for the cross with the curled ends? (Kilnasaggart Pillar Stone)

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Found a Denarius while walking the dogs

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For the Intro to Anthropology students

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Love in ancient times, Ancient Egyptians

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Mass grave in Alkmaar the Netherlands 1573, victims of the only town that ever defeated the army of an empire (!)

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Currently registering these tiny arrowheads (more info in comments)

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The Tomb of Ramesses VI, The Valley of Kings, Egypt

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The face of a Mayan...”something” stares back at me from a polychrome bowl on display at the Museo Maya de Cancun. [3643x2848] [OC]

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Roman cemetery relief of a eunuch priest sacrificing to the goddess Cybele, circa 3rd century CE. While associated with festival games and given partial credit for Roman victory in the Punic Wars, the ritually self-castrated priests of this Anatolian cult faced prejudice in Italy. Ostia Museum.

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Kharosti inscriptions from the Gandharan Civilisation around 83 AD

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The sword of William Wallace

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Royston cave is an artificial, mediaeval cave in Hertfordshire, England. Discovered by a workman digging a posthole for a bench in 1742. Covered in symbolism and archaic graffiti. Some say it was used as a secret place of worship for the Knights Templar after the pope made the organisation illegal.

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The first bulla discovered relating to a biblical Hebrew king (from the antiquities market): Belonging to Ahaz, son of Jotham, King of Judah

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Column of Marcus Aurelius (fragment), Roma, Italy - Image

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Excavated a lid of a jar. Nice pattern on top!

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The great gold belt buckle from the Sutton Hoo burial ship, excavated in 1939

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Walpi, of the Hopi people, is one of the older continuously inhabited villages in the United States, continuously inhabited for more than 1100 years since around 900 AD. It is an example of traditional Hopi stone architecture, built at defensive locations on the mesa tops. Photo taken in 1901

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Climate change threatens Hadrian's Wall treasures in England

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Bosra theatre, Syria

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Wedding ring excavated belonging to Maria Tesselschade (1594-1649), she and her sister were the only female members of the 'Muiderkring' the group of Dutch Golden Age intellectuals who met at Muiden Castle.

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From r/mildlyinteresting, an old road in Rome, Italy. Can we tell if it is from antiquity or later?

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The Roman Cavalry Mask recovered from the site of the Teutoburg Forest.It is stored at the Musueum und Park Kalkriese.It is dated to the first half of the 1st Century CE so it could have actually been part of the disastrous massacre under Legatus Varus in 9 CE by Arminius and his Germanic troops Dan

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Pentre Ifan Dolmen In Pembrokshire, Wales

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Ancient map painted in Nekhen Tomb (3500 - 3200 BC), Egypt.

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Well preserved and interesting!

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Exploring in Split, Croatia. Old tunnels underneath Diocletians Palace (Construction of that palace completed in 306 AD) some interesting finds including Roman baths and stones with Greek carvings

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Possible Roman/Viking etc settlement?

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Looted Stupa near Plain of Jars site 3, Laos. Very sad to see.

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Found this stone on a Native American reserve. I’m wondering if it is natural or if it could be a fire starting artifact. We left it where it lay.

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Let's raise the hat To the ancient Egyptian Landscape Engineer 😊

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Mummy of Thuya. She was the mother of Queen Tiya, grandmother of Akhenaten, and Great grandmother of Tutankhamun. about 3400 years ago She died in hir mid-50s

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Incredible find

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Statue of Shalmaneser III (858-824 BC), Assyrian King, Basalt, Neo-Assyrian Period. Istanbul Archaeological Museums.

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Stumbled upon some really hidden petroglyphs on the Calico Tanks trail, right at the end. anyone who is more knowledgeable can tell me if these seem real? And not just etched by some recent human in hopes to make it look cool?

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Hittite, bronze horse and man, Yozgat, 2200-2000 BC, Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara.

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Jarlshof aisled wheelhouse and broch on Shetland Islands, 2500 BC-1700 AD [800 x 641]

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Found some graffiti in an English village church porch and it dates from medieval times all the way to WW2. Where American airmen stationed nearby penciled their names.

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Roman child’s sarcophagus from Derbyshire. Dig up in a field last year

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Nearly complete China plate found at digsite in the New Orleans, French Quarter

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Discovery in dahshur, Egypt

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Would anyone know what the faint circular feature could be?

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Goddess Artemis.

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Second highest elevation fire lookout in U.S., built in 1914. Arapaho National Forest, CO

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Ephesus Terrace Houses are located on a slope. There were living and dining rooms on the ground floor, bedrooms and guest rooms upstairs. There were heating system, hot and cold water was available.

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Stecak from Radimlja, 13th century. Radimlja is a stecak necropolis located near Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Radimlja necropolis is one of the most valuable monuments of the Medieval period in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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A Urartian cauldron, in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey. (circa 7th c. B.C)

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Urfa Man, Turkey. Estimated age: ~11,000 years-old [945x643]

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Creativity in drawing Queen TIYE

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Has Anyone Else Fallen In Love With This Series? (The Detectorists - BBC)

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Statue of Lugal-Dalu, a proxy priest used by Sumerians. When the priest went out of the temple, this sculpture continued to thanks god as a proxy. Istanbul Archaelogical Museums.

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Statue of Puzur Ishtar, Governor of Mari, Neo-Sumerian Art. Period Ur III, 2100-200 BC. Istanbul Archaeology Museums.

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Kubaba, Mother Goddess of Hittites, Kargamıs Ancient City, 9th Century BC, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.

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Nohoch Mul Pyramid, Coba Mexico

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Found this bowl any assistance with identifying tribe and age would be greatly appreciated

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Bannerstones are extraordinary, symmetrical artifacts created by prehistoric Native Americans which still mystify scientists. They may have started as atlatl counterbalances but later evolved into ceremonial objects.

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Coastal Okanagan Sailboats

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[xpost] Gallo-Roman Oinochoe (wine jug), blown glass, 3rd century AD [OC] [1152 x 2048]

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This monumental tomb's dated to the year BC546 in the point where Susa reached to the sea as the historical trade route that reached from Iran to Western Anatolia. It's considered to be the co-production of Ionian,Lydian&Persian cultures,created by carving a rock that was 1 piece.

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Found in Irland in Wicklow Mountains National Park /@53.2105279,-6.282249,701m/ /@52.9219877,-6.3308418,344m/

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Ancient city of Stratonikeia, the city of retired gladiators, a member of UNESCO World Heritage Tentative Lists.

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Evidence of cannibalism in Jamestown colony during the 'dark' winter of 1610

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Netherlands:The amazing Dalfsen finds, oldest hearth pit 8800-4900 years ago. And a grave field with 120 bekers from the mysterious 5000 year old 'funnelbeaker' culture.(Look at that carved stone axe)

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A Stone Relief on a street of Ephesus Ancient City in Turkey.

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