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Fruit and veg, exercise, frequent bloodletting and more tips on staying healthy from medieval travelers
Travelers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th century Jacques de Vitry of "dangers on land, dangers ...
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Ancient teeth reveal Roman urbanites followed medical recommendations for weaning babies
Babies were weaned earlier in cities in the Roman Empire than in smaller and more rural communities, according to a study of ancient teeth. Urban weaning patterns more closely hewed to guidelines from ancient Roman physicians, ...
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Paleolithic ingenuity: 13,000-year-old 3D map discovered in France
Researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest three-dimensional map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin. The research is published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.
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Lasers help archaeologists study ancient tattoos on Peruvian mummies
For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos.
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Ukraine was a migration hub until around 500 years ago, study finds
The North Pontic region, which encompasses present-day Ukraine, was for centuries a crossroads of migration from multiple directions, connecting the vast Eurasian Steppe with Central Europe.
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An eye for an eye: People agree about the values of body parts across cultures and eras
The Bible's lex talionis—"Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" (Exodus 21:24–27)—has captured the human imagination for millennia. This idea of fairness has been a model for ensuring justice when ...
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Keyhole surgery on old books leads to discovery of medieval fragments
An endoscopic camera was used to record images of reused medieval fragments on the inside of book bindings from the 16th and 17th centuries. The unique images were made as part of the project "FragmEndoscopy: An Innovative ...
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Jan 13, 2025
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Ethiopian Highlands study examines stone tool decision-making process in early human history
An international study reveals how early humans, as far back as 1.5 million years ago, deliberately selected specific stones for their tools in the Ethiopian Highlands. The findings, published in the journal PLOS ONE, provide ...
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Jan 10, 2025
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A 350-year-old optical illusion story is behind the viral selfie location of Saint Ignatius
The church of Saint Ignatius in Rome (or San Ignazio) has become a viral selfie location. Tourists have been queuing out the doors for a chance to take a selfie in a mirror that reflects the church's richly painted ceiling.
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Jan 10, 2025
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Analysis of skull from Ephesos confirms it is not Cleopatra's sister
An interdisciplinary research team led by anthropologist Gerhard Weber from the University of Vienna, together with experts from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has analyzed a skull that was found in the ruins of Ephesos ...
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Jan 10, 2025
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Slavery, tax evasion, resistance: The story of 11 Africans in South America's gold mines in the 1500s
The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and inhumane processes in human history. It is the subject of many studies, but the individual life histories of the arrival and survival of enslaved people in ...
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Jan 9, 2025
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Professor suggests graves at Sutton Hoo belonged to Anglo-Saxon men who fought for Byzantine Empire
Helen Gittos, a professor of medieval history at Oxford University, in the U.K., has developed a new theory regarding the identity of the remains found at a famous burial site near Suffolk, England. She has published a paper ...
Scientist helps identify 1,000-year-old seedling linked to biblical myrrh
George Mason University researcher Andrea Weeks played a key role in identifying an ancient seedling linked to the biblical myrrh. The seed, a yellow and fragrant resin from the Commiphora tree, was discovered in the Judean ...
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Jan 9, 2025
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Neolithic Italian skull cache suggests centuries of ancestor veneration rituals
Archaeologists Dr. Jess Thompson and her colleagues have published a study dealing with the possible identification of human skulls used in ancestral veneration in the European Journal of Archaeology. The discovery at Masseria ...
Egypt unveils ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor
Egypt unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor on Wednesday, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years.
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Jan 8, 2025
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New excavation of 'rings of mystery' in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history
On the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia, there is a series of large rings which rise mysteriously out of hills.
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Jan 8, 2025
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Roman-era dog penis bone painted red discovered in ancient quarry shaft
A bio-archaeologist with the University of Reading, in the U.K., has found an ancient dog's red-painted penis bone along with a trove of other bones, in an ancient Roman era quarry shaft. In her paper published in the Oxford ...
Drone mapping unveils 3,000-year-old fortress, reshaping ancient history
A Cranfield University, UK, academic has used drone mapping to investigate a 3,000-year-old 'mega fortress' in the Caucasus mountains.
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Jan 8, 2025
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DNA adds new chapter to Indonesia's layered human history
A study from the University of Adelaide and The Australian National University (ANU) has outlined the first genomic evidence of early migration from New Guinea into the Wallacea, an archipelago containing Timor-Leste and ...
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Jan 8, 2025
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Iraqi archaeologists piece together ancient treasures ravaged by IS
A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments.
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Jan 8, 2025
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