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"Ancient 'Christ, born of Mary' inscription unearthed in northern Israel". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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"Archaeologists discover rare stones in a 'disappearing' tomb in Scotland". The Jerusalem Post. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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"Unfinished Roman-era statue found in old Macedonian capital Veria". The Jerusalem Post. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

koreatimes.co.kr

"More human sacrifice evidence unearthed at Gyeongju palace site". The Korea Times. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

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"Roman baths emerge from sand dunes of southern Spain". La Prensa Latina. 17 May 2021.

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Whitelam, Paul (30 April 2021). "Second World War 'tank' found buried beneath Lincolnshire field after 74 years". Lincolnshire Live. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

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"Cuneiform inscription from last king of Babylon discovered in Saudi Arabia". Live Science. 26 July 2021.
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"European beads found in Alaska predate Columbus, controversial study claims". Live Science. 11 February 2021.

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"Historic shipwreck uncovered near Rīga". ENG.LSM.lv. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

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"Reste einer Pfahlbausiedlung beweisen: Luzern ist 2000 Jahre älter als bisher angenommen". newsletter.lu.ch (in German). 22 April 2021.

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"Magnificent 2,000-year-old basilica revealed in Ashkelon". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 31 May 2021.

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"Muere Beatriz Barba Ahuatzin, la primera arqueóloga de México". milenio.com (in Mexican Spanish). Milenio Digital. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

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Maltceva, Margarita (16 February 2021). "Mysterious and bizarre: scientists discovered ancient rock art that dates back to several hundred years ago". National Post. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

nationaltrust.org.uk

"National Trust archaeologists surprised by likely age of Cerne Abbas Giant". National Trust. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

natureworldnews.com

"Hidden Treasure! Medieval Gold and Silver Coins Worth Sports Car Discovered on a Farm". Nature World News. 15 January 2021.
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Metcalfe, Tom (25 January 2021). "'Lost' Indigenous fort built to repel Russia rediscovered in Alaska". NBC News. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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Charles, Krista (22 July 2021). "Ancient Roman road discovered at the bottom of the Venice lagoon". New Scientist. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-92939-w. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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"Bronze age sandal lost 2,000 years ago in a bog unearthed by archeologists" (in German). Lower Saxony. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

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Scerri, Eleanor M. L.; Frouin, Marine; Breeze, Paul S.; Armitage, Simon J.; Candy, Ian; Groucutt, Huw S.; Drake, Nick; Parton, Ash; White, Tom S.; Alsharekh, Abdullah M.; Petraglia, Michael D. (12 May 2021). "The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 10111. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1110111S. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-89489-6. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8115331. PMID 33980918.
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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Scerri, Eleanor M. L.; Frouin, Marine; Breeze, Paul S.; Armitage, Simon J.; Candy, Ian; Groucutt, Huw S.; Drake, Nick; Parton, Ash; White, Tom S.; Alsharekh, Abdullah M.; Petraglia, Michael D. (12 May 2021). "The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 10111. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1110111S. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-89489-6. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8115331. PMID 33980918.
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nytimes.com

Cramer, Maria (11 September 2021). "Unearthed at a British Golf Course: A Log Coffin From the Bronze Age". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
"Iraq Reclaims 17,000 Looted Artifacts, Its Biggest-Ever Repatriation". The New York Times. 3 August 2021.

pap.pl

scienceinpoland.pap.pl

"Newly discovered church in Dongola could have been a cathedral, say archaeologists". Science in Poland. 31 May 2021.

phys.org

"Prehistoric bone etchings believed to be among oldest evidence of human use of symbols". phys.org. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

pompeiisites.org

"Pompeii – The tomb of Marcus Venerius Secundio discovered at Porta Sarno with mummified human remains". pompeiisites.org. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

primetimezone.com

"The Discovery of Tools For Religious Rituals in the Temple Of "Tel Al-Fara'in" In Kafr El-Sheikh » Gulf News » Prime Time Zone". Retrieved 24 September 2021.

