A team of archaeologists from the University of California, Berkeley has published a new research paper in the journal Scientific reports , Which presents evidence that unglazed ancient ceramics sometimes retain microscopic food residues, which, after chemical analysis, can reveal not only what was cooked in a pot, but also …
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Israeli teenagers who volunteer at an archeological dig have traced hundreds of gold coins that were stuck in a clay film for more than a millennium. The 425-pound 24-carat gold coins date from the Abbasid caliphate period in the 9th century and would have been a significant amount at the …
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A gold coin hoard, which to this day has been said by the Israel Antiquities Authority against the Abbasid dynasty, is being seen after its discovery at an archeological site in Central Israel on August 18, 2020. Image taken August 18, 2020. Heidi Levine / Pool via REUTERS CENTRAL ISRAEL …
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It was so easy, even a caveman could make it. Humans almost fell asleep in their beds as they walked the earth, according to a new study published in the journal Science. In South Africa’s world-famous excavation site, archaeologists have discovered evidence of grass mats dating back to 200,000 years …
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Pakistani police arrested four people in connection with the destruction of a 3rd-century life-size Buddha statue. Four people were arrested on Saturday under the antiquities law for allegedly destroying the centuries-old statue, police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan’s northwestern province said. The independent. The rare idol was discovered during construction work …
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