History

Archaeology

78,000-year-old human burial

The oldest known burial by modern humans in Africa took place about 78,000 years ago

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Retrospect

Education for democracy

Anísio Teixeira’s work is the basis for the defense of public, free, and secular education in Brazil

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COVID-19

In real time

Academic initiatives are collecting personal accounts of memories and mourning experienced during the pandemic

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Archaeology

3,000-year-old city in the Valley of the Kings

In early April, archaeologists and the Egyptian government announced the discovery of a 3,000-year-old city, the largest ever unearthed in ancient Egypt

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Obituary

Interpreter of slavery

Historian Manolo Florentino developed iconic studies on the transatlantic slave trade

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History

Overseas connections

Researchers investigate the production and dissemination of knowledge during the Portuguese Empire, and their ambiguous power relationships with the colonies

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COVID-19

Death of a man; extinction of an ethnic group

Aruká Juma, the last person to speak the language of the Juma people, died of COVID-19 on February

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History

Unfolding the past

Using an X-ray microtomography scanner, an international team of researchers was able to read the contents of a letter from the Renaissance Period without actually opening it

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Obituary

Historian between two worlds

Shozo Motoyama developed benchmark research projects about the history of science and Japanese immigration in Brazil

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Retrospect

Physician, anthropologist, and broadcaster

Inquisitive and inventive, Edgard Roquette-Pinto participated in the country’s antiracial movements and the introduction of radio

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History

The tortuous entry into Brazil

Documents detail the arrival of enslaved Africans in Rio de Janeiro in the early nineteenth century

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RETROSPECT

The beginnings of pediatrics

In the late nineteenth century, Rio de Janeiro doctors worked together to reduce child mortality rates

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Archival science

Behind the scenes of science

Classified as documents, notebooks describing early research can serve as a source of reference for further studies

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INTERVIEW

Lourdes Sola: The transitions of democracy

A pioneer in Brazilian political science, the researcher speaks on the relationship between politics and economics

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History

The representation of a hero

The image of Tiradentes overcame the lack of visual records and became one of the most popular from Brazil’s history

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UFRJ – 100 YEARS

Two years after the fire

The Brazilian National Museum has recovered 90% of the artifacts not totally destroyed by the flames and has raised almost 45% of the funding it needs to begin reconstruction in 2021

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Museology

Revisiting and reclaiming the past

Researchers and native peoples discuss repatriation of artifacts taken during colonial eras

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UFRJ – 100 Years

A century-long heritage

The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro has reached its 100th anniversary as one of the most productive institutions in Brazil

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Archaeology

Inca offerings in Lake Titicaca

A stone box made of volcanic rock found at the bottom of Lake Titicaca is helping archaeologists to better understand the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Incan Empire

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Archival science

Not to be forgotten

After 16 years cataloging collections and tracking down missing documentary heritage, Brazil’s national committee for the Memory of the World program was suspended in 2019

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Archaeology

30,000 years ago in the Americas

Mexican site suggests settlement of the Americas began 30,000 years ago

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History

The first voyages across the Pacific

The first inhabitants of Polynesia had contact with native peoples from the Americas just over 800 years ago

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History

Inked

From the margins of society to iconic pop culture; study reconstructs the history of tattooing in Brazil

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Retrospect

In the palm of the hand

A São Paulo physician developed a portable respirator in the 1950s

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Archaeology

The new dimensions of Ur

Ur may have occupied an area up to eight times greater than previously estimated by archaeologists in the 1980s

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Collections

Retrieving the history of science

Documents newly digitized by the SBPC Heritage Center provide a fresh glimpse into the Society’s past

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Genetics

America, the African mosaic

The transatlantic slave trade shaped the genetic makeup of populations across North and South America

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History

A feast for historians

New studies help to explain how changing eating habits shaped culture and the economy in São Paulo and Recife

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Paleoanthropology

Diaspora 2.5 million years ago

Chipped stone artifacts found in Jordan may be evidence of archaic humans leaving Africa 400,000 years earlier than previously thought

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History

Memories of drought

Researchers and social movements join forces to ensure the listing of a Ceará concentration camp

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