Archaeologists find lost city that rewrites ancient Rome’s collapse
Archaeologists say that the excavation of an ancient Roman city has rewritten the date of the collapse of the empire. A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge…
Ancient ancestor of the plague discovered in Bronze Age sheep
Esrena Pastis The bacteria that are displayed with an electronic microscope Photo connection/Alamy An old predecessor has been identified from the pathogenic factors that would later cause black death and…
Ancient ancestor of the plague discovered in Bronze Age sheep
Esrena Pastis The bacteria that are displayed with an electronic microscope Photo connection/Alamy An old predecessor has been identified from the pathogenic factors that would later cause black death and…
Ancient hunters may have used throwing spears 300,000 years ago
Shuingan wooden spears, Germany, dated to 300,000 years Minkusimages Matthias Vogel, NLD. Perhaps prehistoric people used to throw spears to chase large animals 300,000 years ago – and perhaps up…
Meet the British Egyptologist behind the biggest discovery in ancient Egypt since Tutankhamun
When Howard Carter canceled the Totkhhamon tomb in 1922, he proved that he was one of the greatest discoveries of history. For a hundred years, the other Egyptian grave of…
Archaeologists discover tomb of Thutmose II — 1st ancient Egyptian burial of a pharaoh to be found in 100 years
Thutmose II, a pharaoh who was married to Queen Hatshepsut and the rule of Egypt about 3500 years ago, west of the Valley of the Kings. It is the first…
Ancient Egyptian mummies smell ‘sweet’ and ‘spicy’, researchers say | Offbeat News
The smell of ancient Egyptian mummies “wooden”, “hot” and “sweet” smells, according to researchers who participated in a unique new study. The researchers used what they described as “trained human…
Smell like an Egyptian: researchers sniff ancient mummies to study preservation | Egyptology
Hot, wooden and sweet: it looks like a luxury air description. But the researchers say that the fragrance mixture arises from something to a fairly different: mummies. The researchers used…
Ancient Egyptian Mummies Smell Spicy and Sweet Instead of Musty or Moldy
One can expect a mummy to smell mold, rotten, and mold. But the first study that is systematically walked with human beings systematically wrapped in more than more enjoyable smell,…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope reveals ancient surface of Pluto and other celestial bodies for the first time
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