Questions tagged [archeology]
Study of ancient history history and pre-history based on interpretation of artifacts and found physical remains.
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Is there a snake-like entity depicted on the Altamira caves?
I've seen some articles (CogniArchae.com, Facebook, X.com) featuring what appears to be a serpent-like entity allegedly depicted on a wall in the Altamira caves, as below:
Yet I haven't found any ...
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Were "ancient nanostructures" found in the Ural Mountains in 1991?
This article tells a fantastic story of mysterious nanoscale artifacts found in the Ural Mountains in 1991.
These manufactured coils were initially discovered during geological
research associated ...
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What are the basis to claim the Easter Island statues as soul? [closed]
In this article, speeches from the governor of Easter Island are mentionned. She said, mentionning the statues on the Easter Island in the British Museum:
"You have our soul"
However I am surprised ...
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Did archeologists find radioactive skeletons in Mohanjo-daro?
There is a viral claim, copied across many web-sites that ancient people in India had nuclear weapons.
Part of the evidence is another claim - that radioactive bodies were found in Mohanjo-daro.
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Are there textual deviations between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Old Testament?
This article claims:
Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls has increased the faith of
Bible-believers. Why? Because they prove that the hand-copied texts
that have come down from the Masoretic scribes ...
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Has a fifteen year old from Canada discovered a hidden Mayan city?
Recent news stories have reported on the discovery of a lost Mayan city by William Gadoury, a 15-year-old from Canada.
According to these reports, Gadoury noticed a correspondence between the ...
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Has carbon dating indicated that live humans are 4000 years old?
A friend of mine told my wife that carbon dating is unreliable because it has been performed on live humans and indicated that the test subject(s) are 4000 years old.
Is there any truth to this claim?...
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Have giant human skeletons been found?
The It's Something Wiki shows a diagram of the remains of human giants, the tallest one being 36 feet (1097.28 cm.)
THESE SKELETAL FIGURES REPRESENT "JUST A FEW" GIANT HUMAN REMAINS, ...
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Were technologically advanced artifacts found at the Durupinar "ark" site?
My social media stream lately has been awash with claims about items supposedly discovered at a site discovered by Turkish army captain Llhan Durupınar in 1959 that is believed by some to be the final ...
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Does the Hueyatlaco site show human habitation in Mexico >50,000 years ago?
Wikipedia says:
Hueyatlaco is an archeological site in Valsequillo, Mexico. After excavations in the 1960s, the site became notorious due to geochronologists' analyses that indicated human ...
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Were pyramids of glass found under the Bermuda Triangle?
Making the rounds is this story about glass pyramids underwater at the Bermuda Triangle. They're claiming they were discovered by an oceanographer but they I find no mention of this story in popular ...
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Has Noah's ark been discovered in Turkey?
I found this website claiming that noah's ark has been found. Is there any archaeological or historical evidence to support or deny this claim?
Related Question: Could a Great Flood have happened?
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