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Ancient paw prints and a finger-drawing of a chicken are found in a 1,500-year-old house

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Even more than a millennia ago, people have been crazy about their pets: Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered paw prints belonging to a dog embedded in the floor of a house dating some 1,500 years ago. The pooch likely stepped on a terra cotta tile that was drying before being fired in a kiln and … Read more

Ancient Germanic lord unearthed in a 1,500-year-old tomb with a circle of six women around cauldron

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The complex grave of a Germanic lord or prince who lived 1,500 years ago during the Great Migration has been unearthed in Saxony-Anhalt, near Brücken-Hackpfüffel. Experts say the site is the country’s most important archaeological find for 40 years and have kept the exact location of the dig a secret to stave off thieves. Excavations got … Read more