The Ancient Origins News Desk

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At Ancient Origins we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ou... more

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August 22, 2025 FLOW, When Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology | Ancient Origins
Long before psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi introduced the term flow in the 20th century, ancient philosophers and spiritual teachers across civilizations
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3min
August 21, 2025 How the Racist Study of Skulls Gripped Victorian Britain’s Scientists | Ancient Origins
Victorian scientists collected 1,500+ human skulls at British universities to support craniometry, a racist pseudoscience linking skull shape to intelligence
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8min
August 21, 2025 Victory Celebration Pits Reveal 6,300-Year-Old War Horrors | Ancient Origins
French archaeologists uncover 82 skeletons in Neolithic pits showing systematic torture and mutilation during prehistoric victory celebrations 6,300 years ago.
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8min
August 21, 2025 Denisovan DNA Gift Lives On In Modern Indigenous Americans | Ancient Origins
New research shows Denisovan DNA variant MUC19 provided survival advantages to Indigenous Americans and remains common in modern populations with Native
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6min
August 21, 2025 Circle of Lost Children: Hittite Infant Burials Reveal Ancient Rituals | Ancient Origins
Excavations at Uşaklı Höyük in Turkey reveal Hittite unpresedented infant burial rituals near a mysterious circular structure, potentially confirming the site
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6min
August 20, 2025 To Understand the History of European Culture, Start with the Minoans | Ancient Origins
The Minoan civilization of Bronze Age Crete was Europe's first complex society, featuring palaces, art, and writing that influenced ancient Greece and modern
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7min
August 20, 2025 Neanderthal Workshop Reveals Advanced Tool Maintenance 70,000 Years Ago | Ancient Origins
Polish archaeologists uncover 70,000-year-old Neanderthal workshop in Zwoleńka Valley, revealing sophisticated tool maintenance at a site affected by Ice Age
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6min
August 20, 2025 Sophisticated Water Pipeline Reveals 1,500-Year-Old Engineering Marvel | Ancient Origins
Archaeologists have uncovered a 1,500-year-old water pipeline system in Tajikistan, revealing ancient engineering marvels and sophisticated water management
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6min
August 19, 2025 For the Ancient Greeks, the Beach Could Be a Very Scary Place | Ancient Origins
Discover how ancient Greeks saw beaches as scary places of hardship, death, and divine encounters, unlike today's relaxing vacation settings.
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7min
August 19, 2025 1,500-Year-Old Imperial Stone Inscription of ‘Emperor’s Northern Tour’ | Ancient Origins
1,500-year-old "Stele of the Emperor's Northern Tour" discovered in Inner Mongolia, potentially links to Northern Wei Dynasty's 399 AD campaign against nomadic
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8min

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