Monday, October 31, 2022

Sex with humans – not climate change, disease or war – spelled the end for Neanderthals, scientists believe

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They began to encounter each other around 60,000 years ago across Europe and Asia but within 20,000 years, Neanderthals had died out The dem...

Six recent discoveries that have changed how we think about human origins

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Scientific study of human evolution historically reassured us of a comforting order to things. It has painted humans as as cleverer, more in...
Sunday, October 30, 2022

"Preparing Medicine from Honey"

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"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides dated A....

Harald Hardrada: King of Norway

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Coming back to Norway meant that Harald Hardrada had two relatives to deal with – Sweyn and Magnus. It would make for an interesting path to...

The Value and Power of Books in Anglo-Saxon England

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The St Cuthbert Gospel of St John. (formerly known as the Stonyhurst Gospel) is the oldest intact European book Despite the ‘Dark Ages’ myth...
Saturday, October 29, 2022

Landscapes of the Norman Conquest

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An exciting new book “Landscapes of the Norman Conquest” by Trevor Rowley has now been published. For a long time, the Norman Conquest has...

Viking beadmakers’ secrets revealed in new study

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The Viking Age bead makers were more advanced than previously believed. New research shows that craftsmen in Denmark around the year 700 use...

Viking silver treasure uncovered in Täby in Stockholm

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A unique treasure hoard dating from the Viking Age has been uncovered in Täby, Stockholm. Consisting of arm rings, coins and eight torque-st...

Viking unhacked silver hoard found in Sweden

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Sweden sees Norway’s Viking hack silver hoard and raises with a Viking hoard of silver jewelry and coins in pristine unhacked condition. The...
Monday, October 24, 2022

Norwich timber henge burnt in Neolithic winter solstice excavated

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The late Neolithic to Bronze Age monument is close to many other prehistoric sites, including burial barrows and mines A 5,000-year-old timb...

500,000-Year-Old Tools In Polish Cave May Have Belonged To Extinct Hominid Species

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Flint artifacts from the Tunel Wielki cave, made half a million years ago possibly by Homo heildelbergensis. Image credit: M. Kot The findin...

Ancient DNA reveals the social lives of the oldest known family group

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Neanderthal is an insult still lobbed about to suggest someone is dim-witted and out of touch. The more we learn about our Stone Age cousins...

East Walton silver pin find sheds light on end of Roman rule

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The pin has the remains of an enamel inlay The discovery of a late Roman-era pin sheds light on a time when "certainties that held for ...

Archeologists find tomb of Saint Nicholas, 4th century bishop and inspiration for Santa Claus

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St. Nicholas Church is an ancient East Roman basilica church in the ancient city of Myra, now a museum located in modern Demre, Antalya Prov...

Metal detectorist’s find of lifetime as rare 700AD gold sword pommel uncovered

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The solid gold sword pommel was found near Blair Drummond and is valued at £30,000. An “exceptionally rare” solid-gold sword pommel discover...
Saturday, October 22, 2022

Remains of Pictish period cross with bird carvings uncovered in Scottish kirkyard

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The surface of the fallen stone was partially revealed in 2019 by volunteers from the Rescuers of Old Kilmadock (ROOK) group during work in ...

Arab DNA Shows Route of Early Human Migration from Africa

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Recent studies on Arab DNA confirmed what researchers have believed for many years, but hadn’t been able to prove definitively. Testing sugg...

The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia

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The Eurasian steppes reach from the Ukraine in Europe to Mongolia and China. Over the past 5000 years, these flat grasslands were thought to...

Secrets Of Iron Age Power Center Uppåkra Revealed By Archaeologists

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New excavations in Uppåkra are at the forefront of cutting edge archaeological techniques. By combining big data, data modeling and DNA seq...

Thor’s hammer amulet found in Sweden

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Archaeologists have discovered a lead Thor’s hammer amulet dating to the late 10th century in Ysby in southwestern Sweden’s Halland province...