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Category: History News
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Roundup: Ancient Science Shifts, Plague DNA Confirmed, and Pottery Dating Refined
Ancient civilizations and general archaeology this week: Archaeological science is undergoing a paradigm shift, moving from speculative interpretation to data-driven; and A mass grave in Jerash, Jordan, has provided direct genetic…
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Roundup: Ancient Artifacts Unearthed, a goddess bowl lost in German woods, and more.
Recent archaeological discoveries and artifacts this week: The Athena bowl, a silver and gold-accented vessel depicting the goddess and her owl, was part of the Hildesheim; and A hiker in southwest Norway discovered a rare gold scabbard…
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Roundup: Ancient Discoveries, Perfect fossils found in Australian rust, and more.
Scientists Signals this week: This matters for Ancient World because it gives a concrete current signal to track: Scientists find perfect fossils; and This matters for Ancient World because it gives a concrete current signal to track…
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Roundup: Ancient Discoveries, a sunken Silk Road city emerges, and more.
Archaeologists Signals this week: This matters for Ancient World because it gives a concrete current signal to track: – Underwater archaeologists; and This matters for Ancient World because it gives a concrete current signal to track…
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Roundup: Ancient Signals, Ancient DNA reveals hidden Neanderthal group frozen time, and more.
Ancient Signals this week: A study published in Current Biology analyzes mitochondrial DNA from eight Neanderthal teeth found in Stajnia Cave; and This matters for Ancient World because it gives a concrete current signal to track: #…
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Beer: The Drink Which Makes One’s Heart Feel Light
Ancient World this week: Beer’s origins as a domesticated intoxicant trace back to Sumerian Mesopotamia circa 4000 BCE, where it was; and Britannica’s entry details the excavation history of Pompeii, from its 16th-century discovery…