How Mayan People Overcame the Catastrophic Eruption of Ilopango
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Across the centuries, forming cooperative networks beyond cultural boundaries has been a way to overcome natural disasters.
A Nagoya University researcher and his leading international research group discovered a [...]
What Will Cosmic Rays Penetrating Egypt’s Pyramids Reveal?
By Alton Parrish.
Under the authority of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, and HIP.Institute (Heritage, Innovation and Preservation Institute) launched, on 25 October 2015, [...]
Ancient Madagascar Mystery Solved with Mung Beans and Rice
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Researchers have helped solve one of the enduring mysteries of the ancient world: why the inhabitants of Madagascar speak Malagasy, a language otherwise unique to Southeast Asia and the Pacific – a region [...]
Archaeologists and Geographers Team to Predict Locations of Ancient Buddhist Sites
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Geographic modeling reveals 121 possible locations of important Indian texts carved into rock surfaces in third-century B.C.
For archaeologists and historians interested in the ancient politics, religion and language [...]
High Altitude Archaeology: Prehistoric Paintings Revealed
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Archaeologists at the University of York have undertaken pioneering scans of the highest prehistoric paintings of animals in Europe.
Studying the rock paintings of Abri Faravel, a rock shelter in the Southern French [...]
Women in Southern Germany Corded Ware Culture May Have Been Highly Mobile
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Women in Corded Ware Culture may have been highly mobile and may have married outside their social group, according to a study published May 25, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Karl-Göran Sjögren from [...]
Archaeologists Uncover 13,000-Year-Old Bones of Ancient, Extinct Species of Bison
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In what is considered one of the oldest and most important archaeological digs in North America, scientists have uncovered what they believe are the bones of a 13,000- to 14,000-year-old ancient, extinct species [...]
Archaeologists Give School Children a Taste of Ancient Bread Making
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Archaeologists from the University of Exeter will be taking the art of Roman bread-baking into two Devon schools next week as part of a community initiative to engage young people in their local ancient heritage.
The [...]
Nubians and Egyptians Married in Ancient Sudan Says New Research
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New bioarchaeological evidence shows that Nubians and Egyptians integrated into a community, and even married, in ancient Sudan, according to new research from a Purdue University anthropologist.
“There are not [...]
Silk Road Extended Further South Than Previously Thought Suggests Ancient Textile Discovery
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The first results of textile and dye analyses of cloth dated between 400-650 AD and recovered from Samdzong 5, in Upper Mustang, Nepal have been released by Dr Margarita Gleba of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological [...]
New Evidence That Humans Settled in Southeastern US Far Earlier Than Previously Believed
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The discovery of stone tools found in a Florida river show that humans settled the southeastern United States far earlier than previously believed–perhaps by as much as 1,500 years, according to a team of scientists [...]
Rare Prehistoric Ceremonial Site in Ohio Unearthed
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Curator of Archaeology Dr. Brian Redmond published findings on the Early Woodland occupation at theHeckelman site in Erie County. The paper, “Connecting Heaven and Earth: Interpreting Early Woodland [...]
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Calusa Kingdom
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Centuries before modern countries such as Dubai and China started building islands, native peoples in southwest Florida known as the Calusa were piling shells into massive heaps to construct their own water-bound [...]
Water Storage Made Prehistoric Settlement Expansion Possible in Amazonia
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The pre-Columbian settlements in Amazonia were not limited to the vicinities of rivers and lakes. One example of this can be found in the Santarém region in Brazilian Amazonia, where most archaeological sites are [...]
Getting the Story Wrong: The Distortion of American Politics by the Press
By Lawrence S. Wittner.
Ever since the foundation of the American Republic, there has been both praise for and suspicion of the role the press plays in U.S. political life. Thomas Jefferson famously remarked that, if it [...]
Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA: Experts Unite to Shine Modern Light On a Renaissance Genius
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The Leonardo Project: Illuminating the art, life, characteristics, talents, and brilliance of one of humanity’s most extraordinary figures
A team of eminent specialists from a variety of academic disciplines [...]
New Interpretation of the Rök Runestone Inscription Changes View of Viking Age
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The Rök Runestone, erected in the late 800s in the Swedish province of Östergötland, is the world’s most well-known runestone. Its long inscription has seemed impossible to understand, despite [...]
Lost Language Text May Reveal God or Goddess Worshiped at Ancient Temple by Etruscans
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A rare religious artifact found at ancient temple site in Italy is from lost culture fundamental to western traditions.
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered what may be [...]
First European Farmers Are Traced Back To Anatolia
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Human material from the Anatolian site Kumtepe was used in the study. The material was heavily degraded, but yielded enough DNA for the doctorate student Ayca Omrak to address questions concerning the demography [...]
Descendants of Black Death Confirmed as Source of Repeated European Plague Outbreaks
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An international team of researchers has uncovered new information about the Black Death in Europe and its descendants, suggesting it persisted on the continent over four centuries, re-emerging to kill hundreds of [...]