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Builders of Stonehenge Feasted On Parasites Shows Prehistoric Poop Study
A new study published in the journal Parasitology analyzed prehistoric Stonehenge feces from Durrington Walls, a Neolithic settlement just 2.8 kilometers (1.7 miles) from Stonehenge and found that it contained parasitic worm eggs.
Sahir - 20/05/2022 - 00:00
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Does Roman Infanticide Explain the Mass Infant Burial Discovered in England?
... the crops grown in the area, which were then exported to feed the Roman army on the banks of the Rhine River in ...
Sahir - 15/11/2021 - 21:57
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Discovery of Tooth Reveals When Giant Hippos Roamed Britain
... from migrating and from floating in the water in order to feed on aquatic plants, keeping in mind that the hippopotamus ...
Sahir - 12/10/2021 - 01:19
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Ancient structure that measured the Nile for tax purposes uncovered in Egypt
... be stored for years when the harvest was bad and used to feed the people. The state did not just receive grain as ...
Mark Miller - 20/05/2016 - 03:41
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The Ming Dynasty Concubines: A Life of Abuse, Torture and Murder for Thousands of Women
... many starved to death as there was not enough food to feed them or room to house them. Many historians claim that ...
Veronica Parkes - 02/07/2018 - 15:05
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Why are humans unique? It’s the small things that count
... unlocking new and sometimes safer sources of nutrition to feed an energy hungry and evolving brain. But the oldest ...
ancient-origins - 02/11/2015 - 13:48
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Medieval Aphrodisiacs: Body Scented Bread Dough!
People in Europe in the Middle Ages boosted libidinal sexual intimacy through the use of medieval aphrodisiacs, some of which are truly bizarre. Dr.
Sahir - 24/04/2022 - 18:58
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Mummies Found in Chile Did Not Let Harsh Life Conditions Get Them Down
Despite apparent episodes of food shortage, disease, violence, and severe weather conditions, it seems that, at least for some people, life in Chile between 500-1500 years ago was not that stressful. Lower than expected cortisol levels found in mummies’ hair have led researchers to suggest that some of the pre-Hispanic natives actually weren’t too anxious. These researchers found similar low levels of cortisol in a sample of modern Chileans. Could it be that the relaxed take on life has been passed on?
Alicia McDermott - 26/07/2016 - 00:43
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Stay Out of the Water: Does a Prehistoric Shark Still Live in the Ocean?
... Found on Ancient Maya Arrowheads, Bloodletting Rituals to Feed Life Force to the Gods The picture showed the submarine ...
Natalia Klimczak - 07/09/2016 - 14:50
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Iron Age Dagger and 700-Year-Old Village Found in Scotland Beneath Motorway!
... communities in Iron Age Britain, it became necessary to feed more people including all the field workers and food ...
ashley cowie - 30/05/2021 - 18:22
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Were Other Humans the First Victims of the Sixth Mass Extinction?
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Will Discovery of Ancient Tombs in Poland Halt a Proposed Coal Mine?
Locals opposing a new coal mine in Wielkopolska, central Poland, got help from an unexpected source: their ancestors. Burial mounds more than five thousand years old belonging to the Funnelbeaker culture, which used to inhabit lands from the Scandinavian peninsula to the Vistula river, were discovered in the area of the mine.
Claudia Ciobanu - 04/03/2017 - 13:55
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Mayan Pompeii: Remarkable Ancient Village Preserved in Ash Emerges in El Salvador
About 1,400 years ago, the Loma Caldera volcano of El Salvador erupted, covering the small Maya village of Ceren in ash and preserving it in pristine condition to the present day. Unlike at Pompeii in Italy when Mount Vesuvius blew in 79 AD and surprised and killed the residents, the villagers of Ceren were able to make it out and so apparently were not killed in the eruption.
Mark Miller - 05/11/2015 - 03:44
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Qanat Firaun, the most spectacular underground aqueduct of the ancient world
... for the water to fill a high stone reservoir that would feed the city's fountains and the planned temple to the ...
aprilholloway - 14/04/2014 - 13:32
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Massive Penguins the Size of Gorillas Once Waddled Around New Zealand
Scientists have discovered what appears to be the world’s biggest penguin species known to have swum Earth’s oceans or waddled across its surface, and it was the size of a gorilla! This newly revealed species — dubbed Kumimanu fordycei by its discoverers — lived in the Paleocene Epoch approximately 57 million years ago in what is now New Zealand.
Nathan Falde - 17/02/2023 - 22:00
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Achilles’ Shield: What’s the Meaning of the Iliad’s Most Symbolic Object?
... Losing cattle could result in a farmer’s inability to feed his family and to sell goods. The dogs could protect ...
Sarah Piraino - 12/04/2021 - 14:46
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Giant Titanosaur Nesting Ground Discovered in Central India
... to visit the nests to maneuver and incubate the eggs or feed the hatchlings … as the parents would step on the eggs ...
Nathan Falde - 19/01/2023 - 21:53
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The Chilling Ancient Practice of Infanticide Was Once Accepted as Normal
... especially in poorer areas, where an additional mouth to feed is regarded as a severe burden for the family. Top ...
dhwty - 27/01/2019 - 18:56
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Heraclitus: Eminent Doctrines of a Pre-Socratic Riddler who Loved Conflict
Heraclitus of Ephesus was a Pre-Socratic philosopher who lived during the 6th century BC. He wrote a book which recorded his controversial philosophical thoughts. This book, which was deposited in the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, has not survived in its entirety. Nevertheless, more than 100 fragments have endured the passage of time and have been creating as much debate as the philosopher probably would have liked!
dhwty - 05/05/2020 - 19:17
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Weekly Top Stories: A Quick Catch Up On What You May Have Missed
In last week’s top stories, we had a shock revelation that the Hopewell culture collapsed after a comet strike, prehistoric cave dwellers were unbelievably clever about where they placed their fires, a vertebra supported a Two-Waves-Out-of-Africa theory, ancient secret cacao groves have been exposed in Yucatan, two very old helmets and a Greek Temple caused a stir, and a misplaced college was located in Oxford.
ancient-origins - 07/02/2022 - 22:00