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2.0 million members. r/AskHistorians is a subreddit on Reddit where users may ask questions about history. [1] It is one of the internet's largest history forums. [2] [3] [4] The subreddit was founded in 2011 and has remained active ever since, with over 2 million subscribers as of February 23, 2024. Unlike other Reddit communities, it aims to ...
African archaeology. Olduvai Gorge, where some of the earliest hominins are believed to have evolved. Africa has the longest record of human habitation in the world. The first hominins emerged 6–7 million years ago, and among the earliest anatomically modern human skulls found so far were discovered at Omo Kibish, [1] Jebel Irhoud, and Florisbad.
Anagnostis Agelarakis (born 1956) Greek; archaeological and physical anthropology. Yohanan Aharoni (1919–1976) Israeli; Israel Bronze Age. Julius Ailio (1872–1933) Finnish; Karelian Isthmus. Edward R. Ayrton (1882–1914) English Egyptologist and archaeologist. Ekrem Akurgal (1911–2002) Turkish; Anatolia.
Giant skeletons reported in the United States until the early twentieth century were a combination of hoaxes, scams, fabrications, and the misidentifications of extinct megafauna. Many were reported to have been found in Native American burial mounds. Examples from 7 ft (2.1 m) to 20 ft (6.1 m) tall were reported in many parts of the United States.
21 – The partially mummified 6000-year-old remains of a child, probably a girl aged between 6 and 12 along with 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scrolls is found in Cave of Horror in Israel. [50] [51] 22 – A 3,000-year-old gold mask along with 500 cultural relics is unearthed at Sanxingdui, China. [52] April.
This is a list of cultural heritage sites that have been damaged or destroyed accidentally, deliberately, or by a natural disaster, sorted by continent, then by country. Cultural heritage can be subdivided into two main types—tangible and intangible heritage. The former includes built heritage such as religious buildings, museums, monuments ...
It is 'essentially a "news" magazine' which looks for new discoveries when they occur, and reports on recent excavations. The producers work in collaboration with the British Museum, the British Academy, and many universities, both in the UK and across the world. It is recommended by the Council for British Archaeology.
It’s known as the Lauri Archaeological Site, and it was once home to the Chancay people, according to a May 3 news release from the Peru Ministry of Culture. Between the Chancay and Huaura ...