Roman Officers Kept Pet Monkeys, Who Also Had Pets! | Ancient Origins
Three dozen monkey burials at Egypt's Berenike port reveal Roman officers kept Indian macaques as pets, and those monkeys had their own companion animals!
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Sacrificed humans found in ancient Chinese tombs from the Qijia Culture | Ancient Origins
Archaeologists from Northwest University, China, investigating the ancient Qijia culture have discovered evidence of
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Square-Shaped Skulls Discovered in Northern Mexico | Ancient Origins
Mexican archaeologists discover unique square-shaped skulls in Tamaulipas, revealing unprecedented 1,500-year-old cranial modification technique that challenges understanding of Mesoamerican cultures.
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Ancient Monkey Soldiers? Romans Buried Barbary Ape with Military Offerings | Ancient Origins
Remains of a 5th century Barbary ape buried with military insignia in Spain raises an interesting question: were Barbary apes used as military monkeys in the Roman Empire?
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10,000-Year-Old Spirit Cave Mummy Revealed as Belonging to an Early Caravan of Immigrants to the Americas | Ancient Origins
A new twist in the mapping of early human migrations into North and South America has occurred after DNA samples from the 10,000-year-old “Spirit Cave mummy,” unearthed in a cave in Nevada, revealed it’s the ancestor of a Native American tribe.
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