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Benin Bronzes found to be made of German brass

The renowned Benin Bronzes are composed of metal sourced from Germany, according to a study published April 5, 2023, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Tobias Skowronek of the Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola, Germany, ...

Capturing a cosmogenic isotope to determine the age of artifacts

You may probably wonder how archaeologists determine the age of ancient artifacts or how long a piece of rock exists above the surface. Isotopic dating can tell the age covering hundreds of thousands of years. For instance, ...

Roman era gravesites with unusual funerary rites

A team of archaeologists from KU Leuven and the Royal Belgium Institute of Natural Sciences, both in Belgium, reports unusual funerary practices by early Roman Empire–era people living in what is now a southwest part of ...

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