November 2, 2022 at 7:00 am. One hundred years ago, archaeologist Howard Carter stumbled across the tomb of ancient Egypt’s King Tutankhamun. Carter’s life was never the same. Neither was the ...
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Analyzing a new archive of 4,400 human brains cited in the archaeological record reveals the organ’s unique chemistry might prevent decay.
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By Emily Conover. March 2, 2023 at 3:11 pm. A nebulous void in Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza has been unveiled thanks to strange subatomic particles called muons. Scientists first identified the ...
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October 8, 2024 at 10:00 am. Horse-riding Scythian herders and warriors, who inhabited Central Asia and Eastern Europe around 2,500 years ago, may have had cultural roots several thousand ...
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October 5, 2023 at 2:00 pm. Human footprints in White Sands National Park in New Mexico sparked controversy two years ago when scientists found the prints to be surprisingly old, dating to about ...
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Space archaeologists use satellite imagery and other remote-sensing techniques to look for ancient sites on our planet. As archaeologist Sarah Parcak explains in her new book, Archaeology from ...
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Archaeology Ancient Maya power brokers lived in neighborhoods, not just palaces Lidar discoveries and recent excavations are forcing archaeologists to rethink ancient Maya political structures.
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By Sujata Gupta October 10, 2024. Science News was founded in 1921 as an independent, nonprofit source of accurate information on the latest news of science, medicine and technology. Today, our ...
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Archaeology Stonehenge’s mysterious Altar Stone had roots in Scotland New analyses indicate that this weighty piece of the site’s architecture, once thought to come from Wales, was somehow ...
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Then, phases of increasingly cold and dry conditions occurred shortly before or during three pandemics: the Antonine Plague, which spread from Egypt to Europe and the British Isles in the late ...
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