paleoarchaeology
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Pet Monkeys Brought to Ancient Egypt Were Buried With Sea Shells and Other Trinkets
Monkeys recovered from an ancient Egyptian pet cemetery have been traced back to India. The compassionate burials, in which the monkeys were laid down in the fetal position and surrounded with grave goods, suggests the primates were kept as pets, in what is a unique archaeological discovery.
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Ancient Skeleton Uncovered At The Antikythera Shipwreck
Marine archaeologists have found the partial remains of a 2000-year-old skeleton while conducting an excavation at the Antikythera shipwreck, the famous site that yielded the freakishly-advanced Antikythera Mechanism. Incredibly, the ancient remains could still contain traces of DNA.
