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Sycthian Warriors Stayed Local
As far back as the Greek historian Herodotus, a group of people called the Scythians were considered highly mobile warrior nomads.
Scythian-era people lived across Eurasia from about 700 BCE to 200 BCE, and have long been considered highly mobile…
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Oldest Documented Site of Indiscriminate Mass Killing Revealed in Research
In previous research, ancient massacre sites found men who died while pitted in battle or discovered executions of targeted families.
At other sites, evidence showed killing of members of a migrant community in conflict with previously established…
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Rocky Planet Discovered in Virgo Constellation Could Change Search For Life in Universe
A newly discovered planet could be our best chance yet of studying rocky planet atmospheres outside the solar system, a new international study involving UNSW Sydney shows.
The planet, called Gliese 486b (pronounced Glee-seh), is a…
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Astronomers Accurately Measure the Temperature of Red Supergiant Stars
Red supergiants are a class of star that end their lives in supernova explosions. Their lifecycles are not fully understood, partly due to difficulties in measuring their temperatures. For the first time, astronomers develop an accurate method to…
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New Technology Allows Scientists First Glimpse of Intricate Details of Little Foot’s Life
In June 2019, an international team brought the complete skull of the 3.67-million-year-old Little Foot Australopithecus skeleton, from South Africa to the UK and achieved unprecedented imaging resolution of its bony structures and dentition in…
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Virtual Interactive Environment of Ancient Tomb of Ramesses VI
The tomb of Pharaoh Ramesses VI in the Valley of the Kings has been digitally scanned to create a virtual interactive high-resolution environment.
Ramesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryamun was the fifth ruler of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt during the late…
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Virtual Interactive Environment of Ancient Egyptian Temple of Abu Simbel
The Great Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel in Egypt has been digitally scanned to create a virtual interactive high-resolution environment.
The Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock-cut temples on the banks of Lake Nasser in Upper Egypt, that…
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Medieval Containers Hint at Thriving Wine Trade in Islamic Sicily
Researchers at the University of York have found chemical residues of grapes in medieval containers indicating a prosperous wine trade in Islamic Sicily.
They found that a type of container from the 9-11th century, called amphorae, traditionally…
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The Melting of Large Icebergs is a Key Stage in the Evolution of Ice Ages
A new study, in which the Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute (IACT) (CSIC-UGR) participated, has described for the first time a key stage in the beginning of the great glaciations and indicates that it can happen to our planet in the future.
The…
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