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Excavations in Ancient Leucas Fully Reveal the First Theater Discovered in the Ionian Islands
Excavations in the ancient city of Leucas have brought to light the first theater discovered in the Ionian Islands. This ...
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Olga, the Vengeful Widow Who Became the First Woman to Rule Kievan Rus and Convert to Christianity
It was the mid-10th century AD when Kievan Rus was ruled for the first time by a woman, appointed as regent on behalf of her ...
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Monumental Funerary High Relief Discovered in Pompeii Depicting a Life-Size Couple
A team of archaeologists has brought to light a remarkable funerary relief depicting a couple—a man and a woman—at an almost ...
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Messengers Between Worlds in the Depths of Caves: Children Also Participated in the Creation of Prehistoric Art
Rock art is one of the most fascinating legacies of prehistoric societies. In caves in France and Spain, paintings up to ...
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The 1938 German Expedition to Tibet Searching for the Mythical Kingdom of Agartha and Proving the World Ice Theory
One of the expedition camps. Credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 135-KA-03-073 / Wikimedia Commons This was the vision of Frederick Hilscher, head of the Ahnenerbe’s esotericism department and the ideologue ...
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An Unusual Wooden Box of Unknown Function Found in a Huge Bronze Age Village in Northern France
In the Hauts-de-France region, archaeologists have discovered a massive village inhabited between the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age. This settlement, which spans more than three ...
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Enigmatic Infant Burials in a Neolithic Settlement Reveal That Houses Were Simultaneously Temples or Prehistoric Maternities
General view of the Lepenski Vir site in Serbia. Credit: Stanisław Ludwiński / Wikimedia Commons A recent study, based on ancient DNA analysis and radiocarbon dating, has revealed crucial information ...
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First Stone Mold Used for Coin Minting in Hispania in the 2nd Century BCE Found at the Obulco Site in Jaén
A team of researchers from the University of Jaén has identified the first stone mold used for coin production in ancient Hispania. The discovery, made at the archaeological site of Obulco, in present ...
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Pyrophone, the Strange Musical Instrument That Works with Fire
An internal combustion engine is one that operates through a thermodynamic cycle of internal combustion called Otto: when a spark generated by the fuel expands a gas that pushes the piston, which, ...
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Schliemann Was Right: In Troy, Not Only the Elites Drank Wine, but Also the Common People
A team of researchers from the universities of Tübingen, Bonn, and Jena has conclusively demonstrated that wine was consumed in the ancient city of Troy, providing chemical evidence that supports a ...
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The Walls and North Gate of the Ancient Greek City of Selinunte in Sicily Discovered
Aerial view of the finds, fragments of the walls and the north gate of the city of Selinunte. Credit: Parco Archeologico di Selinunte, Cave di Cusa e Pantelleria The new findings, presented on March ...
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Exquisite Neolithic Arrowheads Discovered in Oman Mountains
An international team of researchers has discovered an ancient Neolithic settlement in Hayy Al-Sarh, near the city of Rustaq, in Oman. The excavation, part of the PrehistOman project, has revealed ...