Archaeological evidence from sites over 20,000 years old shows that hunter-gatherers harvested and processed wild barley.

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The archaeological site at Hisarlik consists of multiple Bronze Age and classical cities constructed directly on top of earlier settlements

Heinrich Schliemann first excavated the archaeological site of Troy at Hisarlik in the 19th century

The archaeological site at Hisarlik in southeastern Turkey near Çanakkale is the historic city of Troy

The coastline near Hisarlik shifted over centuries, leaving the historic site of Troy inland from direct coastal access

Archaeological excavations of Paracas skulls in Peru revealed ancient human remains exhibiting intentional cranial elongation

The majority of elongated skulls in recorded history are from Washington state and Oregon

An artifact known as the Kuntila Daj Rud inscription dates to approximately 800 BCE

Chemical analysis of residue on incense altars from the Arad temple confirmed the presence of cannabis

The ancient city of Ugarit, destroyed around 1200 BCE, was discovered on the coast of Syria in 1929

The inscription on the Kuntila Daj Rud artifact refers to "Jehovah of Samaria and his Asherah."

The Kuntila Daj Rud artifact features a drawing of a male and a female deity with bovine-like features

Archaeologists discovered the remains of an 8th-century BCE Israelite temple at a site called Arad in Israel's Negev desert

A majority of scholars believe the figures on the Kuntila Daj Rud artifact depict the God of Israel and his wife, Asherah

The Kuntila Daj Rud artifact is a fragment from a large jar, known as a pythos, found near the Sinai Peninsula

Some non-human craft have been recovered from archaeological digs

Drogue stones, or anchor stones, were found near the Mount Ararat ark site

The city of Troy was considered mythical until its physical location was discovered

Cuneiform, ancient Mexican writing, and Chinese writing are considered to be three independently invented writing systems

The writing of the ancient Etruscan civilization can be pronounced but its meaning is largely not understood

Researcher Randall Carlson theorizes the Younger Dryas comet impacts caused the rapid melting of North American ice sheets, leading to the Great Flood myths.