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Bronze Age Chinese Iron Weapon Fragments Analyzed
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (132+ words) According to a Phys. org report, Haichao Li of Sichuan University led a team of researchers in the analysis of fragments of iron discovered in southwestern China at the Sanxingdui site, a city occupied between 2800 and 600 B. C. So far, eight sacrificial…...
Vall'es de la Tille et de l'Ignon. Accueils de loisirs pour l'ann'e 2026-2027: les inscriptions sont lanc'es
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (198+ words) La communaut" de communes des vall"es de la Tille et de l'Ignon (Covati) en a inform" les habitants du territoire. Il est d"sormais temps pour les. .. Connectez-vous ou cr"ez un compte Pour pouvoir enregistrer un article, un…...
Builders uncover hidden 'mindblowing' medieval well in city centre
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (402+ words) A builder believes he was the first person to enter the well in hundreds of years It's not every day you come across a piece of medieval ruins that serve as a reminder of British history. While it's common for…...
Idol of Pomos: A 5, 000-year-old figurine wearing a tiny version of herself
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (310+ words) The cross-shaped figurine has become a potent symbol of Cyprus' contribution to prehistory. Name: Idol of Pomos What it is: A carved figurine Where it is from: Pomos, Cyprus When it was made: Circa 3000 B. C. In the early 1930s, archaeologist Porphyrios Dikaios…...
The Greatest Byzantine Greek Scholars of the Renaissance
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (1500+ words) Between the 14th and 15th centuries, a wave of Greek scholars left their beleaguered homeland in the Byzantine Empire for the Italian Peninsula, where their work would play an important role in the flowering of the Renaissance. The Renaissance, which literally means…...
Neanderthal Turtle Hunting: Shells Used as Tools in Central Europe
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (164+ words) "Our data provide the first evidence that Neanderthals also hunted and processed turtles north of the Alps, beyond the Mediterranean region," said Gaudzinski-Windheuser. Painting of a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) during the early temperate period of the Eemian interglacial, the…...
A journey to the biblical Red Sea crossing
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1204+ words) This Wednesday, we mark the Seventh Day of Passover, commemorating one of the most dramatic moments in the biblical story of our people " the crossing of the Red Sea. In synagogues around the world, congregations rise to recite Shirat Ha'yam,…...
Dallas journalist and filmmaker visits site of her award-winning documentary on prehistoric life in Texas
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (698+ words) Dallas journalist Olive Talley produced an award-winning documentary about the Gault Site near Florence, regarded as the most important archaeological site in the state of Texas. FLORENCE " Olive Talley has won numerous awards during her 50-year journalism career, including nominated…...
Alamo archaeology team unearths cannonball likely from 1836 battle
3+ week, 3+ day ago (357+ words) The Alamo's archaeology staff recently unearthed a cannonball they say was likely used by the Mexican Army during the siege that culminated'in the Battle of the Alamo. They found the four-pound, fully-intact cannonball about three feet below ground outside the…...
Native Americans invented dice and games of chance more than 12, 000 years ago, archaeological study reveals
1+ week, 4+ day ago (391+ words) "There is a deep history of dice, games of chance and gambling in Native America," Robert Madden, an archaeologist at Colorado State University, told Live Science. "This precedes any evidence we have of dice in the Old World by 6, 000 years....