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The Ancient Origins News Desk — 131 episodes

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Medieval Wax Notebook and Silk Toilet Paper Found in Latrine | Ancient Origins

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Hundreds of 4,000-year-old Mass Graves Found Hidden in the Sahara Desert | Ancient Origins

3

CIA Document Reignites Hall of Records Beneath the Sphinx Theories | Ancient Origins

4

DNA Identification Solves 166 Year Mysteries of Doomed Franklin Expedition Sailors | Ancient Origins

5

Syria's 'Dead Cities' Show Advanced Roman-Byzantine Domestic Layouts | Ancient Origins

6

Neanderthals Used Prehistoric Rhinoceros Teeth as Heavy-Duty Tools | Ancient Origins

7

FBI Files Reveal Reports of 'Four-Foot Tall' Beings Emerging from UFOs | Ancient Origins

8

11,000-Year-Old Indigenous Settlement Uncovered in Canada Challenges Prehistoric Narratives | Ancient Origins

9

Study Argues Dante's Inferno Mapped a Planetary Impact 500 Years Before Science | Ancient Origins

10

6-Year-Old Boy Unearths 1,300-Year-Old Sword on School Trip | Ancient Origins

11

Maya Dog Trade: Isotopes Reveal Ancient Canine Exchange Networks | Ancient Origins

12

Hiker Finds Rare 6th-Century Gold Sword Scabbard Under a Tree in Norway | Ancient Origins

13

Ice Age Butcher’s Tools Reveal Ancient Human Creativity in Hard Times | Ancient Origins

14

Major Gold Hoard of Viking Elite Unearthed in Denmark | Ancient Origins

15

Medieval Jaw Reveals Scotland's First Known Dental Bridge Made from 20-Carat Gold | Ancient Origins

16

Genoese Ship Sunk by Francis Drake Identified in Cádiz Bay | Ancient Origins

17

Roman Mosaic Uncovered in Tokat After Illegal Digging Exposes Buried Site | Ancient Origins

18

Secret Tunnel Network Revealed Under Oxfordshire Village | Ancient Origins

19

How the Nile Helped this Ancient Kushite City Thrive | Ancient Origins

20

The Naupa Huaca Portal: Evidence of a Lost Ancient Connection? | Ancient Origins

21

Rare Roman Keepsake from Hadrian’s Wall Unearthed in Spain | Ancient Origins

22

Ancient Builders Mastered Complex Plaster Technique 8,000 Years Before Romans | Ancient Origins

23

Archaeologists Uncover 5,000-Year-Old Timber Platform Beneath Scottish Crannog | Ancient Origins

24

Hidden Greek and Roman City Revealed Beneath Alexandria’s Streets | Ancient Origins

25

Rare English "Lamb of God" Coins Meant to Ward Off Vikings Found in Denmark | Ancient Origins

26

Ancient Venus Revealed: Rare Roman Find Emerges Beneath Bodiam Castle | Ancient Origins

27

Rare Imperial Purple Cloth Discovered in Roman Infant Burials in York | Ancient Origins

28

Startling Revelations at El Castillo at Chichén Itzá: A Monumental Maya Calendar | Ancient Origins

29

Elaborately Crafted Gold Brooch Uncovered in Denmark | Ancient Origins

30

Viking Boat Grave Found Beneath Oslo Royal Manor Site | Ancient Origins

31

Genome Study Challenges Europe’s Origins Following the Roman Empire | Ancient Origins

32

Nineveh's Shamash Gate Reveals Ashurbanipal Stele and Two Disasters | Ancient Origins

33

Oldest Poem in English Discovered in Manuscript in Rome | Ancient Origins

34

Secrets of Hyperborea: An Ancient Arctic Civilization Discovered? | Ancient Origins

35

“Truly Exceptional”: Norway’s Largest Viking Hoard Found With 3,000 Silver Coins | Ancient Origins

36

Fate of a Pompeii Victim Digitally Reconstructed From Evidence | Ancient Origins

37

Scientists Solve 9,000-Year-Old Rock Paintings Mystery in Kenya | Ancient Origins

38

Ancient Mass Grave Reveals How a Pandemic Wiped Out a City 1,500 Years Ago | Ancient Origins

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Marble Statue of Athena Discovered at Ancient Laodicea | Ancient Origins

40

Greek City Became a Playground: Over 100 Game Boards Found in Ptolemais | Ancient Origins

41

2,000-Year-Old Roman Tool May Reveal How Legionary Armor Was Made | Ancient Origins

42

Study Rules Out Climate and Competition as Sole Causes of Neanderthal Extinction | Ancient Origins

