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Screenshot of livescience.com: Fragment of oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey

Fragment of oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey (livescience.com)

85 points by gmays 29 days ago | 10 comments

Live Science news article on archaeologists finding a fragment of the world's oldest known peace treaty, from around 1269 B.C., at the Hittite capital Hattusha in Turkey.

archaeology hittites hattusha ancient-egypt

Screenshot of signoregalilei.com: The mystery animal on an ancient god's head

The mystery animal on an ancient god's head (signoregalilei.com)

145 points by surprisetalk 1 month ago | 37 comments

A Signore Galilei blog post exploring the identity of a mysterious animal depicted on an ancient god's head.

egyptology set-animal ancient-egypt mythology

#ancient-egypt on Hacker News

Fragment of oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey(livescience.com)

The mystery animal on an ancient god's head(signoregalilei.com)

Fragment of oldest known peace treaty found in Turkey (livescience.com)

The mystery animal on an ancient god's head (signoregalilei.com)