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How ancient cylinder seals gave rise to writing in Mesopotamia discovered
Researchers from the University of Bologna have unveiled how ancient cylinder seals played a key role in the development of ...
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Archaeologists thought they found a Roman tomb in Belgium, but only the skull actually was, the bones were Neolithic
A recent archaeological discovery in the small Belgian town of Pommerœul, near the French border, revealed an unusual mix of ...
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A scientific explanation for the biblical miracles of the “miraculous catch” and the multiplication of fish: researchers suggest a natural event
A team of Israeli and Australian researchers has presented a study that offers a possible scientific explanation for the ...
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The Collapse of the Ming Dynasty Began with a Megadrought, Revealed by Tree Rings
Climate change has played a crucial role in shaping societies throughout history. Recently, a study led by Chinese ...
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Mount Medullius, the Site of the Last Cantabrian Resistance Against the Roman Conquest Whose Location Remains Unknown
The term Astur-Cantabrian Wars refers to the long conflict that the Romans waged along the Spanish Cantabrian coast for a decade, between 29 and 19 B.C. The subjugation of Hispania’s last resistant ...
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A Rare Copper Age Dagger Over 4,000 Years Old Discovered in Northern Italy
Copper tang dagger dating to the second half of the 3rd millennium B.C. at the time of discovery. Credit: Federico Bernardini ...
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Hieroglyph meaning “city” in the Luwian language spoken in Anatolia until the 7th century B.C. deciphered
A research team led by Petra M. Goedegebuure from the University of Chicago has presented a groundbreaking study on the word used for “city” in the Luwian language, spoken in ancient Anatolia. This ...
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Marcus Valerius Laevinus, the Roman general who persuaded the senators to donate their assets to fund the war against Hannibal
The Triumph of Rome over Sicily, by Jacopo Ripanda (in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museums, Rome). Credit: José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro / Wikimedia Commons The name Marcus Valerius ...
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The Oldest Ochre Mine in the World Discovered in Southern Africa
An aerial view of the remaining intact portions of Lion Cavern, Ngwenya iron ore complex in northwest Eswatini. Credit: Brandi L. MacDonald, Gregor Bader and Jörg Linstädter An international team of ...
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A Man Thrown Into a Well 900 Years Ago, Identified and Linked to Viking Sagas
The well at the Sverresborg castle, the site of the find, during the recovery work in 2016 Credit: Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research Archaeology and genetics have come together in a ...
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A Shipwreck from the Late 1st Century B.C. with 40 Amphorae Transporting Alum, Still Aligned in Its Cargo Arrangement, Found off the Coast of Syracuse
View of the cargo of the wreck found in Syracuse. Credit: Soprintendenza del Mare The Richborough 527 type amphora takes its name from the Richborough archaeological site in Kent, England, where this ...
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A Small Bronze Age Walled City Found in the Arabian Desert
Reconstruction of the Bronze Age settlement of al-Natah in Saudi Arabia. Credit: AFALULA-RCU-CNRS A team of archaeologists led by Guillaume Charloux of France’s National Center for Scientific Research ...