Ancient World

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An alien-like squid with "elbows" is caught on video, unknown "structures" are detected tugging at our universe, and more--2008's most read stories by National Geographic News.

December 15, 2008
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Large air spaces inside of dinosaur skulls led to lighter body weights, which may have enabled their descendants to take to the skies.

December 12, 2008
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The Peruvian government is suing Yale University over artifacts removed from Machu Picchu nearly a century ago.

December 12, 2008
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Recently found ceremonial relics add to what we know about Arawakan Indian populations that Christopher Columbus encountered during his first voyage to the New World.

December 9, 2008
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The Huapalcalco pyramid in central Mexico may be the work of a previously unknown culture of ancient people, the Huajomulco, archaeologists say.

December 8, 2008
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Some pre-Hispanic cultures in South America built elaborate celebration sites at their cemeteries, complete with feasting and drinking grounds, according to a new archaeological study.

December 05, 2008
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The ancient winged reptile is the first of its kind found outside of China, according to a researcher who named the species based on a partial skull fossil from Brazil.

December 05, 2008
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The prehistoric Otzi apparently dressed his own wounds with species of moss from different environments, allowing scientists to track his last days, a new study found.

December 4, 2008
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Stone tools found in Ethiopia, likely crafted by the earliest Homo sapiens, have been dated to at least 276,000 years ago—80,000 years before our earliest relatives were thought to roam Africa.

December 3, 2008
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Archaeologists in Peru have discovered an Inca mummy and artifacts, including gold jewelry, near the ancient mountain citadel of Machu Picchu.

December 01, 2008
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Prehistoric turtle fossils discovered in China without fully formed shells may be the missing link that shows how the modern-day reptiles got their distinctive hard backs, experts say.

November 26, 2008
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Archaeologists are touting a "jewel" of the Roman Empire: the city of Viminacium in modern-day Serbia.

November 25, 2008
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An Egyptian mummy preserved with a pained facial expression could be Prince Pentewere, suspected of plotting the murder of his father, according to a new analysis.

November 21, 2008
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The remains of a gate in an ancient fortress have pinpointed the location of a biblical city, Sha'arayim, which one expert says may have been part of King David's Kingdom of Israel.

November 21, 2008
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An vast Iron Age settlement hidden for centuries under lush forests has been reconstructed using computer analysis.

November 21, 2008

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