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Were the first kings of Poland actually from Scotland? New DNA evidence unsettles a nation's founding myth
For two centuries, scholars have sparred over the roots of the Piasts, Poland's first documented royal house, who reigned from the 10th to the 14th centuries.
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Archaeologists find France's deepest shipwreck
Archaeologists have discovered what they say are the remains of a 16th-century merchant ship more than 2.5 kilometers underwater off southern France, the deepest such find in its section of the Mediterranean or any other ...
Archaeology
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How I uncovered a potential ancient Rome wine scam
Before artificial sweeteners, people satisfied their cravings for sweetness with natural products, including honey or dried fruit. Raisin wines, made by drying grapes before fermentation, were particularly popular. Historical ...
Archaeology
Jun 11, 2025
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How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology
Imagine you're a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mine's sweltering tunnels.
Archaeology
Jun 11, 2025
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Archaeology in the age of big data: User-friendly software streamlines analysis of past collections
Archaeologists often face major challenges when trying to connect new discoveries with information from old books: How can the findings of 200 years of archaeological research be combined with new data?
Archaeology
Jun 11, 2025
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Oldest known human fingerprint discovered on ancient Neanderthal artwork
A unique archaeological find has recently expanded our knowledge of Neanderthals' capacity for symbolic thought. The object in question is a granite stone, on which a red ochre dot was deliberately applied to reinforce the ...
Archaeology
Jun 11, 2025
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Decorative terracotta pieces challenge existing ideas on Carpetania's role in Mediterranean globalization
Historians have long viewed Carpetania, an ancient district in what is now the Iberian Peninsula, Spain, as a passive player in the cultural landscape of the Late Iron Age. Its cultural development has been characterized ...
Teen girl from 6,200 years ago with cone-shaped skull unearthed in Iran
A pair of archaeologists working at a dig site in an ancient cemetery in western Iran have discovered the skull of a young girl that shows evidence of cranial modification. In their paper published in the International Journal ...
Maternal clans shaped burial and society in Neolithic China community, ancient DNA reveals
A millet-farming settlement on the Shandong coast in Neolithic China around 4,500 years ago organized its society by maternal lineage, according to researchers at Peking University.
What the coins of the San José Galleon shipwreck reveal
Researchers have used an unmanned underwater vehicle to carry out a non-intrusive investigation of an 18th-century AD shipwreck in the Colombian Caribbean, revealing it is likely the San José Galleon, the lost flagship of ...
Archaeology
Jun 9, 2025
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Anthropologists map Neanderthals' long and winding roads across Europe and Eurasia
Recent scholarship has concluded that Neanderthals made a second major migration from Eastern Europe to Central and Eastern Eurasia between 120,000 and 60,000 years ago. But the routes they took have long been a mystery—primarily ...
Archaeology
Jun 9, 2025
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Lead isotope analysis debunks legend of Dutch basin made entirely from Spanish treasure fleet silver
A study by Dr. Joosje van Bennekom and her colleagues aimed to determine the provenance of the famed silver basin supposedly made of Spanish treasure fleet silver captured by the Dutch West India Company (WIC) in 1628. The ...
A turning point in the Bronze Age: Study reveals diet and social transformation in Central Europe around 1500 BC
The bioarchaeological investigation of the Bronze Age cemetery of Tiszafüred-Majoroshalom has shed new light on an important period in Central European history.
Archaeology
Jun 6, 2025
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New tool to identify toxic pigments in historic books
A groundbreaking tool developed by the University of St Andrews is transforming how cultural heritage institutions identify toxic pigments in historic books, making it easier than ever to distinguish hazardous books from ...
Archaeology
Jun 6, 2025
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Medieval murder: Records suggest vengeful noblewoman had priest assassinated in 688-year-old cold case
A Cambridge criminologist has uncovered new evidence in the killing of a priest, John Forde, who had his throat cut on a busy London street almost seven centuries ago.
Archaeology
Jun 5, 2025
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Archaeologists uncover massive 1,000-year-old Native American fields in Northern Michigan that defy limits of farming
With its cold climate, short growing season, and dense forests, Michigan's Upper Peninsula is known as a challenging place for farming. But a new Dartmouth-led study provides evidence of intensive farming by ancestral Native ...
Archaeology
Jun 5, 2025
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Philippine islands had technologically advanced maritime culture 35,000 years ago, archaeologists discover
Through 15 years of archaeological research, scientists from the Ateneo de Manila University, working with international experts and institutions, have established compelling evidence of the pivotal role of the Philippine ...
Archaeology
Jun 5, 2025
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AI reveals hidden language patterns and likely authorship in the Bible
AI is transforming every industry, from medicine to film to finance. So, why not use it to study one of the world's most revered ancient texts, the Bible?
Mathematics
Jun 5, 2025
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Niède Guidon, the archaeologist who discovered hundreds of cave paintings in Brazil, dies at 92
Niède Guidon, the Brazilian archaeologist known for discovering hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings in northeastern Brazil and for her research challenging theories of ancient human presence in the Americas, died Wednesday ...
Archaeology
Jun 5, 2025
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Ancient DNA analysis reveals regional migration patterns and local interactions in coastal Papua New Guinea
In the rugged landscapes of Papua New Guinea—where more than 800 languages echo across valleys and coasts—a remarkable discovery has brought new clarity to one of humanity's greatest migrations.
Archaeology
Jun 4, 2025
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