Firefighters Went on a Routine Patrol—and Stumbled Upon a Breathtaking Ancient Face
A routine fire patrol, operating some 200 miles northwest of the country's capital, Astana, discovered a nearly foot-long ...
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Did This Bronze Age Sheep Trigger One of History’s Deadliest Diseases?
Scientists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old ancestor of the Black Death in the remains of a Bronze Age sheep, shedding light ...
Archaeologists Found a 5,000-Year-Old Fortress That Nature Had Hidden for Centuries
The settlement roughly dates back to the transition from the Neolithic period to the Bronze Age. Researchers used noninvasive ...
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Ancestor of Black Death Has Been Discovered in Bronze-Age Sheep
"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...
Discovery of first Bronze Age settlement in the Maghreb
Most Bronze Age settlements have been documented in European territory. Despite its geographical proximity, the Maghreb has ...
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Ancient ancestor of the plague discovered in Bronze Age sheep
The DNA of Yersinia pestis bacteria has been found in a Bronze Age sheep, offering a clue to how the plague may have spread ...
Ancient settlement found in Morocco proves ‘empty land’ was occupied after all. See it
Outside of Europe, Egypt was known for its complex societies in the same time period, but the western coast of the ...
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Ancient Greeks and Romans Laced the Aegean with Lead
Lead pollution in and around the Aegean Sea dates back to the Bronze Age and shows a strong spike associated with Roman ...
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The first Bronze Age settlement in the Maghreb
Most Bronze Age settlements have been documented in European territory. Despite its geographical proximity, the Maghreb has ...