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Aurignacian Secrets Revealed in Cutting-Edge Dental Research
... in the Levant 40,000 years ago? They first appeared in Europe some 43,000 years ago, bringing a cultural golden ... in the Levant 40,000 years ago? They first appeared in Europe some 43,000 years ago, bringing a cultural golden ... sophisticated yet mysterious humans migrated from Europe to the Levant some 40,000 years ago, shedding light on ...
ancient-origins - 07/11/2019 - 01:54
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New Study Finds Salmonella Brought by Europeans Caused Epidemic that Wiped Out 80% of the Aztecs
... epidemic’s magnitude was like that of the Black Death in Europe during the 1300s. In one of these recent studies, ... that Salmonella Paratyphi C arrived in Mexico from Europe. The other team of researchers, headed by ... first evidence that the disease was afflicting people in Europe before they made contact with Mexican natives. An ...
Mark Miller - 21/02/2017 - 13:54
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Was There Really a Bronze Age International Weights and Measures System?
... to weigh about the same as similar artifacts discovered in Europe and the Middle East. Spool-shaped weights recovered ... to weigh about the same as similar artifacts discovered in Europe and the Middle East. While the researchers working on ... say 3,000-year-old ancient weights “may have sparked Europe’s first free market,” others say that ideas of an ...
ashley cowie - 30/06/2021 - 14:55
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Oldest crucible steel weapon in Europe unearthed in Russia
... it turned out to be oldest crucible steel weapon in East Europe. "It was highly unexpected and exciting find" said Dr. ... Sciences. "Ancient crucible steel weapon found in Eastern Europe." ScienceDaily , 20 April 2015. Oldest crucible steel weapon in Europe unearthed in Russia ...
ancient-origins - 22/04/2015 - 14:56
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Creek Tribes Were Decimated by Disease but Thrived Through Skin Trade
The Native American Creek (Muscogee) tribes of the Southeast were actually an allied nation that came into existence in relatively recent history so they would be united in peace.
The Creek included many of the native people of parts of Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida and lived in large towns, writes the site Warpaths 2 Peace Pipes. Many Creek tribes built huge earthen mounds that still stand today.
Mark Miller - 19/09/2018 - 02:01
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Colonization of the Americas Caused Climatic Change
... This cooling was dramatic, and it was apparent all over Europe by the sixteenth century. For example, the Thames in ... production. This greatly destabilized many states from Europe to Japan as death and famines became common. The ...
Ed Whelan - 01/02/2019 - 22:56
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The Annals of Quedlinburg: Rare Example of Female Scholarship in Medieval Europe
... book before him. The most well-known scholars of Medieval Europe were males likely to have been in one of the various monastic orders. Female scholars during Medieval Europe were rare, and even if they existed, they are seldom ... Rare Example of Female Scholarship in Medieval Europe ...
dhwty - 08/05/2019 - 00:22
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The Swiss Pikemen: Europe’s Most Deadly Middle Age Military Formation!
... horsemen, and their victory sent shockwaves throughout Europe as a result. However, it would take over a century ... and their star halberdiers had been rampaging through Europe ever since the death of the Milanese warlord Duke Gian ... Swiss pikemen enjoyed decades of military superiority in Europe and were responsible for some of the most crushing ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 02/06/2022 - 22:59
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The Battle of Trafalgar and the Deafening Thunder of English Cannons
There have been crucial periods in the modern history of Europe that shaped its future and dictated the destinies of ... marked by wars and conflicts in which the proud nations of Europe battled for dominance and wealth... There have been crucial periods in the modern history of Europe that shaped its future and dictated the destinies of ...
Aleksa Vučković - 12/07/2020 - 23:03
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The Iron Age Diet: Lots Of Blue Cheese and Beer, Poop Study Shows
... startling new facts about the Iron Age diet in central Europe. Research on poop samples, or palaeofaeces, ... startling new facts about the Iron Age diet in central Europe. The results showed that Europeans consumed lots of ... Bronze Age (lasting between 3200 BC and circa 600 BC in Europe) to the Baroque Age (18th century AD), were well ...
