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Marcus Terentius Varro, the Roman scholar who conceived the existence of microorganisms sixteen centuries before their discovery
When looking for the origin of microbiology, it is typical to refer to the latter part of the 19th century, when it developed ...
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Oldest Evidence of Sicily’s First Settlers, who Used the Island as a “Glacial Refuge”, Discovered
In San Teodoro cave, north-eastern Sicily, a team of scientists has found evidence of earliest recorded presence of humans on ...
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British Isles tin enabled mass production of Bronze in Europe and the Mediterranean in the ancient world
A pioneering study by Durham University experts has revealed one of archaeology’s oldest mysteries—where early Bronze Age ...
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Astronomers tune in to a star’s music and make a surprising finding about its age
Astronomers at the W. M. Keck Telescope facility on Maunakea have have listened to the music of a nearby star, finding ...
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The Triton Baths in Southeastern Rome Were Converted into a Christian Church During Late Antiquity, Discovery Reveals
In the southeastern area of the city of Rome, archaeologists excavating inside the Triton Baths, built in the 2nd century A.D. within the monumental complex of the Villa di Sette Bassi, discovered ...
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A Porticoed Road and a Bronze Panther Found in Augusta Raurica, the Best-Preserved Roman City North of the Alps
As part of a major construction project, the Cantonal Archaeology of Aargau carried out a rescue excavation between early May 2024 and the end of March 2025. This significantly expanded the knowledge ...
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Scientists Create a “Black Hole Bomb” in the Laboratory for the First Time
A team of researchers has succeeded in recreating for the first time in a laboratory experiment a phenomenon that until now only existed as a theory in the realm of black holes. The experiment ...
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A Third Roman Fortress Discovered in the Northern Sinai Peninsula
View of the site with an indication of recent finds. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt The Egyptian archaeological mission affiliated with the Supreme Council of Antiquities ...
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Maya Tattoo Tools Discovered for the First Time
Archaeologists from universities in the United States and Denmark found, deep within the Actun Uayazba Kab cave in Belize, two small stone tools dated between 250 and 900 AD that could be the first ...
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Cuju, the Oldest Form of Soccer in the World Played in Ancient China
Emperors Taizu and Taizong, with Prime Minister Zhao Pu and other ministers, playing Cuju, by Qian Xuan (ca.1300). Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons For centuries in China, men and women ...
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Why Did Some Animals Become Fossils While Others Simply Vanished? A Study Reveals That Size Matters
Why did some animals from ancient eras become fossils, while others simply disappeared without a trace? The answer, at least in part, may lie within their own bodies, according to a study from the ...
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160 Million Years Ago, Giant Flying Reptiles Learned to Walk and Conquered the Earth
Life restoration of a group of giant azhdarchids, Quetzalcoatlus northropi, foraging on a Cretaceous fern prairie. Credit: Mark Witton and Darren Naish / Wikimedia Commons The study analyzes ...