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Hidden in Medieval Texts for Centuries, New Genetic Evidence of an Ancient Killer Has Surfaced
6+ day, 7+ min ago (446+ words) The story of a Medieval European plague is coming into focus through historic manuscripts, but not in the way you might think. Instead of providing mere historical accounts, the animal skins from which these Medieval volumes are constructed provide genetic…...
900-Year-Old DNA Reveals Cacao Reached Ancient Georgia, Rewriting Chocolate’s History in North America
1+ week, 4+ day ago (684+ words) Nine centuries ago, people gathered at what is today recognized as the Etowah Indian Mounds site, located roughly 40 miles northwest of Atlanta, Georgia, for enormous community feasts. They ate, drank, and eventually discarded broken pottery into pits that would become…...
4,000-Year-Old Tomb of Ancient Egyptian ‘Keeper of the Secrets’ Discovered at Saqqara
6+ day, 3+ min ago (587+ words) More than 4,000 years ago, an Egyptian official named Sekhentiu-Ptah held a collection of titles that placed him remarkably close to royal power. He oversaw the king’s works and documents, supervised scribes, and even served as the “Keeper of the Secrets…...
Archaeologists Have Unearthed a Rare and Mysterious Runestone at an Ancient Site in the Faroe Islands
4+ week, 23+ hour ago (572+ words) Archaeologists in the Faroe Islands report the discovery of an ancient runestone, uncovered in the floor of a structure being excavated by archaeologists at Sondum on Sandoy. The find, according to staff from the National Museum of the Faroe Islands,…...
A New Discovery at Göbekli Tepe Could Reshape Our Understanding of One of the Ancient World’s Most Perplexing Sites
3+ week, 1+ day ago (391+ words) The enigmatic Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, home to some of the world’s earliest advanced megalithic construction and sophisticated symbolic art, continues to surprise archaeologists. Since the discovery of megalithic features during excavations at the site led by…...
Lost for 1800 Years, a Mysterious Altar Linked to an Ancient Roman Cult Resurfaces as Drought Drains Europe’s Rivers
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (586+ words) An unexpected discovery by archaeologists has revealed an ancient cult object in the suddenly shallow waters of one of Europe’s longest rivers. The discovery involves a portion of a limestone altar found near Dunaújváros in Hungary, uncovered during surveys of…...
A New Organism's "Alien" Reproduction, Levitation and Dark Matter, and Genetic Evidence of an Ancient Killer
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (429+ words) The Debrief A New Organism’s “Alien” Reproduction, Levitation and Dark Matter, and Genetic Evidence of an Ancient Killer This week in stories we’re covering at The Debrief… Scientists say they have discovered an organism whose behavior mirrors the reproductive horror…...
15,000-Year-Old Cave Discovery in Ireland Could Push Back Earliest Evidence of Humans on the Island by 5,000 Years
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (727+ words) Prehistoric art hidden in caves throughout southwestern Ireland for thousands of years could push back the timeline on the earliest human presence on the Emerald Isle by as much as 5,000 years, archaeologists say. The remarkable discoveries may reveal a previously…...
Scientists Say the “Lizard Brain” Is a Myth, But the Truth About How Our Brains Evolved May Be Even Stranger
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (1390+ words) One of the most popular explanations of human behavior has been that somewhere beneath our rational mind lurks an ancient “lizard brain”—a primitive evolutionary holdover responsible for instinct, emotion, fear, and aggression. There is just one problem. Neuroscientists have…...
Ancient Inca Complex with Surprisingly Advanced Ventilation System Uncovered High in the Andes
1+ week, 4+ day ago (458+ words) High in the Peruvian Andes, archaeologists working at an ancient pre-Hispanic settlement nearly 3,400 meters above sea level might not have expected to uncover evidence of sophisticated ancient technology. However, that is precisely what was unearthed during excavations at the Wancasanga…...