Sahir - 14/10/2021 - 18:40
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Mold Gold Cape is the finest piece of prehistoric gold-working in Europe
... the finest examples of prehistoric sheet-gold working in Europe and perhaps the world. Its unique form and design ... demonstrates highly advanced craftsmanship in Bronze Age Europe. The Bronze Age burial mound was found in a field ... Great Orme – the largest copper mine in north-west Europe. This would have been a major trading centre for ...
aprilholloway - 03/04/2014 - 23:47
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Pleistocene Epoch: Humans, Welcome to Earth
... and colder temperatures. During much of the Pleistocene, Europe, North America, and Siberia were covered by extensive ... was covered by the Laurentide ice sheet and northern Europe and Siberia were covered by the Eurasian Ice Sheet ... While parts of the world were dryer - such as central Europe, which was mostly covered in tundra, other parts of ...
Caleb Strom - 19/10/2018 - 23:02
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90% of the Neolithic British Gene Pool Was Replaced by Beaker Immigrants
... This culture first spread between Iberia and central Europe beginning about 4,700 years ago. By analyzing DNA from ... of the technologies used by the Yamnaya later spread to Europe. But the startling revelation from the ancient DNA was ... people moved, too -- all the way to the Atlantic coast of Europe in the west to Mongolia in the east and India in the ...
ancient-origins - 23/02/2018 - 02:02
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Earth’s Largest-Ever Lake Engulfed Europe and Asia 12 Million Years Ago
... mass, flooding the lands of what is now Central Europe and creating a watery border that separated northern ... million square kilometers) of fertile new land in Central Europe and Asia were opened for future human settlement. Once ... By Nathan Falde Earth’s Largest-Ever Lake Engulfed Europe and Asia 12 Million Years Ago ...
Nathan Falde - 11/06/2021 - 18:57
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How the Ho-Chunk Nation Beat the Odds and Made a Comeback
After contact with Europeans in the 17th century, the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin was reduced from thousands of people to hundreds by disease, starvation and war, including inter-tribal warfare among natives.
The Ho-Chunk, formerly known by the pejorative name Winnebago, were farmers, hunters, gatherers and anglers. They spoke a Siouan language, as did the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people who were their neighbors until they were forced west and south.
ancient-origins - 08/09/2018 - 01:54
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The Chivalric Order of the Dragon, the Medieval Shield of Christendom
... only for the leading nobles and rulers of medieval Europe . The Chivalric Order of the Dragon was created by ... foremost being the Ottoman Turks who were sweeping into Europe at the time. However, there was a great deal of ... in the court in order to maintain his rule. What is more, Europe - and Hungary - were facing a major encroaching threat ...
Aleksa Vučković - 16/10/2021 - 22:39
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Ancient Monkey Soldiers? Romans Buried Barbary Ape with Military Offerings
... history. But what about monkeys? Archaeologists in Europe and the UK recently discovered the remains of several ... anyways? Experts have some fascinating speculations. Europe’s One of a Kind Barbary Apes Barbary macaques, also ... Barbary macaques the only known wild monkey species in Europe. War Elephants: The Military ‘Tanks’ of the ...
Lex Leigh - 15/10/2022 - 18:50
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The Gundestrup Cauldron: Largest and Most Exquisite Iron Age Silver Work in Europe
... Celtic art that have been discovered in different parts of Europe. The carnyx players. ( CC BY SA 3.0 ) Some have even ... and was made somewhere in the Lower Danube in southeastern Europe. This argument is said to be supported by the style ... Largest and Most Exquisite Iron Age Silver Work in Europe ...
dhwty - 25/07/2019 - 18:51
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Medieval Europe’s Waves of Plague Also Required an Economic Action Plan
... Death: the Plague that Sowed Terror and Death in Medieval Europe - Part 1 The Justinianic Plague Wasn’t as Bad as ... was originally published under the title ‘ Medieval Europe’s waves of plague also required an economic ... republished under a Creative Commons License. Medieval Europe’s Waves of Plague Also Required an Economic Action ...
ancient-origins - 10/05/2020 - 01:55
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2300-year-old Glass Workshop and Ritual Sanctuary Uncovered in Czech Republic!
... involved the Celts , who inhabited continental Europe at the time. In addition, it also housed a possible ... spanning the 3rd to 2nd century BC, in central Europe. The presence of sunken huts, bronze amulets, and ... "Amber Road." This vast network interconnected central Europe from the Baltic coast to the Mediterranean region, ...
Sahir - 25/07/2023 - 14:54