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"Marsala, scavi per le fognature svelano una eccezionale scoperta archeologica". la Repubblica. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

reuters.com

"Archaeologist discovers 6,000 year-old island settlement off Croatian coast". Reuters. 24 June 2021.
"Egypt finds ancient military vessel, Greek graves in sunken city". Reuters. 19 July 2021.
"U.S. returns 280 pre-Hispanic archaeological pieces to Mexico". Reuters. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

sci-news.com

"Iron Age Settlement and Roman Villa Unearthed in England | Archaeology | Sci-News.com". Sci-News.com. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

science.org

Bennett, Matthew R.; Bustos, David; Pigati, Jeffrey S.; Springer, Kathleen B.; Urban, Thomas M.; Holliday, Vance T.; Reynolds, Sally C.; Budka, Marcin; Honke, Jeffrey S.; Hudson, Adam M.; Fenerty, Brendan; Connelly, Clare; Martinez, Patrick J.; Santucci, Vincent L.; Odess, Daniel (24 September 2021). "'Evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum': Oldest known human footprints in North America discovered at White Sands". Science. 373 (6562): 1528–1531. Bibcode:2021Sci...373.1528B. doi:10.1126/science.abg7586. PMID 34554787. S2CID 237616125. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
Pigati, Jeffrey S.; Springer, Kathleen B.; Honke, Jeffrey S.; Wahl, David; Champagne, Marie R.; Zimmerman, Susan R. H.; Gray, Harrison J.; Santucci, Vincent L.; Odess, Daniel; Bustos, David; Bennett, Matthew R. (5 October 2023). "Independent age estimates resolve the controversy of ancient human footprints at White Sands". Science. 382 (6666): 73–75. Bibcode:2023Sci...382...73P. doi:10.1126/science.adh5007. PMID 37797035. S2CID 263672291.

sciencedirect.com

Prévost, Marion; Groman-Yaroslavski, Iris; Crater Gershtein, Kathryn M.; Tejero, José-Miguel; Zaidner, Yossi (20 January 2021). "Early evidence for symbolic behavior in the Levantine Middle Paleolithic: A 120 ka old engraved aurochs bone shaft from the open-air site of Nesher Ramla, Israel". Quaternary International. 624: 80–93. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2021.01.002. ISSN 1040-6182. S2CID 234236699. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

sciencenews.org

"Scientists found modern domestic horses' homeland in southwestern Russia". Science News. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

scotsman.com

"Two mysterious stone balls found buried in 5,500-year-old 'disappearing' tomb in Orkney". The Scotsman. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

see.news

"Hawass Announces Discovery of 'Lost Golden City' in Luxor". Sada El Balad News. 8 April 2021.

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Prévost, Marion; Groman-Yaroslavski, Iris; Crater Gershtein, Kathryn M.; Tejero, José-Miguel; Zaidner, Yossi (20 January 2021). "Early evidence for symbolic behavior in the Levantine Middle Paleolithic: A 120 ka old engraved aurochs bone shaft from the open-air site of Nesher Ramla, Israel". Quaternary International. 624: 80–93. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2021.01.002. ISSN 1040-6182. S2CID 234236699. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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Kunz, Michael L.; Mills, Robin O. (2021). "A Precolumbian Presence of Venetian Glass Trade Beads in Arctic Alaska". American Antiquity. 86 (2). Cambridge University Press: 395–412. doi:10.1017/aaq.2020.100. S2CID 233337921.
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"Mummies on the move: Egypt holds grand parade to transfer antiquities to new museum". Sky News. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

