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The road to Scandinavia’s bronze age: Trade routes, metal provenance, and mixing

HeritageDailyJuly 24, 2019

by HeritageDailyJuly 24, 201903060

The geographic origins of the metals in Scandinavian mixed-metal artifacts reveal a crucial dependency on British and continental European trading sources during the beginnings of

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The Real Assassin’s Creed

HeritageDailyJuly 24, 2019July 31, 2019

by HeritageDailyJuly 24, 2019July 31, 2019039885

The word “Assassin” is a term that has been used to describe a fedayeen group within the Nizari Ismailis State that formed when followers of

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Alan Turing to be the face of UK £50 note

HeritageDailyJuly 15, 2019July 15, 2019

by HeritageDailyJuly 15, 2019July 15, 20190428

The Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, announced that Alan Turing will appear on the new £50 polymer note that is expected to enter circulation

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Retracing ancient routes to Australia

HeritageDailyJune 20, 2019

by HeritageDailyJune 20, 201902691

New insights into how people first arrived in Australia have been revealed by a group of experts brought together to investigate the continent's deep history.

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Digital Heritage through Video Games: A critical view on Ubisoft’s Notre Dame

HeritageDailyJune 4, 2019June 4, 2019

by HeritageDailyJune 4, 2019June 4, 20190935

The 15th April has not just been a dark day for France but probably also for most archaeologists and advocates of monumental architecture around the

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Humans used northern migration routes to reach eastern Asia

HeritageDailyMay 30, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 30, 201901141

Northern and Central Asia have been neglected in studies of early human migration, with deserts and mountains being considered uncompromising barriers.

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What do the animals carved into stave churches really mean?

HeritageDailyMay 23, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 23, 201901312

The richly decorated portal at Urnes stave church has often been interpreted in light of paganism. That’s wrong, according to a new stave church study.

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Quantum physicists shining new light on cave art

HeritageDailyMay 15, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 15, 201903617

Leslie Van Gelder, a well-known American-born archeologist has been working with Dr Harald Schwefel, and other physicists at Otago University to develop a lamp that mimics

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Wheat, wine and wool: What old account statements reveal

HeritageDailyMay 7, 2019May 7, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 7, 2019May 7, 201901595

Imagine archaeologists working 2,000 years from now to decipher the account statements of a large commercial enterprise that ended up in the bin in 2018

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Mesha Stele inscription may have major consequences for biblical history

HeritageDailyMay 2, 2019May 2, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 2, 2019May 2, 201905101

The legendary King Balak from the Book of Numbers may have been a real historical figure, according to a new reading of the Mesha Stele,

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Four ways in which Leonardo da Vinci was ahead of his time

HeritageDailyMay 2, 2019

by HeritageDailyMay 2, 201901228

Leonardo da Vinci is generally recognised as one of the great figures of the Renaissance and one of the greatest ever polymaths. As the world

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UK Archaeology Projects Wanted for BBC4 Series

HeritageDailyApril 24, 2019April 24, 2019

by HeritageDailyApril 24, 2019April 24, 201901500

Acclaimed BBC4 series Digging for Britain returns this autumn and wants to hear from UK archaeologists about your excavation projects!

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The Stonehenge Landscape – Interactive Map

HeritageDailyApril 23, 2019June 18, 2019

by HeritageDailyApril 23, 2019June 18, 2019013059

The Stonehenge landscape comprises of mainly chalk grasslands, covering an area of around 2100 acres and centred on Neolithichic monument of Stonehenge.

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New study shows people used natural dyes to color their clothing thousands of years ago

HeritageDailyApril 17, 2019

by HeritageDailyApril 17, 201903123

Even thousands of years ago people wore clothing with colourful patterns made from plant and animal-based dyes.

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Roman Caledonia – The Failed Invasion

HeritageDailyApril 10, 2019April 11, 2019

by HeritageDailyApril 10, 2019April 11, 201909953

Caledonia was the Latin name applied to the lands north of Roman Britannia, roughly corresponding to the territories of modern-day Scotland.