43

2,200-Year-Old Roman Wreck Reveals Hidden Repair Trick | Ancient Origins

44

42 Lost Pages of the Letters of St Paul Discovered Hidden on Codex | Ancient Origins

45

Were the Moon-Eyed People of Cherokee Folklore Actually Albinos? | Ancient Origins

46

Huge Genetic Diversity Revealed in Indigenous Americans | Ancient Origins

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Rare 3,500-Year-Old Gold Jewelry Hoard Discovered at Ancient Kolona | Ancient Origins

48

Young Laborers Hit Hardest By 17th-Century Plague | Ancient Origins

49

神秘的埃及石板:是地球的还是外星的?|古代起源

50

World's Oldest Love Letter Decoded by AI Reveals 15th-Century Dowry Drama | Ancient Origins

51

Lost Neolithic Population Near Paris Was Mysteriously Replaced by Strangers | Ancient Origins

52

Excavations Reveal Millennia-Old Structure Linked to Astronomical Observation | Ancient Origins

53

93-Room Rock-Cut Complex Unveiled at Cappadocia's Meryem Ana Mountain | Ancient Origins

54

Ancient DNA Reveals Anglo-Saxon Siblings in Rare Double Burial | Ancient Origins

55

"Neanderthal-Human Hybrid" Skull Turns Out To Be Modern Human | Ancient Origins

56

Ancient Egyptian Mummies Yield New Secrets Under Advanced CT Scans | Ancient Origins

57

Canadian Tourist Killed in Tragic Shooting at Mexico's Teotihuacán Pyramids | Ancient Origins

58

Stajnia Cave DNA Reveals the Oldest Neanderthal Group in Central-Eastern Europe | Ancient Origins

59

1,500-Year-Old Knife Set Reveals Ancient Livestock Practices in Hadrianopolis | Ancient Origins

60

Archaeologists Reveal a Lost Civilization in the Georgia Highlands | Ancient Origins

61

Homeric Literature and Gold Covered Mummies Discovered in Egypt | Ancient Origins

62

The Divine Prodigy: Was the "Killer" Jesus of the Apocrypha the Real Version? | Ancient Origins

63

400-Year Mystery Solved: Shakespeare's 'Missing' London House Found | Ancient Origins

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Conneaut Giants: Examining Ohio's Lost Colossal Graveyard Legend | Ancient Origins

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Caste War Weapons Found Submerged in Yucatán Cenote | Ancient Origins

66

Herlaugshaugen Ship Burial Legend Disproven by Study | Ancient Origins

67

The Legendary King Gilgamesh Was REAL According to Cuneiform Tablet | Ancient Origins

68

Green-Boned Baby Clasps A Copper Ticket to The Afterlife | Ancient Origins

69

Why is the Haunted Village of Pluckley Full of Ghosts? | Ancient Origins

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2000-Year-Old Bronze Toy Provides Clues on How the Best Roman Chariots were Constructed to Win Races | Ancient Origins

71

In Hoc Signo Vinces: In This Sign You Will Win | Ancient Origins

72

Oldest Preserved Lamp Wicks Illuminate 4,000-Year-Old Burial Practices | Ancient Origins

73

Bronze Age Jewelry Hoard Found During Wind Farm Build in Germany | Ancient Origins

74

Roman Emperor Tiberius Depicted as Pharaoh on 2,000-Year-Old Karnak Stele | Ancient Origins

75

Long-Distance Trade Revealed at Medieval Danish Viking Center | Ancient Origins

76

Reincarnated from Petra? The Inexplicable Case of James Arthur Flowerdew | Ancient Origins

77

Lost Medieval Village Could Hold Secret to Long-Term Economic Prosperity | Ancient Origins

78

Are you ready for a One-Way trip to Mars? Apply now! | Ancient Origins

79

Concealed Mystery Object Detected on Egyptian Child Mummy's Chest | Ancient Origins

80

The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar (Video) | Ancient Origins

81

Historian Finds Hidden Helvetian Army Operating Inside the Roman Empire | Ancient Origins

82

Atlantis, the Maya & Tracing the Forgotten Connection in Guatemala’s Temples | Ancient Origins

83

Egyptian Authorities Push Back on Cleopatra Portrayal | Ancient Origins

84

India’s Golden Temple Feeds 100,000 People Every Day (Video) | Ancient Origins

85

Antongona and the Mystery of the Early Madagascans | Ancient Origins

86

Historic Indian sword was masterfully crafted | Ancient Origins

87

Depicting Man or Beast? Can You Solve the Riddle of the Great Sphinx of Giza? | Ancient Origins

