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Showing posts with label Archaeology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archaeology. Show all posts
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Curtin scientists freeze out ice-age delivery theory for Stonehenge stones

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Dr Anthony Clarke at Stonehenge Photo Credit: Courtesy of Curtin University Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Disco...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Mineralized dental plaque from the Iron Age provides insight into the diet of the Scythians

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A Scythian. Found in the kurgan Olon-Kurin-Gol 10, Altai Mountains, Mongolia. Image Credit: reconstruction by Dimitri Pozdniako (Wikimedia C...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

How climate change contributed to the demise of the Tang dynasty

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Climatic and sociocultural changes may have contributed significantly to the demise of the Tang dynasty by weakening border defenses. Image ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Hygienic conditions in Pompeii’s early baths were poor

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Pools of the oldest public bathing facilities in Pompeii, dating back to 130 BC Photo Credit:© Cees Passchier Scientific Frontline: "At...
Monday, December 8, 2025

Archaeologists use lasers to locate ancient settlements and artefacts on Greek Islands

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The small island of Palatia off Naxos has been investigated by the researchers. Photo Credit: The Small Cycladic Islands Project The Cyclade...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Later than expected: domestic cats arrived in Europe only 2000 years ago

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Cat in the old town of Şanlıurfa (southeastern Anatolia, Turkey). Photo Credit: © Nadja Pöllath, SNSB Cats are among the most successful dom...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Extensive dog diversity millennia before modern breeding practices

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Photograph of a modern dog skull used for the photogrammetric reconstruction of 3D models in the study. Photo Credit: C. Ameen / University ...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

Archaeology: In-Depth Description

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Archeology works at Iža locality near Komárno Photo Credit: Trnava University Archaeology (Branch of Anthropology) is the scientific study o...
Friday, November 7, 2025

Detection of air-filled anomalies in Menkaure Pyramid could indicate new entrance

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Researchers have identified two air-filled voids in the Menkaure Pyramid Photo Credit: ScanPyramids project   Researchers from Cairo Univers...
Friday, October 17, 2025

What Is: Extinction Level Events

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A Chronicle of Earth's Biotic Crises and an Assessment of Future Threats Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Defining Biotic Catastrophe ...

Archaeologists uncover 5,000-year-old ceremonial site in Jordan

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Dolmen found at Murayghat in Jordan. Photo Credit: Susanne Kerner, University of Copenhagen A research team led by the University of Copenha...
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Easter Island’s statues actually “walked” – and physics backs it up

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A research team including Binghamton University archaeologist Carl Lipo has confirmed via 3D modeling and field experiments that the ancient...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Rock art shows earliest known human return to Arabia after the last Ice Age

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Rock art has led scientists to revise the timeline of humans repopulating Saudi deserts. Photo Credit: Sahout Rock Art and Archaeology Proje...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Researchers find the oldest hippopotamus ivory object in the Iberian Peninsula

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The oldest hippopotamus ivory object found in the Iberian Peninsula Photo Credit: University of Barcelona Researchers at the Prehistoric Stu...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Archaeologists find ‘lost’ site depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry

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The Bayeux Tapestry, showing King Harold riding to Bosham, where he attends Photo Credit: Courtesy of University of Exeter Archaeologists ha...
Friday, April 5, 2024

Prehistoric henge reveals centuries-old sacred site in Lincolnshire

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An aerial view of the excavation site at Crowland. Photo Credit: The Anchor Church Field Project Archaeologists from Newcastle University ha...
Monday, March 25, 2024

Persian plateau unveiled as crucial hub for early human migration out of Africa

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Pebdeh Cave located in the southern Zagros Mountains. Pebdeh was occupied by hunter-gatherers as early as 42,000 years ago. Photo Credit: Mo...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Scientists uncover evidence that microplastics are contaminating archaeological remains

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The study identified 16 different microplastic polymer types across both contemporary and archived samples. PHoto Credit: York Archaeology R...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Oxford researchers uncover remarkable archive of ancient human brains

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Fragments of brain from an individual buried in a Victorian workhouse cemetery (Bristol, UK), some 200 years ago. No other soft tissue survi...
Monday, February 19, 2024

Birds have been adapting to human activity for millennia

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Coot nesting on bike on a lake in Copenhagen. Birds and humans also co-inhabited specific environments in our prehistory, new research shows...