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08/28/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Archaeologists may have found the ruins of the biblical village Bethsaida
Archaeologists have discovered evidence that may prove the existence of Bethsaida, the biblical village where Jesus performed many miracles. The village lies today in ruins, over a mile from the Sea of Galilee, said the researchers. The team started looking for Bethsaida’s ruins more than 32 years ago. During this time, a few theories for the whereabouts […]
08/14/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Analysis of bone collagen from Roman Britons reveal details about their diet and mortality rates
Remains of Roman Britons are known for their high nitrogen isotope ratios, which are linked to a sophisticated and abundant diet characterized mainly by seafood. But a study published in the journal Annals of Human Biology found that higher nitrogen isotope ratios, combined with carbon ratios and death rates, correspond to long periods of malnutrition and higher mortality risk. This looks […]
07/02/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Archaeologists crack the code on the mysterious medieval tunnel buried beneath Paisley Abbey in Scotland
A 14th-century medieval drain tunnel stretching almost 300 feet has been uncovered beneath Paisley Abbey in Scotland. The drain tunnel is being heralded as one of the most well-preserved medieval relics to ever be found. The Abbey Drain, which ends around ten feet from the banks of the present-day White Cart River, had lain hidden for centuries until […]
06/19/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
For the Mayans, war and violence were all in a day’s work
A study by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley suggests that the ancient Maya civilization of Central America may have been more warlike than historians have previously thought. Historians used to believe that the Maya were a kind and relatively peaceful civilization and that the kind of warfare they engaged in was mostly ritualized. In particular, this was limited […]
06/05/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Elongated skulls unearthed in ancient Chinese tombs may indicate social status, researchers say… is there another explanation?
Human skeletons unearthed in northeast China represent some of the earliest evidence of intentional skull reshaping, says a recent study in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Between 2011 and 2015, the dig at the Houtaomuga site yielded 11 modified skulls and 14 skeletons with unmodified craniums. The former, in particular, had artificially elongated braincases and flattened bones […]
03/21/2020
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By Franz Walker
Scientists crack the code on the mystery of Stonehenge’s creation: They might have used lard
How ancient Britons built Stonehenge has remained a mystery for the longest time. A new analysis, however, claims to have found the mystery material that enabled these ancient people to build the stone monolith – lard. Archaeologists from Newcastle University propose that ancient builders used pig fat during the construction of Stonehenge. According to the archaeologists, […]
03/07/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Prehistoric site described as “real-life Atlantis” – experts in a race against time to retrieve treasures before it disappears again
In the site known as Ala-Tei in the Tuva Republic, in Russia, scientists are racing against time to retrieve dozens of treasures from over 110 burial sites — all of which are thousands of years old. The Tuva Republic, one of the federal subjects of the Russian Federation, sits in the so-called Sayan Sea, an artificial reservoir created when the Sayano-Shushenskaya […]
02/23/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
10,000 year old “weapons factory” discovered by archeologists alongside remains of a wooly mammoth, whose tusks were used as raw materials
Paleontologists working on the island of Kotelny, a now-uninhabited Siberian island administered by Russia and located within the Arctic circle, have discovered a “weapons factory” where early humans took shards of mammoth tusks and sharpened them into knives and spears. Not only that, but this “weapons factory” was discovered right beside the remains of a felled […]
02/15/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Researchers discover ruins of lost colonial tavern in North Carolina: Cache of artifacts is a “time capsule” of history
At the early stages of the American Revolutionary War in 1776, Brunswick Town, a small coastal town in southeastern colonial North Carolina, was raided by the British Army. They burned most of the homes in the area and, after the war, it was never rebuilt. In 2018, an archaeology student from East Carolina University (ECU) poked around the area using […]
02/14/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Ancient ingenuity: Amazon tribes built fishponds to survive long droughts
According to a study led by researchers from the Federal University of Western Para in Brazil along with colleagues from France and Germany, ancient tribes that lived in the Llanos de Moxos region in Bolivia for thousands of years used a network of fish ponds to support their settlements. The researchers also believe that these fish ponds were used […]
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