This image provided by the Archeological Park of Pompeii shows cast number 25, made in 1929, from Villa dei Misteri in Pompeii. Credit: Courtesy of MIC, Archaeological Park of Pompeii via AP When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. […]
The context of the Pike River cliff-top sites and an example of an eroding midden lens contained within Woorinen Formation sediments above a carbonate palaeosol (MR = Murray River). Credit: Radiocarbon (2024). DOI: 10.1017/RDC.2024.99 New research by Flinders University researchers, conducted in partnership with the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation (RMMAC), has documented ancient […]
Getty Images A car park close to Baalbek’s Unesco-designated Roman ruins was hit in an Israeli air strike For over two millennia, the Roman temples at Baalbek in eastern Lebanon have stood as some of the finest examples of Roman architecture anywhere in the world. On Wednesday, a car park just metres away from the […]
Today the perilous state of the environment is often in the news. Many stories describe how Earth is being damaged by human beings and discuss ways to prevent this. These concerns are not new. Millennia ago, people in ancient Greece and Rome already knew humans were damaging the natural world. Literature from these ancient times […]
By learning the secrets of 2,000-year-old cement, researchers are trying to devise greener, more durable modern options.
A recent excavation has unearthed 12 human skeletons and a chamber of grave offerings near Petra’s Treasury building, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Human remains from the Yayoi period, approximately 2,300 years ago, from which DNA was extracted. Credit: Kim et al 2024 A joint research group led by Jonghyun Kim and Jun Ohashi of the University of Tokyo has demonstrated that the majority of immigration to the Japanese Archipelago in the Yayoi and Kofun periods (between 3000 […]
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