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Gershon, Livia. "Archaeologists in Turkey Unearth 2,500-Year-Old Temple of Aphrodite". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
Gershon, Livia. "A Tombstone Inscribed in Ancient Greek Is Found in Southern Israel". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
Davis-Marks, Isis. "Inscription Offers Earliest Evidence of Christianity in Israel's Jezreel Valley". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
Davis-Marks, Isis. "Irish Farmer Stumbles Onto 'Untouched' Ancient Tomb". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
Gershon, Livia. "Polished, 5,500-Year-Old Stone Balls Found in Neolithic Scottish Tomb". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

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Lockley, Mike; Kreft, Helen (31 October 2021). "Disturbing update on ancient skull found in Burton". StaffordshireLive. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

tehrantimes.com

"Ancient gypsum furniture discovered in fire temple central Iran". Tehran Times. 1 June 2021.

telegraph.co.uk

Squires, Nick. "Archaeologists to excavate ancient beach at Herculaneum, Roman town destroyed by Vesuvius eruption". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
Squires, Nick (21 January 2021). "Marine archeologists discover ancient shipwrecks off island in the Aegean". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

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Ferguson, Donna (30 January 2021). "'Find of the century': medieval hoard of treasures unearthed in Cambridge". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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"World's oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia". The Hindu. Chennai. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

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"Saudi Arabia discovers a 350,000-year-old archaeological site in Hail". The National. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

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"2,000-year-old oil lamp shaped like a grotesque face found in City of David". The Times of Israel. 5 May 2021.

washingtonpost.com

"A 3,000-year-old 'lost golden city' has been unearthed in Egypt". The Washington Post. 8 April 2021.

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Prévost, Marion; Groman-Yaroslavski, Iris; Crater Gershtein, Kathryn M.; Tejero, José-Miguel; Zaidner, Yossi (20 January 2021). "Early evidence for symbolic behavior in the Levantine Middle Paleolithic: A 120 ka old engraved aurochs bone shaft from the open-air site of Nesher Ramla, Israel". Quaternary International. 624: 80–93. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2021.01.002. ISSN 1040-6182. S2CID 234236699. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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Alberge, Dalya (14 February 2021). "'Astonishing' dig reveals domestic life in the iron age". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
Scerri, Eleanor M. L.; Frouin, Marine; Breeze, Paul S.; Armitage, Simon J.; Candy, Ian; Groucutt, Huw S.; Drake, Nick; Parton, Ash; White, Tom S.; Alsharekh, Abdullah M.; Petraglia, Michael D. (12 May 2021). "The expansion of Acheulean hominins into the Nefud Desert of Arabia". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 10111. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1110111S. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-89489-6. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8115331. PMID 33980918.
Cramer, Maria (11 September 2021). "Unearthed at a British Golf Course: A Log Coffin From the Bronze Age". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
Hallett, Emily Y.; Marean, Curtis W.; Steele, Teresa E.; Álvarez-Fernández, Esteban; Jacobs, Zenobia; Cerasoni, Jacopo Niccolò; Aldeias, Vera; Scerri, Eleanor M. L.; Olszewski, Deborah I.; Hajraoui, Mohamed Abdeljalil El; Dibble, Harold L. (24 September 2021). "A worked bone assemblage from 120,000–90,000 year old deposits at Contrebandiers Cave, Atlantic Coast, Morocco". iScience. 24 (9): 102988. Bibcode:2021iSci...24j2988H. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2021.102988. ISSN 2589-0042. PMC 8478944. PMID 34622180.
Pablo Librado; et al. (October 2021). "The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes". Nature. 598 (7882): 634–640. Bibcode:2021Natur.598..634L. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04018-9. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 8550961. PMID 34671162.

x.com

@MOCHeritage (13 July 2021). "Archaeologists from the Saudi #HeritageCommission have discovered fascinating rock inscriptions in the Hail region (northern Saudi Arabia) that depict the Babylonian King Nabonidus" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

xinhuanet.com

"Egypt discovers 250 tombs of Old Kingdom, Ptolemaic dynasty in Sohag". Xinhua News Agency. 11 May 2021.