Tech & Engineering
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6.0KWe’re mapping wartime shipwrecks to explore the past – and help develop green energy projects
Wartime shipwrecks such as the USS Juneau – recently discovered in the Pacific Ocean by philanthropist Paul Allen and his team – are of...
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8.9KHow we recreated a lost African city with laser technology
Now the same technology which located those Mayan cities has been used to rediscover a southern African city that was occupied from...
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5.6KHuman dispersion through southern Europe in Early Pleistocene
Geochronologists from the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) have led a study published in the journal Quaternary Geochronology about the...
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6.9KEarliest cave paintings were made by Neanderthals, scientists discover
Scientists have found the first major evidence that Neanderthals made cave paintings, indicating they may have had an artistic sense similar to...
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17.1KMass grave dates from Viking Era
Archaeologists from the Anthropology and Archaeology department at the University of Bristol has revealed that a mass grave discovered in the 1980s...
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8.6KDid ancient irrigation technology travel Silk Road?
Using satellite imaging and drone reconnaissance, archaeologists from Washington University in St. Louis have discovered an ancient irrigation system that allowed a...
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15.6KHow to launch a website for an archaeology project
A website can seem like quite a daunting undertaking for any archaeology project... after all, there's coding, graphic design, email servers, hosting...
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6.1KNew approach measures early human butchering practices
Researchers, led by a Purdue University anthropology professor, have found that statistical methods and 3D imaging can be used to accurately measure...
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5.1KInk from ancient Egyptian papyri contains copper
Until recently, it was assumed that the ink used for writing was primarily carbon-based at least until the fourth and fifth centuries...
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10.3KScience meets archaeology with discovery that dental X-rays reveal Vitamin D deficiency
Human teeth hold vital information about Vitamin D deficiency, a serious but often hidden condition that can now be identified by a...
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7.3KIsotopic analyses link the lives of Late Neolithic individuals to burial location in Spain
An isotopic analysis of megalithic graves and caves in Spain may suggest the existence of a degree of differentiation in the lifeways...
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6.6KHow aerial thermal imagery is revolutionizing archaeology
A Dartmouth-led study has demonstrated how the latest aerial thermal imagery is transforming archaeology due to advancements in technology.
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4.2K3-D analysis of dog fossils sheds light on domestication debate
In an effort to settle the debate about the origin of dog domestication, a technique that uses 3-D scans of fossils is...
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4.4KVirtual reality breathes new life into African fossils, art and artefacts
Digital technology has become an integral part of our everyday lives. So it was only a matter of time before the ways...
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10.1KRemarkable artistry hidden in ancient Roman painting revealed
Molten lava, volcanic ash, modern grime, salt, humidity. The ancient painting of a Roman woman has been through it all, and it...
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10.4KAnalysis finds defeat of Hannibal ‘written in the coins of the Roman Empire’
Analysis of ancient Roman coins has shown that the defeat of the Carthaginian general Hannibal led to a flood of wealth across...
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7.6KTraces of adaptation and cultural diversification found among early North American stone tools
Using new methods to analyze stone projectile points crafted by North America's earliest human inhabitants, Smithsonian scientists have found that these tools...
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4.0KSynchrotron light used to show human domestication of seeds from 2000 BC
Scientists from UCL have used the UK's synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, to document for the first time the rate of evolution...
