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Ancient chief buried ‘enough weapons for a small army.’ Archaeologists just found them
An ancient chieftain gathered the community and gave them instructions: bury dozens and dozens of weapons as a sacrificial offering. The community complied. Over 1,500 years later, archaeologists ...
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Discovery in South Africa holds oldest evidence of mixing ingredients to make arrow poison
This study also highlights the potential contribution of archaeobotany (the study of ancient plant remains ... derived from plants and animals to make their weapons more effective. In southern Africa, ...