QUICK FACTS Name: Kneeling Bull What it is: A silver human-animal hybrid statuette Where it is from: Ancient Elam, southwestern Iran When it was made: 3100 to 2900 …
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2,200-year-old gold coin depicting ancient Egyptian queen discovered in Jerusalem
by eNewsBlogby eNewsBlogArchaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a rare, miniature gold coin that depicts the Egyptian queen Berenice II and dates to the reign of her husband, the third ruler …
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Europe
History’s first pandemic: Ancient DNA solves mystery of what caused 1,500-year-old epidemic
by eNewsBlogby eNewsBlogPublished on 01/09/2025 – 15:21 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT In an extraordinary breakthrough, scientists have traced the deadly bacterium behind the world’s earliest recorded pandemic to its epicentre for the …
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Scraps of ancient viruses make up 40% of our genome. They could trigger brain degeneration.
by eNewsBlogby eNewsBlogBack in 2008, neurovirologist Renée Douville observed something weird in the brains of people who’d died of the movement disorder ALS: virus proteins. But these people hadn’t caught …
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This modern AC alternative is inspired by an ancient cooling technique
by eNewsBlogby eNewsBlogWhen the heat index in Delhi, India, reached 125 degrees Fahrenheit this summer, so many people cranked up their air-conditioning that it led to power cuts. It’s one …
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Tech/AI
An Ancient Penis Worm With Rings of Sharp Teeth Has Been Discovered in the Grand Canyon
by eNewsBlogby eNewsBlogAbout 500 million years ago, the Grand Canyon was a great sea, and among the creatures it harbored was a newly discovered type of penis worm, armed with …
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Pazuzu figurine: An ancient statue of the Mesopotamian ‘demon’ god who inspired ‘The Exorcist’
by eNewsBlogby eNewsBlogQUICK FACTS Name: Pazuzu statue What it is: A bronze figurine Where it is from: The Assyrian Empire When it was made: The Neo-Assyrian period, circa 900 to …
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2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were ‘forward planning’ 600,000 years earlier than thought
by eNewsBlogby eNewsBlogAncient human relatives moved diverse stones over substantial distances, researchers report, revealing a surprisingly high degree of forward planning 600,000 years earlier than experts previously thought possible. In …
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What Is Experimental Archaeology? Sam Kean Explores Ancient Tools, Surgeries and Feasts in Dinner with King Tut
by eNewsBlogby eNewsBlogRachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Experimental archaeology takes a hands-on approach to understanding the past. Instead of just studying ancient objects researchers re-create …
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DNA has an expiration date. But proteins are revealing secrets about our ancient ancestors we never thought possible.
by eNewsBlogby eNewsBlogThe moment a creature dies, its DNA begins to break down. Half of it degrades every 521 years on average. By about 6.8 million years, even under ideal …
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