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AI Simulations Reconstruct Likely Rules of Roman-Era Board Game

Simulated play that reproduces the slab’s uneven wear points to a four‑versus‑two blocking mechanic, a result the authors frame as tentative.

Study Finds Early Paleo-Inuit Sailed 50-Plus Kilometers to Remote High Arctic Islands

Researchers Turn Ancient Egyptian Mummification Chemistry Into Museum-Ready Scents

USC CT Scans Detail Ailments of Two Egyptian Priests and Produce 3D Models for L.A. Exhibit

Oldest Known Handheld Wooden Tools, 430,000 Years Old, Unearthed in Greece

Oldest Handheld Wooden Tools Found at 430,000-Year-Old Site in Greece

Earliest Hafted Tools in East Asia Confirmed at China’s Xigou Site

New Study Points to Human Transport of Stonehenge’s Bluestones, Not Glaciers

Indonesian Hand Stencil Dated to 67,800 Years Emerges as Oldest Known Rock Art

67,800-Year-Old Hand Stencil in Indonesian Cave Sets New Oldest Rock Art Record

Hawass Says Search Nears Nefertiti’s Tomb in Valley of the Kings

Hand Stencil in Indonesian Cave Is Oldest Known Rock Art at 67,800 Years

Oldest Elephant-Bone Tool in Europe Identified at Boxgrove

First Afar Paranthropus Fossil Pushes Genus’ Range 1,000 Kilometers North

First Confirmed Justinian Plague Mass Grave at Jerash Shows Rapid Single Burial Event

Saudi Cave Cheetah Mummies Reveal Two Lineages, Informing Reintroduction Plans

Oldest, Most Complete Homo Habilis Skeleton Described From Kenya

Largest Known Medieval Cog Found Near Copenhagen With Rigging and 'High Castles' Intact

Iron Age Italian Teeth Map Childhood Stress and Fermented Diets in New PLOS One Study

Brazil’s Sambaqui Sites Push Organized Whaling Back 5,000 Years