The Near East was a crossroad for the ancient world's greatest civilizations, and invasions over centuries caused enormous changes in cultures, religions and languages. However, a new study of the DNA of ancient skeletons ...
Archaeology & Fossils
May 28, 2020
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Many think of globalization as a modern and corporate phenomenon, and it has been readily linked to the spread of coronavirus.
Archaeology & Fossils
May 06, 2020
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As the COVID-19 pandemic redefines what we think of as "normal," archaeology and ancient history can provide some consolation about the great adaptability of our species.
Archaeology & Fossils
May 05, 2020
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An international team of specialists, led by the University of Bristol, is closer to cracking a 5,000-year-old mystery surrounding the ancient trade and production of decorated ostrich eggs.
Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 09, 2020
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Archaeologists from the Oriental Institute have discovered a lost ancient kingdom dating to 1400 B.C. to 600 B.C., which may have defeated Phrygia, the kingdom ruled by King Midas, in battle.
Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 21, 2020
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Cereals from the Fertile Crescent and broomcorn millet from northern China spread across the ancient world, integrating into complex farming systems that used crop-rotation cycles enabled by the different ecological regions ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 14, 2020
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Climate change could wreak "irreversible damage" on the world's most precious ancient monuments and other cultural sites, experts warned Saturday as they pushed for UN protection for major global sites.
Environment
Jun 22, 2019
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Cannabis has been cultivated for millennia in East Asia as an oil-seed and fibre crop. Little is known, however, about the early use and eventual cultivation of the plant for its psychoactive and medicinal properties. Despite ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 12, 2019
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We've all seen and marveled at them: perfect fossils of gargantuan dinosaurs or other exotic creatures from the ancient world. But the truth is, sometimes there's more than meets the eye. From signs of soft tissue and the ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 12, 2019
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Most of the birds you've ever seen—sparrows, finches, robins, crows—have one crucial thing in common: they're all what scientists refer to as perching birds, or "passerines." The passerines make up about 6,500 of the ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 07, 2019
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