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Ancient Egyptians used metal in wooden ships
August 30, 2016Metal pieces of the second solar boat of Pharaoh Khufu are seen at the restoration laboratory,...
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Ancient dental plaque sheds new light on the diet of Mesolithic foragers in the Balkans
August 28, 2016Excavations of human remains at Vlasac, Serbia. Credit: Dušan Borić The study of dental calculus from...
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Seeing inside an ancient Australian Indigenous artefact non-invasively
August 25, 2016Calcrete block with embedded chert Photo: Ingrid Ward, University of WA Nuclear techniques have allowed archaeologists...
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Astronomy and Space
Fossilized rivers suggest warm, wet ancient Mars
August 22, 2016Perspective view of Aram Dorsum, an inverted channel on Mars and candidate landing site for the...
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Astronomy and Space
Researchers validate ancient astronomical structures
August 16, 2016The great stone circle, Stenness on the Isle of Orkney, is situated in a “reverse” landscape....
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Astronomy and Space
An ancient Mayan Copernicus
August 15, 2016“The Observatory” at Chich’en Itza, the building where a Mayan astronomer would have worked. Credit: Gerardo...
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Earth
Lack of copper in ancient soil regulates nitrification
August 10, 2016Credit: University of Western Australia Researchers from The University of Western Australia and Newcastle University (UK)...
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Biology
Deer evolution: Ancient DNA reveals novel relationships
August 8, 2016Philippine spotted deer. Credit: d40xboy /fotolia.com Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have sequenced mitochondrial DNA from...
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