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Tracing Genomic Secrets of History: Unraveling Ancient Roman Migration in the Balkans
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A new study reveals major demographic changes in the Balkan region during the first millennium, including the migration of Slavic-speaking populations after the fall of the Roman Empire. A Mississippi State University (MSU) anthropologist’s bioarchaeological analysis and bone samples from ancient Ro...
New technology interprets archaeological findings from Biblical times. The new study scientifically corroborates an event described in the Second Book of Kings – the conquest of the Philistine city of Gath by Hazael King of Aram. The method is based on measuring the magnetic field recorded in burnt ...
A major research project has produced a collection of ‘bone biographies’ that narrate the lives of individuals from medieval Cambridge, as interpreted from their skeletal remains. These biographies shed light on the daily experiences of people during the period of the Black Death and its...
Could a family’s obsidian blade be a clue to the expedition’s trail? It’s a small piece of obsidian, just over 5 centimeters long, likely found on a hard-scrabble piece of ranchland in the Texas panhandle. But when SMU anthropologist Matthew Boulanger looks at it, he gets a mental image of Spanish e...
Bronze Age to Byzantine: Scientists Uncover 46 Archaeological Sites Thought To Be Lost to History
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University of Leicester Archaeological Services rediscovers 46 sites at the Eastern Sovereign Base Area at Dhekelia, Cyprus Scientists from the University of Leicester, collaborating with the Ministry of Defence, have successfully rediscovered over forty archaeological sites in Cyprus, some of which...
New Findings Reveal That Britain Began Industrializing in the 1600s – Over 100 Years Earlier Than History Books Claim
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Britain was already well on its way to an industrialized economy under the reign of the Stuarts in the 17th century – over 100 years before textbooks mark the start of the Industrial Revolution – according to the most detailed occupational history of a nation ever constructed. Built from more than 1...
New Research Sheds Light on the Forgotten 11th-Century Muslim Scientist Who Fundamentally Transformed the History of Physics
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Researchers from the University of Sharjah and the Warburg Institute are diligently studying the works of an 11th-century Arab-Muslim polymath to showcase their influence on the evolution of optical sciences and how they have fundamentally transformed the history of physics from the Middle Ages up t...
A groundbreaking study from Tel Aviv University dispels long-standing myths about King Solomon’s Mines, revealing that ancient copper production in Timna Valley caused minimal and localized environmental harm. Researchers used advanced geochemical surveys to determine that pollution levels were far ...
Ancient, repurposed parchments reveal hidden and forgotten traces of Iceland’s history. Iceland has a long and rich literary tradition. With its 380,000 inhabitants, Iceland has produced many great writers, and it is said that one in two Icelanders writes books. The literary tradition stretches all ...