The remains of numerous individuals unearthed on the former site of the Hospital of St. John the Evangelist, taken during the 2010 excavation. Credit: Cambridge…
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Israeli researchers have revolutionized archaeology with a new method for analyzing burnt materials, confirming the Biblical account of Gath’s destruction and providing new insights into…
Mississippi State University anthropologist Anna Osterholtz contributed to a study in Cell, providing key data from ancient Roman burial sites. The research, involving a multidisciplinary…
Skull of an individual of East African ancestral origin found in Viminacium, with the oil lamp featuring an eagle found in his tomb. Credit: Miodrag…
Typical scenes of fires triggered by warfare activity in ancient China. (Provided by authors.) Credit: Zhang et al. A study of Tianchi Lake sediments shows…
An international research team has uncovered the complex genomic history of the Balkan Peninsula during the Roman era and beyond, revealing a mix of Anatolian…
Brick dates to the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (ca. 604 to 562 BCE) based on the interpretation of the inscription. This object was looted from…
The full-scale reconstruction of the Cybersyn Operations Room is hexagonal and measures 72 square meters, with seven fiberglass armchairs equipped with buttons for remotely controlling…
University of Notre Dame researchers uncovered Benjamin Franklin’s innovative anti-counterfeiting techniques in Colonial money printing, revealing his use of unique pigments and materials to deter…
The fragment of the translation of the New Testament is visible under UV light. Credit: © Vatican Library It is an important piece of the…
An international team of scientists has sequenced Ludwig van Beethoven’s genome for the first time using five genetically matching locks of the composer’s hair. The…
Ludwig van Beethoven in portrait by Carl Jaeger. Over two centuries after Ludwig van Beethoven’s request to disclose his progressive hearing loss upon his death,…
An illustration of Mons Mouton, a mesa-like lunar mountain that towers above the landscape carved by craters near the Moon’s South Pole. Credits: NASA/Science Visualization…
Sponsian gold coin, c.260-c.270 CE (obverse). Credit: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow According to recent University College of London research, a gold coin long regarded…
A folio from the Codex Climaci Rescriptus. Credit: Peter Malik Written over 2000 years ago, the Hipparchus Star Catalogue is the oldest known attempt to…
The authors believe that chlorobenzenes are linked with the increased corrosion in the Roman bowl. Scientists discover that a modern pesticide accelerated the corrosion of…
The Dancing Horse sculpture featured a decorative tassel on its forehead, prompting the Cincinnati Art Museum to undertake a scientific investigation that found it was…
The origin of Assateague’s wild horses has remained a mystery for centuries, but new genetic data supports the theory that they descended from Spanish horses…
For over 400 years, the Himyarites held control over much of southern Arabia. Droughts in the sixth century helped Islam gain ground Extreme dryness aided the collapse…
Using pieces of a gallstone from a mummy from the 1500s, researchers have been able to reconstruct the E. coli genome. Credit: Division of Paleopathology…