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A Human Lineage Lived Isolated in the Center of the Sahara When It Was a Green Area 7,000 Years Ago
Recent research has revealed surprising details about the prehistoric population of North Africa thanks to the genetic ...
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The 1938 German Expedition to Tibet Searching for the Mythical Kingdom of Agartha and Proving the World Ice Theory
One of the expedition camps. Credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 135-KA-03-073 / Wikimedia Commons This was the vision of Frederick Hilscher, head of the Ahnenerbe’s esotericism department and the ideologue ...
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The Adorant: The Ice Age Sculpture That Is the Oldest Figurative Representation of a Constellation
In the Geißenklösterle cave, located in the Swabian Jura near Blaubeuren, Germany, an exceptional piece of prehistoric art was discovered in 1979: a carved mammoth ivory plaque, dated between 35,000 ...
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Human Sacrifices of Teenagers in a Site in Türkiye Reveal the Origins of Inequality in the Bronze Age
Aerial view of the Bronze Age site of Basur Höyük. Credit: Basur Höyük Excavation Project At the threshold of written history, when the first civilizations began to consolidate in Mesopotamia and ...
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First Stone Mold Used for Coin Minting in Hispania in the 2nd Century BCE Found at the Obulco Site in Jaén
A team of researchers from the University of Jaén has identified the first stone mold used for coin production in ancient Hispania. The discovery, made at the archaeological site of Obulco, in present ...
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Enigmatic Infant Burials in a Neolithic Settlement Reveal That Houses Were Simultaneously Temples or Prehistoric Maternities
General view of the Lepenski Vir site in Serbia. Credit: Stanisław Ludwiński / Wikimedia Commons A recent study, based on ancient DNA analysis and radiocarbon dating, has revealed crucial information ...
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An Unusual Wooden Box of Unknown Function Found in a Huge Bronze Age Village in Northern France
In the Hauts-de-France region, archaeologists have discovered a massive village inhabited between the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age. This settlement, which spans more than three ...
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Schliemann Was Right: In Troy, Not Only the Elites Drank Wine, but Also the Common People
A team of researchers from the universities of Tübingen, Bonn, and Jena has conclusively demonstrated that wine was consumed in the ancient city of Troy, providing chemical evidence that supports a ...
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Roman Aqueduct Section from the 2nd Century AD, 38 Meters Long, Discovered Beneath Rusovce Castle in Slovakia
Excavations at Rusovce Castle, Slovakia, have uncovered a Roman aqueduct. Credit: Trnavská univerzita v Trnave The restoration work on Rusovce Castle, a neo-Gothic gem located in a district of ...
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Mammoth Hunting Camp from 25,000 Years Ago with Bones, Tusks, and Ivory Tools, Found in Austria
Find layer with the remains of dismembered mammoths and stone tools in excavation area 2. Credit: Marc Händel / ÖAW-ÖAI The findings include two excavation areas spanning several meters, located a ...
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The Fascinating History of Castel dell’Ovo, the Fortress Where the Last Roman Emperor Retired
As much as Julius Nepos refused to recognize his legitimacy and continued to hold the title in parallel until his death in 475 AD, history considers the last Western Roman emperor to be Romulus ...
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Pyrophone, the Strange Musical Instrument That Works with Fire
An internal combustion engine is one that operates through a thermodynamic cycle of internal combustion called Otto: when a spark generated by the fuel expands a gas that pushes the piston, which, ...