A system of tunnels carved into the tuff of Nahal ‘Amal, dated to the 14th and 15th centuries, reveals the use of brackish water to generate mechanical energy, redefining the medieval industrial ...
A massive genetic study of 156 ancient genomes shows that the Sarmatians who settled in the Carpathian Basin came from the Urals and Kazakhstan—and survived the Huns’ arrival. A new genetic study has ...
Aerial view of Mound A at the Poverty Point site. Credit: Jennifer R. Trotter / Wikimedia Commons About 3,500 years ago, in a bend of the Mississippi River in what is now northeastern Louisiana, ...
A meticulous study of the ankle joint of this 4.4-million-year-old ancestor positions this species as a crucial link, bearing both primitive traits for climbing and early adaptations for upright ...
Salt has been with humankind almost since the beginning of time. Its usefulness as a seasoning and preservative extends to other historical applications, both therapeutic and ritual, so it is not surp ...
A small treasure composed of four gold rings, delicately decorated with incisions and probably forming a necklace or a prestige ornament, has been documented by Romanian researchers. The find, made by ...
The construction of a new road near Perth in Scotland has unearthed the remains of a fortified Iron Age settlement that, after several centuries of occupation, was mysteriously abandoned on the eve of ...
Although from time to time news appears in the media about shipwrecks that may be more than 4,000 years old, for now the oldest confirmed and dated shipwreck ever found is the Dokos wreck, which dates ...
A scientific enclave at the southern tip of Chile has become the epicenter of a major biological revelation: the confirmation ...
At the archaeological site of Vergina, the ancient Aigai and first capital of Macedonia, archaeologists unearthed several ...
Marcus Flavius Aquila is a Roman legionary who is wounded in the leg during a battle in Britain. Retired from service and ...
An imposing line of stone and mud winding through a remote valley in southern Uzbekistan has guarded for centuries crucial ...
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