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The Collapse of the Bronze Age Gave Rise to the Creation of the First Warship: the Helladic Galley

How do societies confront a systemic collapse? What endures and what disappears forever when a world falls apart? A study ...
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The mystery of the prehistoric Nuraghi unveiled: a study reveals the engineering that keeps Sardinia’s millennia-old towers standing

In the unique landscape of Sardinia, dotting hills and valleys, rise mysterious stone constructions that have defied time and ...
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Study Reveals That the Balkans Were the Main Supplier of Silver to the Roman Empire for More Than 200 Years, Replacing Hispania Starting in the 3rd Century CE

A recent archaeological study has unearthed a historical truth buried for centuries: the Central Balkans were not a remote marginal province, but rather the main supplier of silver to the Roman Empire ...
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Fingerprint of a Crew Member Found and the Hjortspring Boat’s Origin Identified: The Vessel That Attacked a Danish Island in 350 B.C. and Became a Votive Offering

A pioneering analysis of the Hjortspring boat, the oldest known planked vessel in Scandinavia, has provided the first solid material clues about the origin of the warriors who crewed it during a ...
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An architectural complex next to a Sasanian fortification confirms the peaceful coexistence of Christians and Zoroastrians in the 5th century AD

The Gird-î Kazhaw site at sunset, with the uncovered structures. Credit: Dirk Wicke However, the spatial and temporal relationship with an adjacent settlement tell, which houses a small Sasanian ...
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Monumental Section of 2nd-Century BCE Hasmonean Wall that Was Deliberately Demolished Discovered in Jerusalem

Archaeological work carried out in preparation for the new wing of the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem has concluded with a major discovery: the full excavation of an impressive section of the city ...
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Underwater Discovery in Alexandria: The Remains of a Luxurious Ceremonial Boat from the Early Roman Period with Graffiti in Greek Emerge

In the depths of ancient Portus Magnus of Alexandria, in the port area of the Royal Island of Antirhodos, a team of underwater archaeologists has unearthed a structure whose timbers, preserved for ...
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The burial of Paganini, the violinist whose genius was attributed to a pact with the devil, was not authorized by the pope until 36 years after his death

With permission from masters such as Yehudi Menuhin, Pablo Sarasate, Joseph Joachim, Eugène Ysaÿe, and perhaps a more modern one—let’s say Jascha Heifetz or Itzhak Perlman—there is one musician who is ...
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Guillermo Carvajal

A team of astronomers from Northwestern University has managed to capture the direct image of an exoplanet orbiting a binary star system, a discovery of extreme rarity that challenges current ...
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Iron Age Archaeology

An archaeological intervention carried out by a mixed team from the National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) and the Archaeology Service of the Indre-et-Loire Department (Sadil ...
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A unique Bronze Age community survived in a Calabrian massif devoted to herding and consuming milk and dairy products, despite being lactose intolerant

For the first time, a scientific team has succeeded in reconstructing the complete genetic and social profile of a ...
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Dzibanché was the capital of the Kaanu’l lineage of the Serpent Kings who dominated Maya politics for two centuries

The Archaeological Zone of Dzibanché, a vast complex of approximately 65 square kilometers located in southern Quintana Roo, ...