Back to future with Roman architectural concrete
No visit to Rome is complete without a visit to the Pantheon, Trajan's Markets, the Colosseum, or the other spectacular examples of ancient Roman concrete monuments that have stood the test of time and the elements for nearly two thousand years.
High-Tech Authentication of Ancient Artifacts
In ongoing studies, Rose and his colleague Jane Walsh have now analyzed hundreds of artifacts, including carved stone figurines and masks and ceramic pieces from the ancient Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan and Mezcala civilizations dating from 1500 B.C. to A.D. 600.
Supercomputing Beyond Genealogy Reveals Surprising European Ancestors
What if you researched your family's genealogy, and a mysterious stranger turned out to be an ancestor?
Hyperspectral imaging shines light on the early Finns’ life in the Stone Age
The 5,500 years old clay figurines found at community excavations in Vantaa, Finland in summer 2014, were recently scanned with SPECIM’s hyperspectral camera.
Siberian Bronze Age skull reveals secrets of ancient society
Unlike most hunter-gatherer societies of the Bronze Age, the people of the Baikal region of modern Siberia (Russia) respected their dead with formal graves.
Geographic Population Structure can locate the village your ancestors lived 1,000 years ago
Tracing when your DNA was formed, is now possible due to a revolutionary technique developed by a team of international scientists led by experts from the University of Sheffield.
Jawed vertebrates get a face
A team of French and Swedish researchers present new fossil evidence for the origin of one of the most important and emotionally significant parts of...
Ball State simulation helps unravel ancient Roman puzzle
An enduring mystery of archaeology involving a well-known historical site in ancient Rome.
Money Talks When Ancient Antioch Meets Google Earth
UC research puts a high-tech spin on studying the ancient world
New method for reconstructing historic buildings in 3D
Researchers have recreated the palace of Ambassador Vich
Oldest hominin DNA sequenced
Sequencing the mitochondrial genome of a 400,000-year-old hominin from Spain.
New research will allow more reliable dating of major past events
A new method which will allow key past events to be dated more accurately.
Controversy over the use of Roman ingots to investigate dark matter and neutrinos
Lead bricks from ancient shipwrecks ideal for experiments in particle physics.
A robot turtle will help underwater archaeologists to inspect shipwrecks
Underwater robot, U-CAT
Redwood trees reveal history of West Coast rain, fog, ocean conditions
A researcher has developed a way to use the trees as a window into coastal condition
