Parts of new Doric monument found at Paestum

Parts of new Doric monument found at Paestum

Removing what had become over the years a real jungle that covered the western side of the walls of Paestum, the archaeologists of the Arch...

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Fragment of statue base with Greek inscription from 2nd century found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

Fragment of statue base with Greek inscription from 2nd century found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

A fragment with a Greek inscription, dating from the first decades of the second century CE, has been found at the Great Basilica site in B...

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The short life of Must Farm

The short life of Must Farm

Must Farm, an extraordinarily well-preserved Late Bronze Age settlement in Cambridgeshire, in the East of England, drew attention in nation...

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Diet at the docks: Living and dying at the port of ancient Rome

Diet at the docks: Living and dying at the port of ancient Rome

Portus Romae was established in the middle of the first century AD and for well over 400 years was Rome's gateway to the Mediterranean....

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Rising sea levels destroyed evidence of shell middens at many prehistoric coastal sites

Rising sea levels destroyed evidence of shell middens at many prehistoric coastal sites

Archaeological remains of coastal occupation in the form of shell middens are commonly found on today's shorelines, and evidence for sh...

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The origins of cannabis smoking: Marijuana use in the first millennium BC

The origins of cannabis smoking: Marijuana use in the first millennium BC

Cannabis has been cultivated as an oil-seed and fibre crop for millennia in East Asia. Little is known, however, about the early use and ev...

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Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability - they cou...

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Evolutionary discovery to rewrite textbooks

Evolutionary discovery to rewrite textbooks

Scientists at The University of Queensland have upended biologists' century-old understanding of the evolutionary history of animals. ...

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Burial cists open door to megalithic mysteries

Burial cists open door to megalithic mysteries

Excavations by a group of archaeologists at prehistoric burial cists in Pathanamthitta have shed further light on megalithic culture, inclu...

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Egypt demands Christie's halt auction of Tutankhamun statue

Egypt demands Christie's halt auction of Tutankhamun statue

Egypt has tried to halt the auction of a 3,000-year-old stone sculpture of the famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun at Christie’s in London, while...

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21st century archaeology rediscovers historical Cordoba

21st century archaeology rediscovers historical Cordoba

On the land where Cordoba is located in the 21st century, two cities coexisted in the past, each on a hill. An Iberian city was located whe...

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Breakthrough in the discovery of DNA in ancient bones buried in water

Breakthrough in the discovery of DNA in ancient bones buried in water

During the Iron Age around 300 AD something extraordinary was initiated in Levänluhta area in Isokyrö, SW Finland. The deceased were buried...

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