International study suggests ancient globalisation
Using energy consumption as a measure, a team of international scientists has found that ancient civilisations engaged in globalization more than previously believed, suggesting that
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Turkish courts reject converting Hagia Sophia into a Mosque
Plans to turn the Byzantine-era structure, formerly a Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal cathedral and Museum back into a mosque has been turned down by the
A prehistoric thirst for craft beer
A new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports suggests beer brewing practices existed in the Eastern Mediterranean over five millennia before the earliest known evidence, discovered
Lesson from Brazil: Museums are not forever
We now know what history going up in flames looks like.
The Stonehenge Landscape – Interactive Map
The Stonehenge landscape comprises of mainly chalk grasslands, covering an area of around 2100 acres and centred on Neolithichic monument of Stonehenge.
Hattusa, Capital of the Hittite Empire – Interactive Map
The Hittites were an Ancient Anatolian people who established an empire centred on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia around 1600 BCE.
Ancient Egypt – Comparisons caught on camera
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in the place that is now the
Stone tools reveal modern human-like gripping capabilities 500,000 years ago
This research is the first to link a stone tool production technique known as 'platform preparation' to the biology of human hands.
Lost Norse of Greenland fuelled the medieval ivory trade, ancient walrus DNA suggests
New DNA analysis reveals that, before their mysterious disappearance, the Norse colonies of Greenland had a “near monopoly” on Europe’s walrus ivory supply.
Vindolanda – The Pompeii of the North
Vindolanda (translated as “white field” or “white moor”) was a Roman auxiliary fort, located on the fringes of the Roman Empire in the province of
Yggdrasil and the 9 Norse Worlds
In ancient Norse mythology and cosmology, Yggdrasil is an immense tree that sprang forth in the primordial void of Ginnungagap, unifying the 9 worlds of
World Wars contaminated sites in the North and the Baltic Sea
Millions of tons of old ordnance and poison gas grenades lie at the bottom of the North and the Baltic Sea – dangerous legacies of
Ancient Greek music: now we finally know what it sounded like
In 1932, the musicologist Wilfrid Perrett reported to an audience at the Royal Musical Association in London the words of an unnamed professor of Greek
Making thread in Bronze Age Britain
A new study has identified that the earliest plant fibre technology for making thread in Early Bronze Age Britain and across Europe and the Near East
Native bison hunters amplified climate impacts on North American prairie fires
Native American communities actively managed North American prairies for centuries before Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World, according to a new study led by
Old Theban port of Chalcis: A medieval maritime crossroads in Greece
Showcased in museums the world over, Byzantine ceramics are the vestiges of an ancient empire that dominated the Mediterranean region for nearly ten centuries.
Anglo-Saxon and British Kingdoms Map c. 800
The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century. They comprise people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the island from
Organic components of Levantine rock art investigated for the first time with massive DNA and protein analysis techniques
The aim of the project was to identify the organic binding agents and the bacterial communities of the sites through omic technologies, that is, those
Doggerland – Europe’s Lost Land
Doggerland is a submerged land mass beneath what is now the North Sea, that once connected Britain to continental Europe.
Illegal trade in antiquities: a scourge that has gone on for millennia too long
Looting of artefacts has always been a sign of military might or economic power. Over millennia, conquering generals would take away with them trophies to
New research unveils true origin of ancient turquoise
New research overturns more than a century of thought about the source of turquoise used by ancient civilizations in Mesoamerica, the vast region that extends
The Roman Empire Strikes Back
The accepted date for the collapse of the Western Roman Empire was approximately 476 CE, when the last true Roman Emperor Romulus was overthrown by