Here are the 12 biggest ancient finds from the past 12 months. 9News
A team of archaeologists discovered an ancient neolithic site, believed to be 9000 years old, in Jordan's remote eastern desert, in February.
The proximity of the site suggests the inhabitants were specialised hunters and the traps were "the centre of their cultural, economic and even symbolic life in this marginal zone," the statement said.University of Aberdeen The Picts, believed to be named after the Latin term "picti" or painted, were a fierce group of warriors who inhabited the region of Britain now known as Scotland around 1500 years ago.
it is believed to be the bust of Sextus Pompey, a Roman military leader. His father, Pompey the Great, was once an ally and then an enemy of Julius Caesar. A sprawling 3400-year-old city emerged in Iraq after a reservoir's water level swiftly dropped due to extreme drought in June. The roughly 37,000-year-old remains of a female mammoth and her calf show distinct signs of butchering, providing new evidence that humans may have arrived in North America much earlier than believed.
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