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Extreme droughts triggered the great barbarian invasion of Roman Britain in the mid-4th century AD
A study led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that a series of extreme droughts between the years 364 and 366 AD ...
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Which Empire Was More Unequal: Rome, Han China, or the Aztec Empire? A New Study Solves the Mystery
For centuries, the splendor of Rome and the mythical grandeur of the Han dynasty in China have captured the imagination of ...
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Maximator, the intelligence alliance formed by five European countries that ended up being spied on by their own machines
Military alliances are interstate political agreements signed to achieve common defense. They have existed since Antiquity (remember, for instance, the leagues formed by the Greek city-states), and ...
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Pre-Hispanic Offerings Deposited by an Extinct Civilization Discovered in a Sacred Cave in Mexico
Bracelets and other offerings found in a sacred cave in Mexico. Credit: CINAH Guerrero Near Carrizal de Bravo in the Sierra of Guerrero, a cave known as Tlayócoc has revealed an archaeological ...
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Roman Sculpture Head Found at the Tombe di Via Latina, Reused in the Foundations of a Christian Basilica
A spectacular stone head, possibly representing a bearded male deity, has been discovered in the archaeological area of the Tombe di Via Latina in Rome, during excavations at the Basilica of Santo ...
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A 42-Meter-Deep Lake Once Existed in the Middle of the Arabian Desert, Study Reveals
The brown traces represent the beds of ancient streams, organized in dendritic drainage networks that are now abandoned. Credit: Antoine Delaunay/Guillaume Baby/Abdallah Zaki The research, published ...
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Many Medieval Manuscripts Found to Be Bound in Seal Skins from the Arctic
A specimen of Erignathus barbatus. Credit: Ansgar Walk / Wikimedia Commons Left, Romanesque binding from Clairvaux covered with a chemise with hairs on (Médiathèque du Grand Troyes, ms. 35, ca.
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A Prehistoric Community Lived for a Thousand Years Without Hierarchies or Inequality in the Largest Copper Age Settlement in Europe
Image of the research excavation (2022 campaign) at Cerro de la Cabeza.Image of the research excavation (2022 campaign) at Cerro de la Cabeza. Credit: German Archaeological Institute of Madrid The ...
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Secrets of Neo-Assyrian Writing Tablets Uncovered: Beeswax and Toxic Pigments
A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the production of writing tablets from the Neo-Assyrian Empire, found in the ruins ...
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Gears in the Antikythera Mechanism May Have Caused It to Malfunction
The remains of the Antikythera Mechanism at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Credit: Guillermo Carvajal / labrujulaverde.com The Antikythera Mechanism is a complex system of bronze gears ...
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The Mysterious “Gravitational Hole” in the Indian Ocean That Makes Sea Level Drop by 106 Meters
In the Indian Ocean, there is a place where the laws of gravity seem to falter—a gigantic depression in the Earth’s geoid where the gravitational force is weaker than normal, causing the sea level to ...
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Rocks Found in Iceland Explain How Late Antiquity Little Ice Age May Have Contributed to Fall of the Roman Empire
Research led by scientists at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with institutions from Canada and China, offers new evidence about the intensity and scope of the Late Antique Little Ice ...