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The Impregnable Fortress of Vilars d’Arbeca, Built in the Iron Age with 5-Meter Thick Walls
The Fortress of Vilars d’Arbeca is a unique archaeological site in Iberian and European protohistory due to its impressive ...
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Chultun Discovered for the First Time Inside a Building in the Mayan City of Tulum
A chultún is a type of underground bottle-shaped reservoir used to collect rainwater and is an important element in the ...
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One of the Herculaneum Papyri Indicates the Exact Location of Plato’s Grave: in a Garden Next to the Museion, in the Academy
More than 1,000 words, accounting for 30% of the text, have emerged from the carbonized papyrus of Herculaneum, containing ...
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Khalsa, the Sikh warriors who had the duty to protect the innocent from any form of religious persecution
Globalization has allowed the Hindu festival of Holi to spread almost everywhere—at least where there is an Indian ...
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A Guided Tour of the Largest Handcrafted Model of Imperial Rome [Video]
“Il Plastico” is a model of ancient Rome created by Italian archaeologist and architect Italo Gismondi between 1933 and 1937, ...
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“Triclinia” for Family Banquets and Libation Conduits Found in the Great Roman Necropolis of Narbo Martius with 1,430 Tombs
The archaeological excavation in the La Robine necropolis, near the ancient city of Narbo Martius (now Narbonne, France), has shed light on funerary and ritual practices of the early Roman Empire. The ...
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A 5th-Century Roman Shipwreck off the Coast of Mallorca Came from Cartagena and Carried “Liquaminis Flos”, a Fish Sauce
Recently, a team of archaeologists and researchers studied the remains of a late Roman shipwreck off the coast of Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands in Spain. The Ses Fontanelles shipwreck, ...
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Lamian War, the Conflict that Marked the End of Athens’ Independence and the Decline of Greek City-States
322 B.C. was one of the most disastrous years in the history of Athens, if not the worst. Two of its most distinguished sons, the philosophers Demosthenes and Hyperides, died within a week, and ...
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Researchers find the Oldest Undisputed Proof of Earth’s Magnetic Field: 3,7 Billion Years Old
Co-author Athena Eyster in front of a large exposure of the banded iron formation, the iron-rich deposit from which ancient magnetic field signals were extracted. Credit: Claire Nichols Researchers ...
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No One Opens Schrödinger’s Cat’s Box: Why Doesn’t the Universe Behave Like Quantum Particles?
A new study in quantum cosmology proposes an innovative approach to address one of the oldest puzzles in physics: the transition from quantum to classical. This transition is crucial for understanding ...
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Turtle Shells from 50,000 Years Ago Carried as “Living Provisions” by Early Humans or Neanderthals During the Last Ice Age, Found in Germany
The three carapace fragments of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) found in the Barleben-Adamsee gravel pit. Credit: Uwe Beye / Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt ...