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Scientists Explain What Happened 14 Million Years Ago When the Solar System Passed Through the Orion Star-Forming Region
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Vienna, has revealed that the Solar System passed through the ...
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A Spectacular Fresco Depicting a Thiasos or Procession of Dionysus Found in Pompeii
More than a century after the discovery of the famous Villa of the Mysteries, a new large-scale pictorial work has emerged ...
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Asclepiades of Bithynia, the Greek physician who was the first to believe in the existence of “microbes”
Cito tuto jucunde, a phrase that can be translated as “Quickly, safely, and pleasantly,” was the motto of one of the fathers ...
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Fossil of a 14-million-year-old bee that lived on the now almost completely submerged ancient continent of Zealandia is found
14 million year old bee fossil found on the ancient continent of Zealandia. Credit: Michael S. Engel and Uwe Kaulfuss The fossil was discovered at the Hindon Maar site, an exceptional paleontological ...
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Analysis of the Colchester Vase Reveals It Documents a Real Gladiatorial Combat in the Roman City of Camulodunum in Britannia
The Colchester Vase burial group, including mortarium lid, dish and flagon. Credit: D. Atfield / Colchester Museums The study of the bones has revealed signs of osteoarthritis and hip injuries, which ...
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An “osteotheca” containing the remains of a child from the 6th century B.C., discovered in the ancient Greek city of Gela in Sicily
The osteotheca (with handles) found in Gela, Sicily, with the remains of a child from the 6th century B.C. Credit: Regione Siciliana This vessel, characterized by the presence of four handles and a ...
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The Ear of Neanderthals Reveals That Their Enigmatic Origin Was Not Caused by a Drastic Loss of Genetic Diversity
Recreation of the appearance in life of a Neanderthal man at the Natural History Museum in London. Credit: Michael Brace / Flickr A recent study on the anatomy of the inner ear of Neanderthals and ...
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Isle of Man
On the Isle of Man, located between Great Britain and Ireland, an ancient bronze spoon has been discovered, which may have been used in divination rituals more than 2,000 years ago. This object, dated ...
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The Battle of Thermopylae in Which No Greek Soldier Participated: April 1941
Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 5th century BCE, when the Battle of Thermopylae took place. It was one of the key ...
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Researchers Solve the Mystery of the Origin of the Huns Who Devastated Europe Between the 4th and 6th Centuries AD
An innovative multidisciplinary and international research project has shed new light on the origin and diversity of the ...
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The Heslington Brain: A Remarkably Well-Preserved 2,600-Year-Old Human Brain Found in a Pit
In 2008, during an archaeological excavation on the grounds where a new campus for the University of York was to be built, an ...
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The Place Where the Rare Obsidian Mirrors of the Neolithic in Anatolia and the Near East Were Manufactured Has Been Found
Luxury and prestige objects have existed in all human societies, and the Neolithic was no exception. Among the most ...