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Uncovering 12,000 Years Of Lost History From The Air, The Desert Reveals Mysterious Structures That Have Stumped Archaeologists For DecadesSafawi Kite 104, a giant hunting trap structure, found in the Basalt Desert of north-eastern Jordan.

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Uncovering 12,000 Years Of Lost History From The Air, The Desert Reveals Mysterious Structures That Have Stumped Archaeologists For DecadesSafawi Kite 104, a giant hunting trap structure, found in the Basalt Desert of north-eastern Jordan.
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Uncovering 12,000 Years Of Lost History From The Air, The Desert Reveals Mysterious Structures That Have Stumped Archaeologists For Decades

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The Origin Of Euphrates River Revealed: Over 1.6 Million Years Ago, Two Rivers And Tectonic Forces Came Togetherartist impression of anatolia rivers

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The Origin Of Euphrates River Revealed: Over 1.6 Million Years Ago, Two Rivers And Tectonic Forces Came Togetherartist impression of anatolia rivers
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The Origin Of Euphrates River Revealed: Over 1.6 Million Years Ago, Two Rivers And Tectonic Forces Came Together

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This Is Why There's So Much Oil In The Middle EastAn industrial facility in Iran against the backdrop of mountains

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This Is Why There's So Much Oil In The Middle EastAn industrial facility in Iran against the backdrop of mountains
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This Is Why There's So Much Oil In The Middle East

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Why Are Most Houses Rectangular – And When Did That Become The Norm?Mohenjo-daro, located in modern-day Pakistan, was built in 2,500 BCE and was one of the world's earliest major cities.

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Why Are Most Houses Rectangular – And When Did That Become The Norm?Mohenjo-daro, located in modern-day Pakistan, was built in 2,500 BCE and was one of the world's earliest major cities.
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Why Are Most Houses Rectangular – And When Did That Become The Norm?

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Was Jesus Real?statue of Jesus in a cathedral

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Was Jesus Real?statue of Jesus in a cathedral
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Was Jesus Real?

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What Was The Ancient "Wheel Of Ghosts" – AKA "Stonehenge Of The East"?aerial view of Rujm el-Hiri

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What Was The Ancient "Wheel Of Ghosts" – AKA "Stonehenge Of The East"?aerial view of Rujm el-Hiri
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What Was The Ancient "Wheel Of Ghosts" – AKA "Stonehenge Of The East"?

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Origin Of Written Language Revealed In 5,500-Year-Old Mesopotamian ArtifactsExample of a cylinder seal (left) and its design imprinted onto clay (right)

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Origin Of Written Language Revealed In 5,500-Year-Old Mesopotamian ArtifactsExample of a cylinder seal (left) and its design imprinted onto clay (right)
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Origin Of Written Language Revealed In 5,500-Year-Old Mesopotamian Artifacts

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Relics Of History's First Known Goddess Emerge In Assyrian City Razed By ISISAncient Babylonia and Assyria bas relief from king Ashurnasirpal Nimrud Palace of a big cat eating an antelope.

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Relics Of History's First Known Goddess Emerge In Assyrian City Razed By ISISAncient Babylonia and Assyria bas relief from king Ashurnasirpal Nimrud Palace of a big cat eating an antelope.
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Relics Of History's First Known Goddess Emerge In Assyrian City Razed By ISIS

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What's The Oldest Surviving City In The World?Mar Saba Monastery in Jericho in a sandy cliff.

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What's The Oldest Surviving City In The World?Mar Saba Monastery in Jericho in a sandy cliff.
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What's The Oldest Surviving City In The World?

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The Walls Of Jericho May Be A Biblical – And Deeply Fascinating – LieAncient rocky Walls Of Jericho from bible in Palestine Israel.

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The Walls Of Jericho May Be A Biblical – And Deeply Fascinating – LieAncient rocky Walls Of Jericho from bible in Palestine Israel.
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The Walls Of Jericho May Be A Biblical – And Deeply Fascinating – Lie

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Oopsie! Ancient Super-Rare Relic Turns Out To Be Accidental FakePottery fragment, fifth century BCE; bearing inscription, 2022 CE

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Oopsie! Ancient Super-Rare Relic Turns Out To Be Accidental FakePottery fragment, fifth century BCE; bearing inscription, 2022 CE
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Oopsie! Ancient Super-Rare Relic Turns Out To Be Accidental Fake

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Forensics Reveals Long-Lost Face Of The Shell-Eyed "Jericho Skull"Micro-CT scans of the Jericho skull

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Forensics Reveals Long-Lost Face Of The Shell-Eyed "Jericho Skull"Micro-CT scans of the Jericho skull
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Forensics Reveals Long-Lost Face Of The Shell-Eyed "Jericho Skull"

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Where Is The Garden Of Eden? And Where Would It Be Located Today?An illustration of Adam and Eve with the serpent and other animals in the garden of Eden, engraved by Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1642.

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Where Is The Garden Of Eden? And Where Would It Be Located Today?An illustration of Adam and Eve with the serpent and other animals in the garden of Eden, engraved by Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1642.
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Where Is The Garden Of Eden? And Where Would It Be Located Today?

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Carved Stone Could Be The Oldest Chess Piece Ever Discoveredarticle image

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Carved Stone Could Be The Oldest Chess Piece Ever Discoveredarticle image
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Carved Stone Could Be The Oldest Chess Piece Ever Discovered

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Scientists To Grow Rice In The Middle Of The Desert Using Seawaterarticle image

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Scientists To Grow Rice In The Middle Of The Desert Using Seawaterarticle image
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Scientists To Grow Rice In The Middle Of The Desert Using Seawater

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