A tsunami wiped out ancient communities in the Atacama Desert 3,800 years ago
A tsunami wiped out ancient communities in the Atacama Desert 3,800 years ago A recent study of geological deposits and archaeological remains has identified a mᴀssive earthquake and tsunami that wiped out communities along the coastline of Chile’s the Atacama Desert around 3,800 years ago. Studying the ancient disaster—and people’s responses to it—could help with …
Does Composition of Roman Coins Reflect Currency Crisis?
Does Composition of Roman Coins Reflect Currency Crisis? New scientific analysis of the composition of Roman denarii has brought fresh understanding to a financial crisis briefly mentioned by the Roman statesman and writer Marcus Tullius Cicero in his essay on moral leadership, De Officiis, and solved a longstanding historical debate. Researchers at the University of …
WA Aboriginal site near Rio Tinto mine more than 50,000 years old, a new study reveals
WA Aboriginal site near Rio Tinto mine more than 50,000 years old, a new study reveals An Aboriginal sacred place located 65 metres from a land bridge used by Rio Tinto to haul iron ore is at least 50,000 years old, with new research finding evidence of occupation during the height of the last ice …
Researchers Reconstruct Likenesses From 400-Year-Old Bones
Researchers Reconstruct Likenesses From 400-Year-Old Bones The bust of an elderly man and digital images of a young woman and a young man are the results of research conducted on human skulls found in an early medieval stronghold. The appearance of the former inhabitants of Upper Lusatia was recreated by anthropologists, archaeologists and visual artists. …
Silver coins unearthed in New England may be loot from one of the ‘greatest crimes in history’
Silver coins unearthed in New England may be loot from one of the ‘greatest crimes in history’ A handful of Arabian silver coins found in New England may be the last surviving relics of history’s most notorious act of piracy — and perhaps one of the most famous pirates who ever lived. Evidence suggests the …
Researchers stumbled upon a box of human bones that had been missing for 100 years
Researchers stumbled upon a box of human bones that had been missing for 100 years The long-lost bones of a Viking nobleman have been found in the archives of the Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen, more than 50 years after the remains were mislabeled and vanished into museum storage. These artefacts came from the burial of a …
‘Folded’ iron sword found in a Roman soldier’s grave was part of a pagan ritual
‘Folded’ iron sword found in a Roman soldier’s grave was part of a pagan ritual An iron sword deliberately bent as part of a pagan ritual has been discovered in a Roman soldier’s grave in Greece, an archaeologist has revealed. The deformed or ‘folded’ sword was buried with an as yet unidentified soldier about 1,600 years ago …
Trilobite Fossil Reveals World’s Oldest Cannibalism, What Animal Is It?
Trilobite Fossil Reveals World’s Oldest Cannibalism, What Animal Is It? It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there. But before there were dogs — or even dinosaurs — there were trilobites brutally biting each other on the Cambrian seafloor. New research has revealed that these armoured predators didn’t only hunt smaller and weaker animals for food, but …
1,000 Years Ago, Patients Survived Brain Surgery, But They Had To Live With Huge Holes in Their Heads
1,000 Years Ago, Patients Survived Brain Surgery, But They Had To Live With Huge Holes in Their Heads Healers in Peru carried out cranial surgery more than a thousand years ago to treat a host of conditions – often successfully. Without the benefits of a sterile operating theatre, state-of-the-art surgical instruments, anaesthetic and pain medication, …
An Ancient Papyrus Reveals How The Great Pyramid of Giza Was Built
An Ancient Papyrus Reveals How The Great Pyramid of Giza Was Built Stones weighing up to fifteen tonnes were hauled down the Nile on wooden boats to a man-made port. For centuries it has been one of the world’s greatest enigmas: how did a primitive society with little technology build the Great Pyramid of Giza …