To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

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The structure is believed to have been a guard tower, a grave marker or even possibly an ancient monument. “It is an enthralling historical mystery,” the directors said in the release.

also brutalized historic sites scattered across a land central to many ancient Middle Eastern civilizations. The historic souks, caravansaries and mosques of Aleppo are largely in ruins.

The researchers claim to have discovered eight vertical cylinder-shaped structures, referred to as shafts, extending approximately 2,100 feet deep beneath the pyramids. View of the ancient crypt ...