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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - New genetic research from remote islands in the Pacific offers fresh insights into the ancestry and culture of the world's earliest seafarers, including
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - New archaeological research into grave goods and skeletal material from the oldest grave field in the Netherlands shows that male-female roles 7,000 years
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Neanderthals are our closest extinct relatives and modern humans share 99.7% of their DNA. These intriguing beings were widespread across Europe and Western
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Winemaking practices in coastal Italy during the Roman period involved using native grapes for making wine in jars waterproofed with imported tar pitch,
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - As early as the Neolithic period, pests posed a threat to agricultural yields, as shown by the remains of mice and insects found
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have tried to find the burial site of legendary Viking King Harald Bluetooth for decades. Using satellite remote sensing tools, researchers say
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new study of the ancient world of Anatolia—now Turkey—shows how they adapted to climate change but offers a warning for today's climate
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers have developed a way to detect the presence of rock art in remote, hard-to-reach areas in Australia's rugged landscapes using Machine Learning
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The earth doesn't give up its secrets easily - not even in the "Cradle of Humankind" in South Africa, where a wealth of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - To ancient history and archaeology buffs it's always a joy to see historical treasures revealed to the public for the first time. To
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A set of exceptional 1,700-year-old Roman mosaics have returned home to Israel, where the collection went on public display for the first time
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The genomes of many human populations show evidence of founder events, which occur when a small number of initial members start a new
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Large jars (in Greek, called 'pithoi') were vast storage containers, widely used among the civilizations that inhabited the regions of the Mediterranean Sea in
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While workers labored on a large construction site in the Gaza Strip, a security guard noticed a strange piece of stone sticking out
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have recovered as many as 2,550 wooden objects from the Templo Mayor in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in Mexico City. The
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While carrying out fieldwork in the Burren lowlands east of Gort in Co Galway, Ireland archaeologist Michael Gibbons discovered a remarkable Bronze Age
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Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A new study led by University of Arizona researchers may have solved two mysteries that have long puzzled paleo-climate experts: Where did
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Where exactly did our civilization emerge? Some will say our modern civilization emerged in Mesopotamia. Others will say there are underwater ruins much
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Kent, UK have made some interesting finds, and the oldest of them date back to the Bronze Age. The discovery
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Described in numerous literary works, movies, public monuments, and other memorials, Decebalus is considered a national hero in Romania. At the beginning of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While exploring the historic Roman-era shipwreck off the islet of Antikythera marine archeologists discovered several ancient artifacts recovered from the seafloor. The most
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - With some 7,000 islands and cays and a 7,000-year history of human habitation, the Caribbean Sea is practically synonymous with maritime travel. The
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeological excavations on Ayasuluk Hill in Turkey have led to the discovery of an interesting 3,200-year-old Mycenaean statuette that shed new light on
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Magnificent ancient Egyptian tombs covered with mysterious hieroglyphs telling incredible stories of the Pharaohs and the rise and fall of great dynasties captivate
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeological discoveries made on the outskirts of Canterbury, Kent (England) confirm the presence of early humans in southern Britain between 560,000 and 620,000
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new study from The University of Western Australia has challenged earlier claims that Aboriginal stone artifacts discovered off the Pilbara coast in
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Chances the ancient city of Bassania will ever be found have not been high. At the beginning of the 1st century A.D. and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It is often said better late than never, and now after 100 years scientists can finally say they have sold the mystery of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A group of scientists has successfully sequenced and studied the whole genome of eight 1,700-year-old individuals dated to the Three Kingdoms period of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands has announced a unique archaeological discovery at Herwen-Hemeling (Zevenaar) where scientists have unearthed a complete and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An archaeological dig on one of Northeast Florida's unique sea islands, Big Talbot Island has been very successful so far. Scientists and students
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A metal detector has discovered an ancient coin depicting mighty Viking King Harald Hardrada. The 1,000-year-old coin was found in southern Hungary. The
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Egypt have unearthed the foundations of the Temple of the Sun and blocks dating back to Khufu‘s reign at the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Many ancient civilizations appreciated board games. Some of the oldest known board games are still played, while others are all but forgotten. The
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AncientPages.com - Remember when Australians paid in shillings and pence? New research suggests the words for these coins and other culturally important items and concepts are the result
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers identified and reconstructed the first ancient genome of E. coli, using fragments extracted from the gallstone of a 16th century mummy. E. coli is
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Were the bones of fallen Battle of Waterloo soldiers sold as fertilizer? As very few human remains have been found from what was
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists report on the discovery of one of the largest Anglo-Saxon burial grounds in Britain. Archaeologists working on HS2 have made discoveries of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ivar the Boneless has gone into the history books as one of the most powerful Vikings ever lived. Not only was he one
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The human middle ear—which houses three tiny, vibrating bones—is key to transporting sound vibrations into the inner ear, where they become nerve impulses
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A team of scientists has unraveled the earliest evidence for the domestication of a fruit tree. The researchers analyzed remnants of charcoal from
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeological excavation is still going on at Tilaurakot, Kapilvastu of southern Nepal. According to archaeologists involved in the excavation, the recent discovery of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have located a unique Viking Age shipyard site at Birka on Björkö in Lake Mälaren. The discovery challenges previous theories about how
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Jan Barterk - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists had low expectations when excavations started at 35 Spaska Street in Kyiv in 2007. Two earlier archaeological surveys had been carried out
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Democracy is widely understood to have arisen in the Mediterranean world about 2,500 years ago before spreading through cultural contact to other parts
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