All posts tagged "archaeology blog"
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6.5KArchaeologySwedes have been brewing beer since the Iron Age
Archaeologists at Lund University in Sweden have found carbonised germinated grains showing that malt was produced for beer brewing as early as...
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5.1KHeritageIllegal 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...
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8.6KBiologyOldest bubonic plague genome decoded
An international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History has analyzed two 3,800-year-old Y. pestis genomes...
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6.6KArchaeologistRoman decapitated and crushed by block of stone while fleeing eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii
Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples, Italy that was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13...
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6.2KPalaeoanthropologyFirst direct dating of Homo antecessor
The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has led a new international study published in the journal Quaternary Geochronology, about...
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10.5KArchaeologistULB archaeologists dicover a 1,000-year-old-mummy in Peru
Researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles's centre for archaeological research (CReA-Patrimoine) has announced the discovery of a well-preserved Inca mummy at...
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8.5KArchaeologistAncient mound builders carefully timed their occupation of coastal Louisiana site
A study of ancient mound builders who lived hundreds of years ago on the Mississippi River Delta near present-day New Orleans offers...
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24.8KHeritage10 Underground cave cities & settlements
Cave dwellings can be found across most of the world and served as sites for religious practice, protection or just habitation.
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36.1KArchaeologistCuneiform tablets from Bassetki reveal location of ancient royal city of Mardaman
Assyrian clay tablets from the 2nd millennium BC link excavation site to important commercial city
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12.0KArchaeology AppHeritageDaily on iOS & Android
HeritageDaily, the online magazine and publisher has launched a dedicated app for iTunes and Google Play. HeritageDaily first published in 2011, since...
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7.9KBiologyNew research sheds light on prehistoric human migration in europe
Two University of Wyoming researchers contributed to a new study in which DNA of ancient skeletal remains of people from southeastern Europe...
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16.0KArchaeologistSpiral circle of linked human skeletons discovered at Pre-Aztec burial site in Mexico
A spiral formation of human remains has been unearthed in an ancient burial pit during excavations at a Pre-Aztec village in the...
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8.6KArchaeologistEarly example of ancient ochre crayon discovered near prehistoric lake
One of the earliest known examples of a ‘crayon’ used by our our ancestors from approximately 10,000 years ago has been unearthed...
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8.7KPalaeoanthropologyModern humans left Africa 50,000 years earlier than previously thought
An international team that includes Tel Aviv University, Binghamton University and the University of New York has announced the discovery of the...
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20.9KArchaeologistDiscoveries from dawn of the Cycladic Bronze Age on remote Greek Island
Excavations by the University of Cambridge on the island of Keros, an uninhabited Greek island in the Cyclades southeast of Naxo has...
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19.3KArchaeologistArchaeologists uncover Byzantine Monastery and Church
Remains of a 1500-year-old monastery and church dating from the Byzantine period has been uncovered by archaeologists at an archaeological site in...
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7.5KArchaeologistStudy of stone hats suggests supportive communities
A study by researchers from Binghamton University on the giant stone hats of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) has suggested that the long-held...
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7.7KArchaeologist2500 year old cave paintings discovered on Indonesian island
Cave paintings on an unexplored Indonesian island has been discovered by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU).
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71.2KArchaeologistTop 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2017
A round up of HeritageDaily's top ten archaeological discoveries from 2017
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9.7KArchaeologistVenezuelan rock art mapped in unprecedented detail
Rock engravings located in Western Venezuela - including some of the largest recorded anywhere in the world - have been mapped in...
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10.6KAnthropologyFirst-of-its-kind mummy study reveals clues to girl’s story
Who is she, this little mummy girl? Northwestern University scientists and students are working to unravel some of her mysteries, including how...
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11.8KArchaeologistWild sheep grazed in the Black Desert 14,500 years ago
Excavations of architecture and associated deposits left by hunter-gatherers in the Black Desert in eastern Jordan have revealed bones from wild sheep...
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