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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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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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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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A Cosmic Light Show at the Heart of the Milky Way: Scientists Discover the Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy Emits Constant Flares
This artist’s concept portrays the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* (A-star). It’s surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of hot gas. The black ...
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Byzantine Ascetic Monk Buried with Chains in Jerusalem Discovered to Be a Woman
The Byzantine “monk” buried in chains near Jerusalem was a woman. Credit: Matan Chocron / Israel Antiquities Authority An archaeological discovery near Jerusalem has shaken the foundations of ...
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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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How a Command from Australia Infiltrated Yugoslavia in 1972 to Promote Croatia’s Independence
Croatia’s unilateral declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in June 1991 did not come out of nowhere. It occurred in a context of growing nationalism on both sides amid the progressive ...
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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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An Exceptional Tartessian Sanctuary That Rewrites the History of the Inland Peninsula, Discovered in Spain
Aerial view of the archaeological site of La Bienvenida-Sisapo, with the Tartessian sanctuary near the castle mound of La Bienvenida. Credit: Mar Zarzalejos Prieto, Germán Esteban Borrajo / Consejería ...
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Wootz, the Steel from Southern India That Was the Origin of the Famous Damascus Steel
Fans of the literary saga A Song of Ice and Fire (or its television adaptation, Game of Thrones) will remember that “Valyrian steel” was a special alloy used to make bladed weapons in the now-lost ...