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8.500-year-old Fingerprints Discovered in Turkey

Sep 10, 2011 by James Freeman

Researchers discovered 8.500-year-old fingerprints in Yeşilova Höyüğü site, Turkey, according to the Hürriyet. “We have discovered fingerprints that go back 8.500 years, to the Neolithic era. Those fingerprints are thought to belong to children and women”, said Zafer Derin, the scholar leading the excavation. Yeşilova Höyüğü site, Turkey (Zafer Derin / AA) The team discovered the fingerprints from clay pots. “Ancient people made the...

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The World’s Best Preserved Shipwreck Discovered in Turkey

Aug 30, 2011 by James Freeman

In the course of the ongoing archeological excavations at the Yenikapı Marmaray construction site, Turkey, the world’s best preserved shipwreck, a merchant...

Ancient Urbanism in East Africa

Aug 17, 2011 by James Freeman

Songo Mnara, once a thriving city off the coast of Tanzania in East Africa, has been empty and abandoned for many more centuries than it flourished. A...

Oldest Sailing Ship in Baltic Sea Found

Aug 12, 2011 by James Freeman

The archeological excavations in Salme, soon to be completed, have yielded evidence that the ship that had been buried with 35 warriors and nobles had...

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