Climate a driver of language diversity

Climate a driver of language diversity

A region's climate has a greater impact than landscape on how many languages are spoken there, new research from The Australian Nationa...

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Toledo Museum of Art to return ancient Greek vase to Italy

Toledo Museum of Art to return ancient Greek vase to Italy

The Toledo Museum of Art and the Italian Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities announced today that they have reached an agreement f...

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Temple of Nemesis found under remains of ancient theatre on Greek island of Lesvos

Temple of Nemesis found under remains of ancient theatre on Greek island of Lesvos

A temple of Nemesis has been found under the ancient theatre of Mytilini, on the northeast island of Lesvos, according to a report by a loc...

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Sarmatian warrior tomb discovered in southern Russia

Sarmatian warrior tomb discovered in southern Russia

A farmer digging a pit on his land unearthed 2,000-year-old treasure inside the ancient burial mound of the tomb of a nomadic 'royal...

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Greek President calls on Britain to return 'Stolen Parthenon Sculptures'

Greek President calls on Britain to return 'Stolen Parthenon Sculptures'

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos asked for the return of the “stolen Parthenon sculptures” from the British Museum ...

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New research reveals what was on the menu for medieval English peasants

New research reveals what was on the menu for medieval English peasants

Scientists from the University of Bristol have uncovered, for the first time, definitive evidence that determines what types of food mediev...

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Germans return priceless reliquary case looted from Turkish occupied North Cyprus

Germans return priceless reliquary case looted from Turkish occupied North Cyprus

The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works has announced that on the 14th of  May 2019, a reliquary cas...

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Analysis of the Palaeolithic diet shows no social divisions in food consumption

Analysis of the Palaeolithic diet shows no social divisions in food consumption

Biochemical analysis of human remains has become a key feature in our understanding of past peoples. Ancient DNA and stable isotope analysi...

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More mysterious jars of the dead unearthed in Laos

More mysterious jars of the dead unearthed in Laos

ANU Archaeologists have discovered 15 new sites in Laos containing more than one hundred 1000-year-old massive stone jars possibly used for...

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Winchester Cathedral’s mortuary chests unlocked

Winchester Cathedral’s mortuary chests unlocked

A team of archaeologists and anthropologists from the University of Bristol have been gradually unlocking the secrets hidden within Winches...

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Genetic studies shed light on social structure of Catalhoyuk inhabitants

Genetic studies shed light on social structure of Catalhoyuk inhabitants

The social structure of the inhabitants of one of the oldest cities in the world, Catalhoyuk in Turkey, was more complex than scientists as...

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Quantum physicists shining new light on cave art

Quantum physicists shining new light on cave art

Leslie Van Gelder, a well-known American-born archaeologist has been working with Dr. Harald Schwefel, and other physicists at Otago Univer...

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Precursors of a catastrophic collapse

Precursors of a catastrophic collapse

On the morning of the 13th of March 1888, the inhabitants of the Finschhafen trading post on the east coast of New Guinea were awakened by ...

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