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Multi-layered site in Tajikistan's Zeravshan Valley uncovered, offering new insights into human expansion
In an important discovery, archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan have uncovered a multi-layered archaeological site in the Zeravshan Valley, central Tajikistan, ...
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Fingerprints on ancient terracotta figurines show men, women and children worked on figurines
A recent preliminary study by Ph.D. student Leonie Hoff of the University of Oxford, published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, provides insight into how ancient fingerprints left on terracotta figurines reveal the age ...
Scientists detect traces of an ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico using laser-sensor technology
Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology have detected what may be an ancient Mayan city cloaked by jungle in southern Mexico, authorities said Wednesday.
Archaeology
Nov 3, 2024
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4,000-year-old town discovered hidden in Arabian oasis
The discovery of a 4,000-year-old fortified town hidden in an oasis in modern-day Saudi Arabia reveals how life at the time was slowly changing from a nomadic to an urban existence, archaeologists said on Wednesday.
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Nov 2, 2024
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Isotope study reveals medieval people prioritized cereal farming, used fertilization, and organized land efficiently
A study led by the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, has used stable isotope analysis to uncover medieval land-use practices beneath temperate forests in Europe. The research, published in Scientific ...
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Nov 1, 2024
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Archaeologists suggest the 'urban revolution' was slow in Bronze Age Arabia
Settlements in northern Arabia were in a transitional stage of urbanization during the third to second millennium BCE, according to a study published October 30, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Guillaume Charloux ...
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Oct 30, 2024
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Tunic found in one of the Royal Tombs at Vergina identified as Alexander the Great's
An international team of archaeologists, led by Antonis Bartsiokas with Democritus University of Thrace, in Greece, has uncovered evidence that a tunic found in one of the Royal Tombs at Vergina once belonged to Alexander ...
Norman coin hoard becomes England's most valuable treasure—it could have been worth a lot more
There is clearly giddy excitement in the shaky footage showing hands scrabbling in the soil in the Chew Valley in south-west England. A close-up shot captures someone pulling silver coin after silver coin from the churned ...
Archaeology
Oct 30, 2024
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Genetic study of wider Caucasus region shows how steppe pastoralist groups formed and transformed over time
With the time traveling ability of archaeogenetic studies, it has become possible to shed light onto the dynamic past of human populations world-wide. Integrated with archaeological and anthropological data, it has been shown ...
Archaeology
Oct 30, 2024
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Britain's brass bands older than thought: Study reveals they were invented by soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars
Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands were a civilian and exclusively ...
Archaeology
Oct 29, 2024
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Sustainable oyster harvesting in the Stone Age: Lessons for modern nature conservation
Oysters play a crucial role in the marine ecosystem as they filter water, create habitats and support the nutrient cycle. Today, they are considered endangered in many parts of the world.
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Oct 29, 2024
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How far south did Polynesian seafarers sail?
Prehistoric Polynesian seafarers were highly skilled and undertook some of the longest and most technically demanding voyages in prehistory—but did they ever sail into very high latitudes with landfall in Antarctica, as ...
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Oct 29, 2024
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Have we found all the major Maya cities? Not even close, new research suggests
Archaeologists have analyzed lidar data from a completely unstudied corner of the Maya world in Campeche, Mexico, revealing 6,674 undiscovered Maya structures, including pyramids like those at the famous sites of Chichén ...
Archaeology
Oct 28, 2024
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Geochemical fingerprints trace ochre origins to world's oldest mine
University of Missouri scientist Brandi L. MacDonald is using modern technology only found at Mizzou to help researchers expand the collective understanding of how human thought and intellect has developed over time.
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Oct 28, 2024
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First-ever biomechanics study of Indigenous weapons shows what made them so deadly
For the first time, state-of-the-art biomechanics technology has allowed us to scientifically measure just how deadly are two iconic Aboriginal weapons.
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Oct 28, 2024
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Ancient graves reveal distinct burial practices of Neanderthals and early humans in the Levant
A study published in L'Anthropologie by Professor Ella Been from Ono Academic College and Dr. Omry Barzilai from the University of Haifa sheds new light on the burial practices of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals in the Levant ...
'Well-man' thrown from castle identified from 800-year-old Norse saga
A passage in the Norse "Sverris Saga," the 800-year-old story of King Sverre Sigurdsson, describes a military raid that occurred in AD 1197, during which a body was thrown into a well at Sverresborg Castle, outside Trondheim ...
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Oct 25, 2024
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What 12 ancient skeletons discovered in a mysterious tomb in Petra could tell us about the ancient city
Twelve skeletons have been found in a large, 2,000-year-old tomb directly in front of the Khazneh ("Treasury") in the city of Petra in Jordan. Alongside them, excavators have discovered grave goods made of pottery, bronze, ...
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Oct 24, 2024
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High-res lidar exposes large, high-elevation cities along Asia's Silk Roads
The first-ever use of cutting-edge drone-based lidar in Central Asia allowed archaeologists to capture stunning details of two newly documented trade cities high in the mountains of Uzbekistan.
Archaeology
Oct 23, 2024
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Researchers model how the first use of the wheel may have developed
A pair of engineers and a historian have teamed up together to model the means by which the first use of the wheel may have happened. In their paper published in Royal Society Open Science, Lee Alacoque, from the University ...
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