88

Lost Seal of Edward the Confessor Found After 40 Years | Ancient Origins

89

Pirates of the Northern Seas and Scotland’s Oceanic Criminals | Ancient Origins

90

Did the Experts Get It Wrong? New Study Challenges Monte Verde Age | Ancient Origins

91

The Great Pyramid Algorithm: New Study Proposes Integrated Edge Ramps | Ancient Origins

92

7th Century Press is a Major Discovery for the History of Phoenician Wine | Ancient Origins

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Bronze mask of orgiastic wild god Pan unearthed in Israel | Ancient Origins

94

Discovery Shows Neanderthal and Homo sapiens Worked Together | Ancient Origins

95

Ingeniously Engineered ‘Watercourts’ Fueled Florida’s Calusa Kingdom | Ancient Origins

96

The Ghost of Columbus and the Impossible Geometry of the Piri Reis Map | Ancient Origins

97

Are The Rollright Stones Actually Ancient Energy Fields? (Video) | Ancient Origins

98

This Mountain Has Been Home to Monks for 12 Centuries (Video) | Ancient Origins

99

Evidence of New Human Species Discovered in a Cave in the Philippines | Ancient Origins

100

A Trove of New Denisovan Discoveries Revealed At A Recent Anthropological Conference | Ancient Origins

101

Broken Weapons in Chinese Tomb Reveal Enduring Philosophy of Peace | Ancient Origins

102

Stepping Back in Time: A Cinematic Journey Through Ancient Gerasa (Video) | Ancient Origins

103

Beyond the Raids: A Day in the Life of a Viking (Video) | Ancient Origins

104

The Quest for Harald Bluetooth's "Lost" Treasure: The Enigma of the Curmsun Disc | Ancient Origins

105

Ancient Chinese herbal remedy may be solution for chronic pain | Ancient Origins

106

How smart were the Neanderthals really? | Ancient Origins

107

3,300-Year-Old Ramses II Cartouche Uncovered at Ramesseum Pylon | Ancient Origins

108

Norfolk Wind Farm Dig Uncovers Roman Villa and 'Norfolk Nessie' | Ancient Origins

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Ancient Australian Song-lines and the Method of Loci | Ancient Origins

110

The Age-Old Bone-Rank Caste System of the Korean Kingdom of Silla | Ancient Origins

111

Roman Gladiators DID Fight Bears: First Fossil Evidence From Serbia | Ancient Origins

112

An Ancient Oracle Warned Invading Persia Would Backfire | Ancient Origins

113

Saint-Olav Part 3: The Missing Saint: The 500-Year Cold Case | Ancient Origins

114

Skeletons Reveal Ancient Korea's Sacrificial Caste Killed for Royalty | Ancient Origins

115

The Barsa-Kelmes Enigma: Investigating Central Asia’s Cursed “Island of No Return” | Ancient Origins

116

Sacred Water Temple Uncovered at Pelusium Rewrites Ancient History | Ancient Origins

117

Notre Dame de Paris: Survivor of 850 Years of Upheaval, Revolution, World Wars and Fire | Ancient Origins

118

Giant Jars, Ancient Bells, and Buried Bones: New Clues from Laos | Ancient Origins

119

Gold pieces retrieved from Thames River most likely part of elaborate Tudor era hat | Ancient Origins

120

Was it treasured Walrus Ivory that drove Vikings to sail thousands of kilometers to Greenland? | Ancient Origins

121

Double Baptistery and Mysterious Marble Block Uncovered at Byzantine Cathedral | Ancient Origins

122

Is the Skull of Shakespeare Missing from His Grave? | Ancient Origins

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The "Living Dead" and the Fear of Fenrir: Deviant Burials in Viking Age Scandinavia | Ancient Origins

124

Ancient Mass Grave Filled With Up To 89 Children Found in Israel | Ancient Origins

125

The Dyatlov Pass Incident: New Forensic Perspectives on the Ural Mountains’ Greatest Mystery | Ancient Origins

126

The Texts That Rocked the Foundations of Christianity (Video) | Ancient Origins

127

Norse Settlers Wiped Out Icelandic Walrus 1100 Years Ago | Ancient Origins

128

Legendary Lost Medieval City of Magas Discovered in Chechnya | Ancient Origins

129

Would You Try This Ancient Liquor Found Inside 2,200-Year-Old Chinese Vessel? | Ancient Origins

130

Ancient Pictish Hillfort Unearthed In Scotland Helps Kill Dogma | Ancient Origins

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The Khresis Mosaic: A Glimpse into the Legendary Wealth of Troy | Ancient Origins