Greek authorities closed the ancient Acropolis in Athens to visitors for several hours Wednesday along with other popular archaeological sites around the country due to a heatwave.
Environment
Jul 12, 2017
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All archaeological sites and most museums in the Greek capital, including Athens' famed Acropolis, will remain shut Thursday morning due to a strike by site guards demanding the payment of overtime and the hiring of more ...
Archaeology
Jul 5, 2017
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DNA found at archaeological sites reveals that the origins of our domestic cat are in the Near East and ancient Egypt. Cats were domesticated by the first farmers some 10,000 years ago. They later spread across Europe and ...
Biotechnology
Jun 19, 2017
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Although computer models of archaeological sites are ideal software tools for managing spatially referenced data and commonly used to yield insights which contribute to the protection of heritage materials, some scientists ...
Archaeology
May 18, 2017
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How much could one really figure out about a person from 13 tiny snippets of DNA? At first glance, not much – in the world of genetics, 13 is tiny. But a new study suggests it may be enough to infer hundreds of thousands ...
Other
May 16, 2017
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Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities says a burial chamber dating back about 3,700 years has been found, attached to a recently discovered pyramid belonging to the 13th Dynasty.
Archaeology
May 10, 2017
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Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa, (EAMENA) an archaeological preservation project, will today launch public access to its online database of nearly 20,000 archaeological sites at severe risk due ...
Archaeology
May 1, 2017
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Researchers have developed a new method to retrieve hominin DNA from cave sediments—even in the absence of skeletal remains.
Archaeology
Apr 27, 2017
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According to new research, nomadic horse culture—famously associated with Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes—can trace its roots back more than 3,000 years in the eastern Eurasian Steppes, in the territory of modern Mongolia ...
Archaeology
Apr 11, 2017
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From his lab more than 6,000 miles away, University of Central Florida archaeologist Scott Branting bears witness to the cultural destruction happening in Syria and northern Iraq.
Archaeology
Apr 4, 2017
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