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The latest ancient Greek archaeological find to cause a stir is a Hellenistic marble workshop, discovered during a dig on Paros, part of the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea. You might not ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several ...

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Most actinide-rich stars are metal-poor and ancient. This one? It’s old, but chemically rich, suggesting it may have originated in a now-merged dwarf galaxy outside the Milky Way. The leading ...

As part of the Constructing the Limes project undertaking by Utrecht University staff and students at Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology ...

The types of pollen and the quantities of pollen grains found at a site help researchers reconstruct ancient forests, track sea-level changes and identify the fingerprints of significant events ...

New research from the University of Chicago shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the pulp, first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored ...

A man was taken into police custody on Saturday after he broke the armrest off an ancient Vietnamese throne recognized as a ‘national treasure,’ Vietnamese state media reported. The throne ...

How wholegrains saved Denmark's health: Why you should try this diet trick Analyses showed that the bread was made with coarsely ground emmer flour, an ancient variety of wheat, and lentil seeds ...

The State of Qatar expressed its sincere congratulations to the sisterly Kingdom of Bahrain on its election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the period of 2026 ...