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Artifacts Recovered in The Netherlands

Digs & Discoveries May/June 2012

Until now, the use of ocher—as a red pigment in rock paintings, an ingredient in glue, and for tanning hides, among other things—was thought to be a hallmark of modern human behavior.

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How a trailblazing ruler pulled her realm back from the brink

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Beaded bracelets

© Araldo De Luca

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Is a Native American origin story embedded in Ohio’s colossal earthwork?

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Serpent Mound

Timothy E. Black

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Greek and Roman soldiers fired pointed barbs at their enemies

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Lead sling bullet inscribed with the Greek inscription MATHOU

Courtesy Michael Eisenberg