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400-year-old documents reveal evidence of Japanese opium production and winemaking

HeritageDailyApril 6, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyApril 6, 2018May 4, 2018065

Research from the Eisei Bunko Research Center of Kumamoto University reveals that Tadatoshi Hosokawa, a 17th century lord of Kyusyu, Japan, ordered his people to produce not only wine

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13,000-year-old human footprints found off Canada’s Pacific coast

HeritageDailyMarch 29, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyMarch 29, 2018May 4, 20180147

Human footprints found off Canada's Pacific coast may be 13,000 years old, according to a study published by Duncan McLaren and colleagues from the Hakai

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Linguistic analysis finds Dravidian language family is approximately 4,500 years old

HeritageDailyMarch 25, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyMarch 25, 2018May 4, 20180105

The origin of the Dravidian language family, consisting of about 80 varieties spoken by 220 million people across southern and central India and surrounding countries,

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First evidence of live-traded dogs for Maya ceremonies

HeritageDailyMarch 20, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyMarch 20, 2018May 4, 2018043

Ashley Sharpe, an archaeologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, and colleagues combined clues from carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and strontium isotope analysis discovering

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Researchers add 700 years to Malta’s history

HeritageDailyMarch 19, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyMarch 19, 2018May 4, 2018062

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have discovered that the first people to inhabit Malta arrived 700 years earlier than history books indicate.

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Fall of Troy: the legend and the facts

HeritageDailyMarch 6, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyMarch 6, 2018May 4, 20180145

The legendary ancient city of Troy is very much in the limelight this year: a big budget co-production between the BBC and Netflix: Troy, Fall of

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From Hearing to Signing: What’s Happened While Libya Awaited Their MOU

HeritageDailyMarch 2, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyMarch 2, 2018May 4, 2018062

The Arab Spring marked the beginning of a cultural crisis across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The looting and trafficking of cultural property

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What Vikings really put in their pillows

HeritageDailyMarch 1, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyMarch 1, 2018May 4, 2018049

Not too many people are able to identify birds by examining a single feather. But a number of folks need to know that sort of

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Cool Britannia: TV drama doesn’t capture the story being unearthed of the Roman invasion

HeritageDailyFebruary 19, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyFebruary 19, 2018May 4, 2018063

The new TV series Britannia airing now (produced for Sky Atlantic in the UK, screening on Foxtel’s Showcase in Australia) is undoubtedly influenced by the

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Ani – The Ruined City of 1001 Churches

HeritageDailyFebruary 8, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyFebruary 8, 2018May 4, 20180666

On the eastern borders of Turkey in the province of Kars lies the ruined Armenian city of Ani. Renowned as a cultural and commercial centre on

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Medicinal and Ritualistic Uses for Chocolate in Mesoamerica

Julie St JeanFebruary 7, 2018May 4, 2018

by Julie St JeanFebruary 7, 2018May 4, 201801012

Chocolate finds its way onto even the most simplistic dessert menus today to satisfy the sweetest sweet-tooth. In ancient Mesoamerica, chocolate was deemed a specialty

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Pyramids of the Kingdom of Kush – Map

HeritageDailyFebruary 6, 2018July 6, 2018

by HeritageDailyFebruary 6, 2018July 6, 20180379

The Kingdom of Kush was an ancient African kingdom located in Nubia, a region along the Nile rivers encompassing the areas between what is today

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Æthelred the Unready – The Lost King

HeritageDailyFebruary 2, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyFebruary 2, 2018May 4, 20180310

Æthelred II, also dubbed the Unready was King of Saxon England during 978–1013 and 1014–1016. Under his father Kind Edgar, England had experienced a period

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Roman Britain – Street Map

HeritageDailyJanuary 29, 2018June 15, 2018

by HeritageDailyJanuary 29, 2018June 15, 20180194

"Roman Britain - Street Map" is a mapping tool created by HeritageDaily that enables the user to view the street layouts of most major Roman

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The Roman Empire – Interactive Map

