Archaeology

ARCHAEOGENETICS

Did diseases kill the Neanderthals?

Sequences detected in the genome of the extinct species represent the oldest documented human viral infections

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Cultural property

Egypt recovers stolen 3,400-year-old statue

Egypt recovers statue of Pharaoh Ramses II, stolen in the late 1980s or early 1990s

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ARCHAEOLOGY

Indigenous peoples made engravings alongside dinosaur footprints

Indigenous peoples carved marks next to dinosaur footprints in Paraíba

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recognition

Niède Guidon wins Admiral Álvaro Alberto Award

Niède Guidon wins Admiral Álvaro Alberto Award

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History

Shipwrecks record history of slavery

Archaeologists in the Bahamas identify 14 slave ships that sank between 1767 and 1860

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Computing

Carbonized ancient philosophy

Brazilian team is among the winners of the international Vesuvius Challenge to identify writing on carbonized scrolls

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Good practices

American university museum returns artifacts looted from Greece

Emory University reached an agreement with the Greek Ministry of Culture to return three artifacts held at the institution’s Michael C. Carlos Museum

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Archaeology

Evidence of rock art in Paraná

Region of Paraná is home to archaeological treasures, with more than a thousand figures painted by Indigenous peoples

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Archaeology

Digital map reveals rock art in São Paulo

Cutting-edge technology used to unite data about sites with prehistoric paintings and engravings in the state in an interactive format

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Archaeology

Horses in Patagonia before Europeans

Archaeologists shed light on the arrival of horses in Patagonia

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Archaeology

The oldest pyramid?

Monument in Indonesia may be older than the pyramids in Egypt

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Archaeology

Artifacts returned to Argentine museum

Argentine museum recovers 6,400 artifacts smuggled into Spain

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Archaeology

Historical archaeology investigates period from colonization to dictatorship

Excavations help reinterpret historical events by linking material culture, written documents, and oral testimonies

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Archaeology

The dexterous rock carvers of 12,000 years ago

Lithic instruments found in Pará were carefully crafted 12,000 years ago

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Archaeology

Human footprints suggest large population in ancient Amazon

Human footprints suggest large population in ancient Amazon

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Archaeology

Pre-Hispanic sculpture

Ritual table used in ancient Mayan ceremonies restored

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Hydrology

Underground canals in the desert

Map of 28,000 kilometers of underground canals in Morocco could help revitalize the water system for current inhabitants

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Archaeology

Brazilian archaeological sites online

Website provides information on 3,769 dated artifacts from 1,249 Brazilian archaeological sites

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Genetics

Luzio, similar to current Indigenous people

The oldest skeleton in São Paulo was a descendant of the people that populated the Americas 16,000 years ago

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Archaeology

Mayan city emerges from a forest in Mexico

Ancient Mayan city found in ecological reserve in southeastern Mexico

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Archaeology

Fossil was a giant honeybee hive

Giant honeybee nest mistaken for a fossil, leading to erroneous geological conclusions

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Archaeology

Iron staples inside the walls of Notre-Dame

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris may have been the first to use iron extensively in its construction in the twelfth century

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Archaeology

Pre-historic site may harbor the first araucaria pine record in rock art

Cave painting at a prehistoric site in the interior of Paraná would be the first record of the species in rock art

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Archaeology

Potentially oldest artifacts found in the Americas

16,000-year-old artifacts in the US may represent the oldest evidence of the first tool-making technology

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Environment

The ups and downs of Lake Titicaca

The rising water levels of Lake Titicaca flooded its banks and forced Indigenous peoples to migrate to higher ground

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Archaeology

Cambridge returns artifacts from archaeological collection to Nigeria

The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is set to return 116 brass, ivory, and wooden artifacts to Nigeria

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Archaeology

Neanderthals were highly carnivorous

They lived in family groups and ate almost exclusively meat

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Archaeology

A 4,000-year-old comb for removing head lice

Archaeologists find 4,000-year-old comb for removing head lice

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Archaeology

Azerbaijan tried to erase Armenian culture

Report identifies attempted erasure of Armenian culture in Nakhchivan

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Archaeology

Pesticides affecting the past

Chemicals used to combat agricultural pests can also damage archaeological artifacts

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