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Oldest ever evidence of HONEY is discovered in 3,500-year-old pottery shards

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People living in West Africa 3,500 years ago were hunting wild bee hives for their honey and storing it in pots, scientists have discovered.  Beeswax residue was found intact on recently excavated shards of pottery from the Nok people of Nigeria — the oldest evidence of honey hunting ever found.   Pottery fragments reveal beeswax was … Read more

Egypt’s 3,500-year-old ‘lost golden city’ founded by Tutankhamun’s grandfather is discovered

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Archaeologists announced the discovery of a 3,500-year-old ‘lost golden city’ that was built by King Tutankhamun’s grandfather and may be the most significant find since the boy-pharaoh’s lavish tomb was unearthed nearly a century ago. The ancient pharaonic city, known as Aten, was constructed by King Amenhotep III, who ruled around 1390 BC, and was … Read more