HeritageDailyJanuary 25, 2018May 8, 2018

by HeritageDailyJanuary 25, 2018May 8, 20180288

Map of Roman Empire - The Roman Empire was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and

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London’s Iron Age Forts & Fortifications

HeritageDailyJanuary 10, 2018January 30, 2018

by HeritageDailyJanuary 10, 2018January 30, 20180348

A hillfort or hill fortification is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation

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Pet-Keeping and Animal Sacrifice as Seen Economically and Archaeologically

Julie St JeanJanuary 6, 2018May 8, 2018

by Julie St JeanJanuary 6, 2018May 8, 2018065

Pet-keeping and animal sacrifice in antiquity were common practices. How the animals were treated can often be seen archaeologically.

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A History of Harta

HeritageDailyDecember 20, 2017April 8, 2018

by HeritageDailyDecember 20, 2017April 8, 2018087

Harta is a village located 100 km south of Budapest on the banks of the River Danube, famed for its bespoke artisan craftsmanship, unique floral

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London’s Viking Lineage

HeritageDailyDecember 8, 2017July 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyDecember 8, 2017July 4, 20181214

London is generally associated with the Romans, Saxons and Normans, but a lesser known part of London’s history is intertwined with that of the Vikings.

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The Pop-Cultural Heritage of Terrorism, Treasure Hunters, and Trafficking: Entertainment versus Reality

HeritageDailyDecember 7, 2017January 15, 2018

by HeritageDailyDecember 7, 2017January 15, 2018075

The looting and destruction of antiquities and archaeological sites has plagued countries facing terrorism, conflict, and instability for decades.

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Scientists show how Himalayan rivers influenced ancient Indus civilization settlements

HeritageDailyDecember 4, 2017May 8, 2018

by HeritageDailyDecember 4, 2017May 8, 2018043

The Indus or Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze Age society that developed mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia from 5300 to 3300 years

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10 Historic Estonian Castles

HeritageDailyNovember 25, 2017July 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyNovember 25, 2017July 4, 20180143

10 Historic castles and fortresses from Estonia

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400-year-old documents reveal evidence of Japanese opium production and winemaking

13,000-year-old human footprints found off Canada’s Pacific coast

Linguistic analysis finds Dravidian language family is approximately 4,500 years old

First evidence of live-traded dogs for Maya ceremonies

Researchers add 700 years to Malta’s history

Fall of Troy: the legend and the facts

From Hearing to Signing: What’s Happened While Libya Awaited Their MOU

What Vikings really put in their pillows

Cool Britannia: TV drama doesn’t capture the story being unearthed of the Roman invasion

Ani – The Ruined City of 1001 Churches

Medicinal and Ritualistic Uses for Chocolate in Mesoamerica

Pyramids of the Kingdom of Kush – Map

Æthelred the Unready – The Lost King

Roman Britain – Street Map

The Roman Empire – Interactive Map

London’s Iron Age Forts & Fortifications

Pet-Keeping and Animal Sacrifice as Seen Economically and Archaeologically

A History of Harta

London’s Viking Lineage

The Pop-Cultural Heritage of Terrorism, Treasure Hunters, and Trafficking: Entertainment versus Reality

Scientists show how Himalayan rivers influenced ancient Indus civilization settlements

10 Historic Estonian Castles

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

Ancient DNA testing solves 100-year-old controversy in Southeast Asian prehistory

The study of neanderthals’ tartar reveals the widespread consumption of plants as a subsistence strategy

Roman Sex, Sexuality, Slaves and Lex Scantinia

Anglo-Saxon and British Kingdoms Map c. 800

Evidence of Salmonella Paratyphi C found for the first time in medieval...

X-ray data may be first evidence of a star devouring a planet

Billion-year-old lake deposit yields clues to Earth’s ancient biosphere

Otago-led research cites faulty science and ethics in DNA analyzes of ‘Ata’

Neanderthals could make fire – just like our modern ancestors