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Ancient Aztec 'skull whistles' found to instill fear in modern people
A team of cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Zurich, has found that ancient Aztec "skull whistles" found in gravesites are able to instill fear in modern people. In their study, published in the journal Communications ...
Study uncovers earliest evidence of humans using fire to shape the landscape of Tasmania
Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, about 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.
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Nov 15, 2024
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Study confirms Egyptians drank hallucinogenic cocktails in ancient rituals
A University of South Florida professor found the first-ever physical evidence of hallucinogens in an Egyptian mug, validating written records and centuries-old myths of ancient Egyptian rituals and practices. Through advanced ...
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Nov 15, 2024
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Gladiator II features a naval battle held in the Colosseum. These brutal spectacles really happened
It's one of the most thrilling sequences in Ridley Scott's new film Gladiator II, the long-awaited sequel to the 2000 Oscar-winning blockbuster.
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Nov 15, 2024
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Study of Scotland's last plague reveals humanity in face of 'Black Death'
A new study led by the University of Aberdeen has provided greater understanding of Scotland's final deadly brush with the plague.
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Nov 15, 2024
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Viewpoint: Auction houses in the UK still sell human remains, and it's time they stopped
In early October, The Swan auction house in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, listed several lots of human remains for sale, including skulls from west Africa and shrunken heads from South America.
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Nov 14, 2024
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Norway's Kon-Tiki museum returns human remains to Easter Island
Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum on Wednesday returned human remains taken from Easter Island by the explorer Thor Heyerdahl during his trans-Pacific raft expeditions in the 1950s.
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Nov 13, 2024
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Digital digs: Technology preserving Europe's cultural heritage
Technological advancements such as 3D scans based on drone images are helping archaeologists document Europe's heritage before sites and artifacts are lost to future generations.
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Nov 13, 2024
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12,000-year old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone in the development of rotational tools including wheels, according to a study published November ...
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Nov 13, 2024
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The Incas used stringy objects called 'khipus' to record data—we just got a step closer to understanding them
For more than a millennium, many Andean peoples used an object called a "khipu" (also spelled "quipu" and pronounced "key-poo") to record and communicate information.
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Nov 13, 2024
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Declassified spy images help locate ancient battle site
Archaeologists from Durham University and University of Al-Qadisiyah in Iraq have pinpointed the location of a famous early Islamic battle using declassified spy satellite images.
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Nov 12, 2024
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Archaeologists find ancient cheese makers used tree leaves to boost milk production
A study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution sheds light on the innovative practices of Central Europe's early cheese makers.
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Nov 12, 2024
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Archaeologists excavate earliest known ancient Maya salt works
A team of archaeologists from LSU and the University of Texas at Tyler has excavated the earliest known ancient Maya salt works in southern Belize, as reported in the journal Antiquity.
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Nov 12, 2024
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Ancient Greece's cultural rise started a century earlier than previously thought—new research
While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering events between 1200 and 760BC. This period has traditionally been viewed as a "dark age" on account ...
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Nov 12, 2024
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'King Arthur's Hall' is five times older than thought, researchers discover
A historic site in Cornwall linked to King Arthur has been found to be 4,000 years older than previously thought after a new survey was carried out by a team of researchers, including experts from the University of St Andrews.
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Nov 11, 2024
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Strontium isotope analysis tracks prehistoric ostrich eggshell bead exchange in southern Africa
A recent study by archaeologist Prof. Peter Mitchell and his colleagues published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa examines how ostrich eggshell (OES) beads moved across southeast southern African landscapes during ...
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries.
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Nov 10, 2024
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Restoring Mexico's archaeological heritage to its rightful place
A Mexican delegation is coming to retrieve 84 Mesoamerican axes currently in transit at UdeM, underscoring the need to raise public awareness of the looting of archaeological artifacts.
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Nov 8, 2024
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Cliff-top sites preserve ancient Aboriginal heritage on the River Murray
New research by Flinders University researchers, conducted in partnership with the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation (RMMAC), has documented ancient archaeological sites on the cliff-tops in the region between ...
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Nov 7, 2024
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Indigenous elders and ritual specialists help to unlock the meaning of ancient Amazonian rock art
Archaeologists documenting tens of thousands of rock art motifs in the Colombian Amazon have been consulting with Indigenous elders and ritual specialists to help interpret their meaning.
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Nov 7, 2024
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