From the tombs of ancient Egyptian kings and hunter-gatherer caves in South Africa, to the bottom of the Dead Sea, 2018 was a year of oldest finds yet. New technologies have allowed archaeologists to explore several-thousand-year-old food particles, dive deep under water to collect samples for carbon dating, and analyze the human genome for traces of the bacterium that killed millions. And, from studying patterns drawn on rock fragments and food behaviors, experts now have a better understanding of how our ancestors lived.
Here are five of 2018’s top archaeology finds.
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