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Black Death Mortality Wasn’t as Widespread as Everyone Thinks
... on medieval written sources from some parts of Western Europe to gain insight on how deadly the Black Death was. ... evaluate the scale of the Black Death’s mortality across Europe, with some surprising results. Historians estimate that the Black Death which plagued Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from 1347-1352 killed ...
Alicia McDermott - 13/02/2022 - 14:00
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Study Finds Huge Undetected Migration Wave to Prehistoric Britain
... of Bronze Age dairy products between Britain and Central Europe at the time of the 3rd wave of migration into Britain. ... lineage and ancestry from the early Neolithic farmers of Europe. The latest Nature study, interestingly, points to the ... 20% was from Mesolithic hunter-gatherers from Western Europe. There were two large-scale population migrations in ...
Sahir - 22/12/2021 - 16:06
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Epic Voyage of Vasco da Gama Connected Europe to the East
... Gama a significant figure in the history of Portugal and Europe Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese sailor and explorer who ... Gama a significant figure in the history of Portugal and Europe, but he is also an important personage in world ... da Gama’s discovery of a maritime route connecting Europe to Asia may be regarded to be the beginning of the age ...
dhwty - 03/02/2020 - 13:55
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The Age of Discovery: A New World Dawns
... of Discovery is also said to have ‘spread’ to Northern Europe and Russia, since these countries conducted their own ... factors and had an impact not only on the history of Europe, but on the whole world. Major Factors Behind the Age ... in history and stretched from China in the east to Central Europe in the west. Thanks to the Mongol Empire, trade flowed ...
dhwty - 27/01/2020 - 23:02
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Breakthrough: Excavators Find the Oldest European Face Ever Discovered
... it represents “the oldest human” ever discovered in Europe, reports the Atapuerca Foundation . Gazing Into A ... were the first anatomically modern humans who migrated to Europe around 50,000 years ago. But the discovery of this ... Much Quicker Than Modern Humans Hominids May Have Entered Europe Via the Strait of Gibraltar 900,000 Years Ago Who Were ...
ashley cowie - 08/07/2022 - 22:50
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Oldest known Gold Jewelry in Europe Discovered at Bronze Age Bulgarian site
The first gold jewelry known to have been fashioned in Europe, about 6,600 years ago in Bulgaria, has been ... lead archaeologist calls the oldest prehistoric town in Europe. The gold pendant is small—just 2 grams—but it is ... far from Solnitsata, is the oldest known cache of gold in Europe. (Photo by Yelkrokoyade/Wikimedia Commons) Professor ...
Mark Miller - 22/11/2015 - 21:53
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New Study Indicates that Europe Owes Ancestry and Agriculture to Early Anatolian Farmers
... but of human ancestry during the advent of farming in Europe around 8,000 years ago, according to a researcher from ... Stockholm University. “When farming spread throughout Europe some 8000 years ago, Anatolia functioned as a hub, ... “Our results stress the importance Anatolia has had on Europe’s prehistory. But to fully understand how the ...
Mark Miller - 05/01/2016 - 21:46
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Modern Humans and Neanderthals Lived Together in Europe for 2,000 Years!
... exactly when the Neanderthals actually lived in western Europe. The evidence the archaeologists examined was ... AFP that humans and Neanderthals “met and integrated in Europe,” at some point in the distant past, before adding ... when modern humans and Neanderthals would have lived in Europe simultaneously, and this was what the scientists in ...
Nathan Falde - 16/10/2022 - 14:53
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Trypillia Culture and the Origins of Europe’s Civilizations
... the most intriguing archaeological discoveries in Eastern Europe. Flourishing during the Neolithic and Chalcolithic ... this ancient civilization in the vast expanses of Eastern Europe. The journey to unravel the mysteries of Trypillia ... 4.0 ) The Secrets That Hid Beneath the Soils of Eastern Europe The hallmark of the Trypillia Culture is undoubtedly ...
Aleksa Vučković - 21/02/2024 - 21:58
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Drought Stones Pass Messages of Warning to Europeans
... sites being revealed as vegetation has died in Europe. The recent drought has also brought to the surface ... have established - based on the study of tree rings - that Europe has experienced major droughts in the past few ... were exposed because of the falling water level in Central Europe. The idea behind these drought or hunger stones was ...
