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Vindolanda Tablets Reveal Roman Soldiers Made Their Own Ink Using Ancient Techniques Already Obsolete in the Mediterranean

At the foot of Hadrian’s Wall, at the northernmost outpost of the Roman Empire, soldiers were not only fighting the Pictish ...
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The Surprising Line That Connects Europe with the Holy Land Linking Monasteries Dedicated to the Archangel Saint Michael (and the God Apollo)

Imagine for a moment a straight line drawn across a map. Now realize that this line, running from northwest to southeast, ...
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This Is How Europeans of the Urnfield Culture Experienced the Transition of the Late Bronze Age, According to a DNA Study

An international team of researchers has managed to overcome the obstacle posed by the widespread practice of cremation ...
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In 1054 Eastern Astronomers Discovered the Crab Pulsar, Which Emits Strange Waves with Bright and Dark Stripes: Now We Know Why

The astronomical community has spent two decades wondering why the Crab Pulsar, the stellar remnant born from a supernova that Chinese and Japanese astronomers documented in the year 1054, emits radio ...
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Iron Age Archaeology

The research focuses on findings from two famous Swedish necropolises of the second half of the first millennium: Valsgärde and Birka, located in the Mälaren Valley region. But what exactly are these ...
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Via Sacra, the Path Leading to the Most Important Sanctuary for Latins and Romans Hidden Among TV Repeaters

Mount Cavo is an ancient volcano that became extinct about 10,000 years ago, located in the municipality of Rocca di Papa, ...
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A 16th-Century Arabic Document Found in Sudan Demonstrates the Existence of a Legendary King of Nubia Who, Besides Waging War, Also Traded in Textiles and Liv…

At the archaeological site of Old Dongola, in northern Sudan, a small irregularly shaped piece of paper, measuring barely 10 ...
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A cache containing 22 sarcophagi of the “singers of Amun” and eight intact papyri from the Third Intermediate Period discovered in Luxor

The joint Egyptian archaeological mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Zahi Hawass Foundation for ...
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The Enigmatic Treasure of Rue Mouffetard in Paris, Discovered Behind a False Wall in 1938

Literature and cinema have accustomed us to thinking of treasures as buried on exotic pirate islands, unexplored bat-filled caves, tombs of ancient civilizations, or old European castles belonging to ...
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34 Roman Tombs, Catacombs, and a Greek Inscription Discovered in Constanța, the City Where the Poet Ovid Died in Romania

The Muzeul de Istorie Națională și Arheologie Constanța (MINAC) has released a detailed report on the preventive archaeological intervention conducted in connection with the new hospital project, an o ...