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High-status Danish Vikings wore exotic beaver furs
In a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE, scientists from the University of Copenhagen have suggested that beaver...
Redating specimens of Australopithecus
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg houses a highly secure fossil vault where five out of the ten...
Sunken ship from the Hanseatic period: Examination of recently discovered wreck from the 17th century
During a routine measurement in the Trave River, the Kiel-Holtenau Waterways and Shipping Authority made an intriguing discovery—a ship submerged...
Ice age children frolicked in ‘giant sloth puddles’, footprints reveal
Over 11,000 years ago, children accompanied by their families on a journey through what is now White Sands National Park...
New Mexico: Ancient southwestern desert people ate more, larger, fish than previously thought
There is a common misconception that Ancestral Pueblo people rarely ate fish. The remains of fish eaten by these people...
Ten million euros for archaeologists. Academies Programme supports project investigating Roman life at the Lower Germanic Limes
The four Roman legionary fortresses in Bonn, Neuss, Xanten and Nijmegen still hold unexplored treasures of knowledge about the multifaceted...
Floors in Greek luxury villa were laid with recycled glass
In the scenic landscapes overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, a luxury villa from late antiquity in present-day Turkey is revealing new...
Pregnant Egyptian mummy ‘Mysterious Lady’ may have died of cancer
The Mysterious Lady, a mummy from the Warsaw Mummy Project's collection, has recently been the focus of research indicating that...
Romans may have destroyed Moray metal-working site
A metal-working complex discovered in Moray may have helped Caledonian tribes in their fight against the Romans before being destroyed...
Searching for the Lost City of Natounia
Conclusions drawn by a team of archaeologists, spearheaded by Dr. Michael Brown from Heidelberg University's Institute of Prehistory, Protohistory, and...