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The 1,500-year-old Pumapunku temple in western Bolivia is considered a crowning achievement of Andean architecture,…
Oct 24 2018
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Archaeologists have discovered two previously unknown forms of spearpoint technology at a site in Texas. The…
Aug 31 2017
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Over a hundred thousand years ago, Neanderthals used tar to bind objects together, yet scientists have struggled to…
Jun 10 2016
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Discovered in an ancient shipwreck near Crete in 1901, the freakishly advanced Antikythera Mechanism has been called…
Nov 27 2014
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As if the freakishly advanced Antikythera Mechanism wasn't astounding enough, a new analysis suggests the…
Dec 13 2010
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In this io9 flashback, we revisit a post about how X-rays and advanced photography uncovered the true complexity of…
Dec 11 2010
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Stonehenge. How the heck was it built? The latest theory, from a student, says since the Stone Age men didn't have…
Jun 3 2010
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Sometimes archaeologists find artifacts so mind-blowing they seem like evidence of lost civilizations or alien…
Jan 8 2010
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X-rays and advanced photography have uncovered the true complexity of the mysterious Antikythera mechanism, a…