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At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exists countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained.
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We’re the only Pop Archaeology site combining scientific research with out-of-the-box perspectives.
Archaeology news: 2,000-year-old biblical texts were found in a cave (Image: GETTY)
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Randall Price, an archaeologist who explored four caves in the Dead Sea between 2017 and 2019, welcomed the Nahal Hever discoveries but highlighted the importance of safeguarding the region s historical and cultural heritage.
According to the professor of Biblical and Judaic Studies at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, archaeologists in the West Bank are in a race against time.
He said: Beside the historical and religious value such finds have for the academic community, this announcement comes as a continuing reminder of the treasures that remain in hiding in the many caves of the Dead Sea region and the urgent need for archaeologists to recover these materials before they are lost forever to local looters.
When Waal grew up, he became a Lakam - a standard bearer who was an ambassador to a Mayan community - and helped to negotiate an alliance between two major Mayan dynasties in 726 CE - although this alliance later failed.
But it was not all smooth sailing throughout Waal s life, despite what the message on his tomb claims.
Excavations of El Palmer, a small plaza in Mexico, revealed hieroglyph-adorned stairs leading to Waal s tomb which talk about his crowning achievements only, such as the alliance Waal created between the king of Copán, 350 miles away in Honduras, and the king of Calakmul, near El Palmar.
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The story of Stonehenge took a dramatic turn last month after researchers uncovered the remains of the Waun Mawn site at Pembrokeshire s Preseli Hills, southwest Wales. Its discovery quickly proved to be one of Britain s biggest and oldest stone circles, and could be the original building blocks of Stonehenge. Experts believe the stones might have been taken apart and rebuilt 150 miles away, on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, where it stands today.