New findings during the extraction of a Phoenician shipwreck in …
2024年10月21日 · The much-anticipated start of the extraction of the Phoenician shipwreck located in Mazarrón, Murcia, named Mazarrón 2—currently the most complete ancient ship found in the Mediterranean—has begun with a series of new discoveries that are expanding the horizons of archaeological knowledge regarding maritime trade in antiquity.. A specialized team from the University of Valencia (UV ...
Decline of the Eastern Roman Empire Was Not Caused by Plagues …
2024年11月14日 · A recent study published in the journal Klio by researchers Haggai Olshanetsky, from the University of Warsaw, and Lev Cosijns, from the University of Oxford, analyzes the true causes of the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire. Traditionally, it has been believed that natural factors, such as the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA) and the Plague of Justinian, played a crucial role in ...
A Fossil Found in Utah Reveals the Origin of the Earth’s First …
2024年11月19日 · The history of life on Earth dates back more than 500 million years, when complex-structured organisms emerged during the Cambrian period. A recent discovery in the western Utah desert sheds light on this crucial period in the evolution of vertebrates, the group that includes all animals with a backbone.In a geological area known for its dinosaur fossils, a team of paleontologists from Harvard ...
A new prehistoric culture found in a Spanish cave is the oldest ...
2024年10月8日 · Archaeologists from the University of Valladolid have discovered in the Millán Cave, located in the northern Iberian Peninsula, in the Spanish province of Burgos, an Initial Upper Paleolithic lithic industry, which they have named “Arlanzian”, and which stands out as the oldest and southernmost of its kind in the peninsula.
Sacred tunic of Alexander the Great identified in one of the …
2024年10月21日 · A recent discovery in Tomb II at Vergina, Macedonia, Greece, has revealed what appears to be the sacred “chiton” or tunic of Alexander the Great, a finding that could change the historical understanding of artifacts associated with the famous conqueror.. A group of archaeologists, led by Antonis Bartsiokas from Democritus University of Thrace, identified a purple-dyed cotton textile that ...
A sealed Iron Age sarcophagus found by archaeologists in Italy, …
2024年10月3日 · The Bisenzio Project, an international and transdisciplinary initiative led by Andrea Babbi, a researcher at CNR ISPC (Italy’s National Research Council, Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences), and a long-time collaborator of the Leibniz Center for Archaeology in Mainz, has opened a new window into the past of the archaeological site of Bisenzio.
The Highest Prehistoric Petroglyphs in Europe, Found in the Alps …
2024年11月19日 · The Lombardy region has been the site of an exceptional archaeological discovery: a series of petroglyphs found on Pizzo Tresero (Valfurva) within the Stelvio National Park at over 3,000 meters, making them the highest petroglyphs found in Europe and providing new clues about human presence in mountainous areas since ancient times.. The discovery began in the summer of 2017, when Tommaso ...
DNA-like geometric structure discovered in space-time
2024年10月14日 · An international team of scientists, composed of researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid, Saint Louis University’s Madrid campus, and the University of California, has proposed a new theory suggesting that spacetime could be made up of “entangled virtual bosons”, similar to the double helix of DNA.This finding, which could have significant implications for the unification ...
Only One Vexillum, the Roman War Standard, has Survived to the …
2024年4月15日 · The word vexillology, which names the discipline that studies flags, derives from the Latin term vexillum meaning flag or banner. But in turn, vexillum came from another Latin word, velum, whose meaning is sail. This confirms the historical evidence from coins and sculptures that the vexilla (plural of vexillum) were indeed small fabric sails in the shape of flags used as banners.
DNA Analysis Reveals the Identity of the Piceni, an Enigmatic ...
2024年11月22日 · Recent DNA analyses of Piceni individuals, conducted by an international team of researchers led by the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and the Italian National Research Council (CNR), reveal a fascinating view of pre-Roman Italy. The findings of this study, published in the journal Genome Biolo