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  2. Dolmen of Menga - Wikipedia

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    When the grave was opened and examined in the 19th century, archaeologists found the skeletons of several hundred people inside. The dolmen sits 70 metres (230 ft) from the Dolmen de Viera [ 3 ] and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from another subterranean structure known as Tholos de El Romeral .

  3. History of archaeology - Wikipedia

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    In the third and fourth decade of the 19th century, archaeologists like Jacques Boucher de Perthes and Christian Jürgensen Thomsen began to put the artifacts they had found in chronological order. Another important development was the idea of deep time. Before this, people had the notion that the earth was quite young.

  4. Discovery of human antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The discovery of human antiquity was a major achievement of science in the middle of the 19th century, and the foundation of scientific paleoanthropology.The antiquity of man, human antiquity, or in simpler language the age of the human race, are names given to the series of scientific debates it involved, which with modifications continue in the 21st century.

  5. Archaeologists Found Someone They Never Expected in an ...

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    The Sogdian people lived in what is now modern-day Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and were active along Silk Road trading routes. Xinhua News Agency - Getty Images The murals coat the entire tomb, save ...

  6. Ancient chocolate factory — built in 600-year-old building ...

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    A large medieval house was built 600 years ago in Barcelona, Spain. By the 19th century, it was a chocolate factory. Now, archaeologists are exploring the remains of the ancient building ...

  7. Heinrich Schliemann - Wikipedia

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    Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (German: [ˈʃliːman]; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist.He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns.

  8. Ancient family’s tomb uncovered after 1,800 years in China ...

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    Underneath, archaeologists found three tombs from the Han dynasty, a period that, according to Britannica, lasted from 206 B.C. to 220 A.D. A view looking into the 1,800-year-old tomb known as M2 ...

  9. Category:19th-century archaeological discoveries - Wikipedia

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    19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; 24th; Subcategories. ... Pages in category "19th-century archaeological discoveries" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of ...