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How the Mediterranean Lost So Much Water 5.3 Million Years Ago That Its Level Was 1 Kilometer Below the Atlantic Ocean
A recent study led by a CNRS scientist analyzed the significant drop in the Mediterranean Sea level during the monumental ...
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How the Aztec “Death Whistles” Worked, the Terrifying Sound They Used in Sacrifice Rituals, Discovered
The so-called Aztec “death whistle” is an instrument distinguished by producing a chilling sound, comparable to a person’s ...
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The Highest Prehistoric Petroglyphs in Europe, Found in the Alps of Lombardy
The Lombardy region has been the site of an exceptional archaeological discovery: a series of petroglyphs found on Pizzo ...
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A Fossil Found in Utah Reveals the Origin of the Earth’s First Vertebrates
The history of life on Earth dates back more than 500 million years, when complex-structured organisms emerged during the ...
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Hadrian’s Granary in the Forgotten Port of Andriake
Andriake, located on the southwestern coast of Anatolia (in present-day Demre, Turkey), was the main port of ancient Myra, ...
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Microbes Create the Most Toxic Form of Mercury That Accumulates in Fish and Is Then Consumed by Humans
Mercury is a highly toxic chemical element, and although it is dangerous in its elemental form, it becomes especially harmful ...
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The Fame of Gladiators Reached the Remotest Areas of the Roman Empire: A Left-Handed “Secutor” Knife Handle Found at Hadrian’s Wall
Gladiator-shaped knife handle found in Hadrian's Wall Credit: English Heritage In the waters of the river near the Roman town ...
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The World’s Richest Man in the First Half of the 19th Century Was a Chinese Merchant Who Lent Money to American Millionaires
If we asked who the wealthiest person in the world was in the first half of the 19th century, many would likely think of Queen Victoria or an American multimillionaire like Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, ...
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The Revolution of Time in the Hellenistic World: How Clock Time Spread in the 3rd Century BCE
At a time when the passage of time was dictated by the movement of the sun and the seasons, the introduction of “clock time” ...
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The Mass Offering of Children to Tlaloc Coincided with the Great Drought of 1454 in Mexico
In a context marked by water scarcity and collective despair, the mass offering of children sacrificed to the god of rain, ...
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A caliga sole with the nails still in their original intact arrangement and other vestiges of the everyday life of Roman legionaries, found in Germany
The remains of the sole of the Roman caliga, with the nails still in their original arrangement. Credit: J. Mühlenbrock / LWL During recent renovations of a playground near the wall of the ancient ...