Study Hints at Heavy Toll of Illness in a Medieval German Village
Study Hints at Heavy Toll of Illness in a Medieval German Village More than one-third of the individuals buried in an early medieval cemetery in Germany suffered from infectious diseases, a new study reveals. Researchers from Kiel University in Germany examined the DNA and skeletal remains of 70 people who were buried in the community …
Scientists Found 168 More Ancient Figures Etched Into the Peruvian Desert
Scientists Found 168 More Ancient Figures Etched Into the Peruvian Desert The Nazca Desert in Peru is decorated with hundreds of mysterious figures, called geoglyphs, that were etched into the soil by the Indigenous peoples who lived in this area between 2,500 and 1,500 years ago. The ancient drawings, collectively known as the Nazca Lines, …
New Findings from 3,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck
New Findings from 3,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck New Findings from 3,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck: Uzbekistan Nomads Supplied a Third of the Bronze Used Across Ancient Mediterranean A new study of the 3,000 years old Uluburun shipwreck revealed a complex ancient trading network during the late bronze age. In the year 1,320 BCE, a ship sailed from modern-day …
3,500-Year-Old Cairn Discovered in Finland
3,500-Year-Old Cairn Discovered in Finland Further excavations may reveal if the stones of the previously unrecorded cairn were raised to honour the ᴅᴇᴀᴅ or to display dominance over the area. An archaeological survey has identified a previously unrecorded Bronze Age monument in the Haaga district of the city of Turku on Finland’s southwest coast. The …
Jewelry Recovered from 18th Dynasty Tomb in Upper Egypt
Jewelry Recovered from 18th Dynasty Tomb in Upper Egypt A British mission from Cambridge University working at Tell El-Amarna necropolis in Minya governorate in Upper Egypt discovered a small collection of gold and steaтιтe (soapstone) jewellery in an 18th Dynasty (1550 to 1292 BC) cemetery. Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, …
Ancient Artifacts Uncovered in Oman
Ancient Artifacts Uncovered in Oman The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism has announced the discovery of archaeological artefacts at Dibba site in Musandam Governorate, dating back to the first millennium BC, most notably incense burners, bronze axes, and utensils made of copper and steaтιтe. The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, in cooperation with an archaeological …
Archaeologists unearth largest wooden ‘haniwa’ statue ever found in Japan
Archaeologists unearth largest wooden ‘haniwa’ statue ever found in Japan The remains of a 3.5-meter-tall wooden haniwa statue were found Thursday at one of the ancient kofun burial mounds making up the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Habikino, in Osaka Prefecture. With the parts also measuring 75 centimeters wide and around …
Ireland to return mummified remains and sarcophagus to Egypt
Ireland to return mummified remains and sarcophagus to Egypt Mummified human remains and a sarcophagus is among the ancient objects that an Irish university says it plans to repatriate to Egypt. All of the artifacts being returned by the University College Cork (UCC) date from between 100AD and 975BC. An inscription on the wooden sarcophagus, …
Stone Tools Offer Clues to Rice Domestication in China
Stone Tools Offer Clues to Rice Domestication in China A new Dartmouth-led study analyzing stone tools from southern China provides the earliest evidence of rice harvesting, dating to as early as 10,000 years ago. The researchers identified two methods of harvesting rice, which helped initiate rice domestication. The results are published in PLOS ONE. Wild …
Denisovan Genes May Have Boosted Modern Human Immunity
Denisovan Genes May Have Boosted Modern Human Immunity When modern humans first migrated from Africa to the tropical islands of the southwest Pacific, they encountered unfamiliar people and new pathogens. But their immune systems may have picked up some survival tricks when they mated with the locals—the mysterious Denisovans who gave them immune gene variants …