Ed Whelan - 28/08/2018 - 22:44
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Study Upends European Narrative of Horse Domestication in the USA
... the University of New Mexico. Using Genomic Evidence: From Europe to the Americas Using genomic evidence from partners ... eventually domesticated in Asia, spreading from there to Europe and Africa,” explained Jones. Reintroduction and ...
Sahir - 01/04/2023 - 15:00
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What Archaeology Tells US About Pre-Roman Cultures
... the Pre-Roman Cultures The Italian Peninsula, like all of Europe, was quite different from what we know today. In ... different cultural aspects than the societies of Central Europe, and their partial isolation allowed them to develop ... Megalithic cultural traits that covered most of Western Europe. This period left many dolmens, passage tombs, cists, ...
Aleksa Vučković - 08/02/2020 - 13:32
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Looking for Christmas Cheer? Six of the Oldest (and Best) Christmas Markets in Europe
... list of the oldest and most authentic Christmas markets in Europe. 1. Striezelmarkt, Dresden, Germany One has to ... when looking for the ‘oldest’ Christmas market in Europe. As Christmas markets have become increasingly ... since 1570, making it one of the oldest markets in Europe. Its name is Alsatian, an Alemannic German dialect ...
Robbie Mitchell - 16/12/2022 - 18:00
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Was Medieval Black Death Really That Bad? A New Pollen Study Says No!
Black Death is said to have killed over half of Europe’s population. However, a new pollen study suggests many parts of Europe were not affected by the bacterial onslaught. Black ... pandemic Black Death is said to have killed over half of Europe’s population. However, a new pollen study suggests ...
ashley cowie - 01/03/2022 - 18:00
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10 of the World’s Oldest Languages Still Used Today
... the Indo-European peoples, the tribes and cultures of Old Europe certainly spoke in diverse Paleo-European languages - ... or ‘genetic’ connections to other extant languages. In Europe, such languages can be the remnants of Old Europe, such as Basque . But there can also be Indo-European ...
Aleksa Vučković - 17/02/2020 - 13:56
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Undeciphered Rongorongo Script Found on Easter Island Predates European Contact
There has long been an air of mystery and intrigue surrounding a set of wooden tablets with writing on them found on the tiny, remote South Pacific island of Rapa Nui (more commonly known as Easter Island). Since these 27 inscribed tablets were recovered by explorers in 1864, the ongoing question has been, did their written script have a truly ancient origin, one that predated the arrival of the first European colonizers in the early 18th century?
Nathan Falde - 10/02/2024 - 21:47
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The Enigmatic Erdstall Tunnels of Europe: Purpose - Unknown
An erdstall is a type of tunnel that is found throughout Europe, mainly in the south-eastern German state of Bavaria ... An erdstall is a type of tunnel that is found throughout Europe, mainly in the south-eastern German state of Bavaria ... At present, around 2000 erdstalls are known to exist in Europe. The bulk of these may be found in the German state of ...
dhwty - 08/06/2017 - 19:04
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The Legend of Prester John and His Lost Kingdom in the East
... John or John the Elder) was a legendary figure in Europe during the Medieval and Early Modern periods. ... John or John the Elder) was a legendary figure in Europe during the Medieval and Early Modern periods. ... This was the time of the Crusades , when Christians from Europe attempted to seize the Holy Land from the Muslims by ...
dhwty - 09/08/2020 - 14:07
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Strixology: Recording Diabolical Practices Of Renaissance European Witch Hunts
... which sums up the essence of Renaissance witch hunts in Europe. Foemina Instrumentum Diaboli can be translated as ... which sums up the essence of Renaissance witch hunts in Europe. The word ‘witch’ evokes the figure of an elderly ... phenomenon known as the ‘witch hunt’ , which scourged Europe, not even sparing children. Between 1450 and 1750 ...
Alessandra Filiaci - 22/02/2023 - 21:28
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Selling Their Souls: Kingdom of Loango, Africa’s Pre-Colonial Power
... regional exporters of copper , a valuable resource used in Europe. To obtain sufficient copper, Loango merchants often ... was not a kingdom that could be compared to those in Europe. It was a collective of settlements and tribal ...
Aleksa Vučković - 08/06/2023 - 18:15