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Arctic fossil reveals previously unknown hornless rhinoceros species
With 75% of its skeleton preserved in Devon Island’s Haughton Crater, the Miocene rhino shows the species crossed the North Atlantic land bridge much later than once thought, says lead author Fraser.
Over 50 medieval skeletons unearthed in central Aarhus graveyard
Ancient Crocodile Species Discovered in Egypt Sheds Light on Evolutionary History
Dresden Codex decoded: study unveils the Maya’s 700-year eclipse calculator
Ancient teeth reveal salmonella and louse-borne fever helped doom Napoleon’s 500,000-man force
Teeth from 13 Grande Armée soldiers in a Vilnius grave give first genetic proof that infections, with famine and cold, helped cause the loss of 300,000 men during Napoleon’s retreat from Russia.
Bronze bust of Egyptian goddess Isis unearthed at Satala necropolis in Gümüşhane, Turkey
The discovery emerged in the cemetery just north of the Roman walls at a site that once housed the headquarters of Legio XV Apollinaris on the empire’s eastern frontier.
Opium residue found in an Ancient Egyptian vase, rewriting the story of Tutankhamun’s tomb raids
Analysis detected morphine, thebaine, noscapine and other opiate alkaloids, providing the first scientific identification of the contents of an inscribed egyptian alabastron.
First Assyrian inscription ever found in Jerusalem uncovered near western wall
Israel’s antiquities authority reports discovery of an Assyrian inscription from the first temple period - evidence of an assyrian presence in the kingdom of judah.
Archaeologists find intact Merian axe from tenth century near Rostov, Russia
The Merians were a Finno-Ugric people who lived in the upper Volga basin.
Chinese woman charged in 1.5 million euro gold nugget theft from Paris Natural History Museum
She was arrested at Barcelona airport on September 30 with about one kilogram of melted gold and remains in provisional detention, according to prosecutors.
New scans challenge the idea that Indigenous Australians hunted giant animals to extinction
A study in Royal Society Open Science by Professor Mike Archer shows no evidence that humans hunted or butchered megafauna in the fossil record.
Tutankhamun's tomb on brink of collapse amid widening cracks and soaring humidity
Researchers report that cracks formed after the 1994 flood have widened, letting rainwater infiltrate kv62 and fostering mold that eats away its 3300-year-old frescoes.
Greece slams British Museum over celebrity-filled fundraising dinner amid Parthenon Sculptures
Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said the event was “offensive to cultural goods and endangers the exhibits themselves”.
Spanish tourist rescued after fall 80 meters inside Egypt's Bent Pyramid
Paramedics Ahmed Ali Hamouda and Ali Hassan Abdel-Meguid crawled through a 1-meter-high corridor with a 26-degree incline for nearly two hours to carry the injured woman to safety.
Digital archaeology reveals elite towers at Pompeii's House of the Tiaso
The goal of the "Pompeii Reset" project is to use digital techniques to document what has been preserved of the buildings in the form of a 3D model.
