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Ancient DNA reveals Maghreb communities preserved their culture and genes, even in a time of human migration
Simone Mulazzani , CC BY-NC-ND As an Africanist archaeologist, I specialise in the study of ancient societies across ...
New species of killifish from Kenya already critically endangered
A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has been described ...
When Foreigners Were Considered Monsters
Early explorers were on guard against the strange and horrifying humanoids that they thought lived just beyond the known ...
Less than 1% of the world’s biggest radio telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ancient galaxies
The SKA-Low radio telescope in Western Australia is slowly coming online. It will probe the shape of the universe and study ...
Mysterious ‘oldest ever’ 200,000-year-old rock carvings are found in Spanish cave – and they could rewrite human history
ANCIENT rock carvings etched over 200,000 years ago could be the oldest ever uncovered, archaeologists believe. The exciting ...
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Ancient stone walls and power: what data science tools can reveal in African archaeology
In both ancient and modern ... that uses software and data to map, analyse and manage geographic information. But this method is still underutilised in Africa. It has only recently been taken ...
Archaeology breakthrough as 4,000-year-old finding gives bleak assessment on 'red tape'
The texts contain cuneiform symbols, an early writing system, and show the red tape of government bureaucracy dates back over ...
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Wonders of Pompeii give Naples’ archaeological museum ultimate ancient showstopper
A room-sized, 3D diorama at the National Archeological Museum of Naples in Italy, depicts the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...
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The Journey of Spices from Ancient Trade to Modern Kitchens
If you’ve ever wondered how your kitchen cabinet became a treasure trove of global flavors, you need to look back thousands ...
Welcome to Algeria: Tea in the capital city and bread baked in the Saharan desert
We traveled to Africa to visit Algeria, where we saw the Sahara Desert, drank foamy tea, ate bread and experienced the change ...
Fire could have destroyed the Getty’s irreplaceable art. Should the museum move?
In the wake of the Palisades fire, should Malibu's Getty Villa and the Getty Center in nearby Brentwood evacuate — for good?