Old Norse settlers traded walrus ivory with Kyiv
Archaeologists had low expectations when excavations started at 35 Spaska Street in Kyiv in 2007.
Archaeologists had low expectations when excavations started at 35 Spaska Street in Kyiv in 2007.
Archaeology
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Why did people think cannibalism was good for their health? The answer offers a glimpse into the zaniest crannies of European history, at a time when Europeans were obsessed with Egyptian mummies.
Archaeology
Jun 7, 2022
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Nothing I've read about the Baudet du Poitou donkeys prepares me for my first sight of them. They are girthy, with massive round bellies and oversized ears that swoop forward and back, sometimes independently of one another. ...
Veterinary medicine
Jun 3, 2022
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A mysterious leaden sarcophagus discovered in the bowels of Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral after it was devastated by a fire will soon be opened and its secrets revealed, French archaeologists said Thursday.
Archaeology
Apr 14, 2022
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What type of images come to mind when you think of medieval art? Knights and ladies? Biblical scenes? Cathedrals? It's probably not some unfortunate man in the throes of vomiting.
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2022
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Between the time when early modern humans emerged in Africa and when they spread around the globe, they developed complex behaviors that enabled them—and us—to adapt and thrive in new environments.
Archaeology
Mar 1, 2022
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Claims of a supposed "attention war" have seen new technology blamed for a decline in our ability to concentrate—but a major new survey of the UK public by the Policy Institute and Centre for Attention Studies at King's ...
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2022
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An incredible quantity of archaeological reports are stored in digital archives. If you want to search for information in them, you have to do this manually. And that is a real chore. Archaeologist Alex Brandsen has now used ...
Archaeology
Feb 8, 2022
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A previously undiscovered wreck has been found outside of Fjällbacka on the Swedish west coast. Analysis of wood samples shows that it is the oldest shipwreck ever found in the province of Bohuslän. This is also one of ...
Archaeology
Feb 4, 2022
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The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday the discovery of remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds Roman and medieval silver coins.
Archaeology
Dec 22, 2021
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