Nadine SunderlandMar 19Inside the AI Competition That Decoded an Ancient Herculaneum Scrollscientificamerican.com - Tomas WeberOn a warm Saturday night at the end of August last year, Luke Farritor, an undergraduate at the University of Nebraska, was sitting alone in a corner …
Nadine SunderlandApr 9Ötzi the Iceman’s 61 tattoos weren’t made in the way archaeologists first thoughtverified_publisherCNNCNN — Found high in the Tyrolean Alps in 1991, Ötzi the Iceman had dark skin and eyes and was likely bald. His remarkably well-preserved remains, frozen beneath ice for about 5,300 years, revealed 61 tattoos inked all over his body. How and why Ötzi, perhaps the world’s most studied corpse, got the …
Nadine SunderlandFrench Archaeologists Excavate a 600-Year-Old Castle Beneath a Historic Townartnet.com - by Richard WhiddingtonThe elaborate structure encompassed a defensive tower, a moat, drainage pipes, and several staircases. It was no secret that Hôtel Lagorce in Vannes, …
Nadine SunderlandThis 1,000-Year-Old Smartphone Just Dialed Inverified_publisherThe New York Times - Franz LidzLost & Found This 1,000-Year-Old Smartphone Just Dialed In By Franz Lidz and Clara Vannucci For 2,000 years, celestial observers mapped the heavens with astonishingly precise instruments called astrolabes. Resembling large, old-fashioned vest pocket watches, astrolabes allowed users to determine time, …
Nadine SunderlandTunnel that could lead to Cleopatra's Tomb is 'geometric miracle'jpost.com - By WALLA!The tunnel was discovered 13 meters below the ground by Katharine Martinez, an archaeologist from the Dominican Republic. Beneath the temple ruins of …
Nadine SunderlandBones found in 8-meter-deep pit may ‘fundamentally change’ history of humans in Europeverified_publisherCNNCNN — Microscopic fragments of protein and DNA recovered from bones discovered in 8-meter-deep cave dirt have revealed Neanderthals and humans likely lived alongside one another in northern Europe as far back as 45,000 years ago. The genetic analysis of the fossils, which were found in a cave near …
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