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Human history through tree rings: Trees in Amazonia reveal pre-colonial human disturbance

HeritageDailyApril 5, 2019

by HeritageDailyApril 5, 201902657

In a new paper published in PLOS ONE, an international team of scientists reports the combined use of dendrochronology and historical survey to investigate the effects

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The sword of a Hispano-Muslim warlord is digitized in 3D

HeritageDailyMarch 27, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 27, 201902943

At age 90, Ali Atar, one of the main military chiefs of King Boabdil of Granada, fought to his death in the Battle of Lucena

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Viking homes were stranger than fiction: portals to the dead, magical artefacts and ‘slaves’

HeritageDailyMarch 20, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 20, 2019021941

The Vikings are more popular than ever. TV shows such as Last Kingdom and Vikings have added dramatic license to particular historical accounts, while new

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Earliest known Mariner’s Astrolabe research published today to go in Guinness Book of Records

HeritageDailyMarch 18, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 18, 201902720

Guinness World Records have independently certified an astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship that was part of Vasco da Gama's

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Criteria for the reduction of environmental impact applied in the Roman Theatre of Itálica

HeritageDailyMarch 12, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 12, 201901461

In the majority of studies carried out until now Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been used according to a methodology based on the final evaluation of

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Big Game Hunt With Tusk Spears Mammoth ivory used as a raw material for hunting weapons

HeritageDailyFebruary 28, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 28, 201902118

For the first time, scientists from the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena and the Senckenberg Research Station for Quaternary Palaeontology Weimar conducted a detailed comparison

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New research casts doubt on cause of Angkor’s collapse

HeritageDailyFebruary 26, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 26, 201902062

New University of Sydney research has revealed the ancient Cambodian city of Angkor underwent a gradual decline in occupation rather than an abrupt collapse.

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The road to Scandinavia’s bronze age: Trade routes, metal provenance, and mixing

The Real Assassin’s Creed

Alan Turing to be the face of UK £50 note

Retracing ancient routes to Australia

Digital Heritage through Video Games: A critical view on Ubisoft’s Notre Dame

Humans used northern migration routes to reach eastern Asia

What do the animals carved into stave churches really mean?

Quantum physicists shining new light on cave art

Wheat, wine and wool: What old account statements reveal

Mesha Stele inscription may have major consequences for biblical history

Four ways in which Leonardo da Vinci was ahead of his time

UK Archaeology Projects Wanted for BBC4 Series

The Stonehenge Landscape – Interactive Map

New study shows people used natural dyes to color their clothing thousands of years ago

Roman Caledonia – The Failed Invasion

Human history through tree rings: Trees in Amazonia reveal pre-colonial human disturbance

The sword of a Hispano-Muslim warlord is digitized in 3D

Viking homes were stranger than fiction: portals to the dead, magical artefacts and ‘slaves’

Earliest known Mariner’s Astrolabe research published today to go in Guinness Book of Records

Criteria for the reduction of environmental impact applied in the Roman Theatre of Itálica

Big Game Hunt With Tusk Spears Mammoth ivory used as a raw material for hunting weapons

New research casts doubt on cause of Angkor’s collapse

Roman Sex, Sexuality, Slaves and Lex Scantinia

Was Cleopatra beautiful? The archaeological evidence

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

Half the population of the Viking-town Sigtuna were migrants

Georadar detects a Viking ship in Norway

A Stone Age” boat building site” has been discovered underwater

Humans migrated to Mongolia 10,000 years earlier than previously believed

Ancient faeces reveal how ‘marsh diet’ left Bronze Age Fen folk infected...

Tiny ear bones help archaeologists piece together the past

Student reveals the face of Iron Age female druid

Murder in the Paleolithic? Evidence of violence behind human skull remains

One argument for Neanderthal genius debunked

Neanderthals commonly suffered from ‘swimmer’s ear’

New study in Science: Why humans in Africa fled to the mountains...