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5d ago
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent study has provided new insights into the behavioral complexity of Palaeolithic hominins by examining incised stone artifacts from the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic period. The research focuses on artifacts from Manot, Qafzeh, and Quneitra caves, revealing that these items were deliberately engraved with geometric patterns. This suggests advanced cognitive ..read more
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6d ago
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Research conducted by geoscientists from Heidelberg University has provided new insights into early environmental contamination in the Aegean Sea region. By analyzing sediment cores from the sea floor and surrounding coastal areas, the study found that humans began contaminating the environment with lead approximately 5,200 years ago, much earlier than ..read more
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1w ago
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Svingerud grave field, located in Hole municipality, Buskerud County, about 40 kilometers northwest of Oslo, Norway, has emerged as a significant site for archaeological research. This interest is driven by the discovery of several sandstone fragments inscribed with runes. These findings are crucial as they shed light on the early ..read more
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1w ago
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent study from the Vilnius University explores the adaptive agricultural practices employed by pre-industrial communities in north-eastern Europe over the last two thousand years. Field of buckwheat. Photo credit: Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute "The past two millennia have seen significant climatic fluctuations in Europe, including phases of increased warming and cooling ..read more
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1w ago
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A magnificent and uniquely rare Roman gold lock has been presented to the public by the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association (LWL). Dating back to the 3rd or 4th century AD, the miniature Roman lock, smaller than a one-euro coin, was discovered in Petershagen-Frille, in Minden-Lübbecke, Germany, by metal detectorist Constantin Fried ..read more
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1w ago
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ella Egberts from VUB conducted a field trip to Iraq in November and December 2024 as part of a pilot project to identify archaeological surface materials. The objective of this research is to enhance understanding of the geomorphological history of the Iraqi Western Desert, specifically in the Al-Shabakah area, and to ..read more
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A researcher from McGill University has uncovered new insights about Guiengola, a 15th-century Zapotec site in southern Oaxaca, Mexico. Previously believed to be merely a military fortress, it has now been identified as an extensive fortified city. The site spans 360 hectares and includes over 1,100 buildings, four kilometers of ..read more
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1w ago
Jan Barterk - AncientPages.com - Scientists have recently discovered that a pre-Columbian society in the Amazon, known as the Casarabe Society of the Llanos de Moxos in Bolivia, developed an advanced agricultural engineering system. This innovative approach enabled them to cultivate maize year-round, challenging earlier theories that dismissed intensive monoculture agriculture in this region. Photo of ..read more
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1w ago
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Vienna, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveal a unique papyrus from the Israel Antiquities Authority. This offers rare insights into Roman legal proceedings and life in the Roman Near East. Detail of the infrared image of the Papyrus Cotton. Image credit ..read more
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered evidence suggesting that a house in England may be the site of a lost residence belonging to Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. This tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 meters long and 50 centimeters tall, illustrating the events ..read more