Ancient stone walls and power: what data science tools can reveal in African archaeology
In the past 30 years, they’ve been helped in these studies by digital tools like geographic information systems (GIS). GIS is a computer system that uses software and data to map, analyse and manage ...
A Boneyard Along the Thames River Reveals London’s Ancient Burials
Researchers have found dozens of human bones on the banks of the iconic river, many of them thousands of years old.
Archaeologists Find a Pharaoh’s Tomb, the First Since King Tut’s, Egypt Says
The ministry of antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his ...
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Imperial Russia scholar: The danger of Ukraine myths
As the Trump administration reimagines the United States' posture in the three-year-old Russia-Ukraine war, the scholarship ...
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Vivid Wall Paintings Unearthed at a 2,500-Year-Old Etruscan Necropolis in Italy
Found beneath an older tomb near Tarquinia, the painted chamber depicts several intricate scenes, including a metallurgical ...
Iron Age remains found in bog may have been sacrificial
Ancient human remains discovered in peatland in County Londonderry in 2023 are now thought to be those of a young woman who ...
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Ancient Burial Practices Unveiled in Bulgarian Discovery
Archaeologists have made a remarkable find near Plovdiv, Bulgaria, uncovering Iron Age graves with bodies buried in a sitting ...
MIT Technology Review4d
Adventures in the genetic time machine
Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?
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Experts push to restore Syria’s war-torn heritage sites, including renowned Roman ruins at Palmyra
Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...
Archaeologists uncover extraordinary 2,000-year-old Roman basilica beneath London office
The excavated remains in London consist of the Kentish limestone foundations of a massive two-story Roman basilica, where officials would have made key political and legal decisions.
Landmark studies track source of Indo-European languages spoken by 40% of world
A pair of landmark studies, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, has finally identified the originators of the ...
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Traditions still going strong as Feb 10 marks ‘Diplomats’ Day’
Of course, the Russian diplomatic traditions date back to more distant times. For instance, the ‘Agreement on Peace and Love’ between ancient Russia and the Byzantine Empire was signed in 860, and the ...