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May 5, 2021 The first civilisations to build monumental palaces and urban centres in Europe are more genetically homogenous than expected, according to genomes gathered from archaeological sites around the ...
Aug. 23, 2022 A modern scientific analysis of ancient stone tools is challenging long-held beliefs about what caused radical change on the island of Crete, where the first European state flourished during the ...
Jan. 16, 2023 An international team of researchers achieves completely new insights into Bronze Age marriage rules and family structures in Greece. Analyses of ancient genomes show that the choice of marriage ...
Oct. 26, 2023 Endangered whales and dolphins live year-round in an area of the Mediterranean earmarked for oil and gas exploration, new research ...
July 29, 2021 Ancient urn graves contain a wealth of information about a high-ranking woman and her Bronze Age Vatya community, according to a new ...
Apr. 11, 2023 Material left on the seafloor by bronze-age underwater volcanic eruptions is helping researchers better understand the size, hazards and climate impact of their parent eruptions, according to new ...
Sep. 21, 2022 Archaeologists hope to settle one of modern archaeology's longstanding disputes: the date of a volcanic eruption on the Greek island of Santorini, traditionally known as ...
June 29, 2021 Knowing the weight of a commodity provides a way to value goods in the marketplace. But did a self-regulating market even exist in the Bronze Age? And what can weight systems tell us? Researchers ...
Sep. 24, 2021 Researchers present comprehensive ancient DNA data retrieved from peoples culturally affiliated with the iconic Etruscans, settling a long-lasting debate on the origins of this highly skilled and ...
Sep. 28, 2021 In the Middle Bronze Age (about 3600 years ago or roughly 1650 BCE), the city of Tall el-Hammam was ascendant. Located on high ground in the southern Jordan Valley, northeast of the Dead Sea, the ...