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Child Mummies in the Palermo Catacombs Cause of Death Investigation
... yet. Tourists in the Palermo catacombs of Sicily, Italy. (Gmihail / CC BY-SA 3.0 RS ) The Capuchin Monks of the ... mummies in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. ( imgur ) Mapping The Palermo Catacombs Children’s ... Top image: Inside the Palermo catacombs, Palermo, Sicily, Italy and an image of Rosalia Lombardo, who died in 1920, as ...
ashley cowie - 05/01/2022 - 22:00
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Ötzi’s Ancient Axe is from Tuscany, Giving Firm Evidence of Neolithic Travel and Trade
... suggested, but instead it came from southern Tuscany in Italy. Scientists have officially verified that copper used ... suggested, but instead it came from southern Tuscany in Italy. Scientists Verify that Copper Axe Comes from Tuscany ... supposed, but instead it came from southern Tuscany in Italy. The chemical examination was conducted at the ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 11/07/2017 - 22:48
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New Crucifixion Evidence Sheds Light on the Death of Jesus Christ
... was in 2007, when a construction team in northern Italy’s Gavello municipality accidentally uncovered an ... in A multidisciplinary study of calcaneal trauma in Roman Italy: a possible case of crucifixion? : “We found a ... Roman burial discovered by excavation in 2007 in northern Italy. Here we suggest crucifixion as a possible cause of the ...
Fiona Keating - 10/04/2020 - 18:53
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Culinary Innovations Helped Hunter-Gatherers Survive the Ice Age
By The Siberian Times reporter
Ancient pottery started to appear in the Amur region in the Russian Far East between roughly 16,000 and 12,000 years ago, as the Ice Age slightly eased.
But what was cooking?
ancient-origins - 04/02/2020 - 19:16
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Witches, Vampires and Werewolves – 10 Ghoulish Archaeological Discoveries
... discoveries. Archaeologists uncover 'witch' burial in Italy In 2014, archaeologists uncovered an ancient skeleton of a teenage girl in Albenga, Italy, which had been buried face down. The researchers said ... located in Albenga along the Ligurian Riviera in northern Italy. The excavation director, Stefano Roascio, said that ...
aprilholloway - 31/10/2017 - 19:16
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Stone Age people were eating porridge 32,000 years ago
... in this latest study, led by Marta Mariotti Lippi of Italy’s University of Florence, say the finding is the ... a stone grinding tool from Grotta Paglicci in southern Italy and found traces of oats and evidence of grinding from ... ago that found traces of wild starch on grinding tools in Italy, Russia and the Czech Republic from at least 30,000 ...
Mark Miller - 09/09/2015 - 20:58
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Extraordinary Bronze Statues Discovered at the Sanctuary of San Casciano dei Bagni
... thermal waters of a sacred ancient sanctuary in Central Italy, more than 20 Etruscan-Roman era bronze statues in near ... thermal waters of a sacred ancient sanctuary in Central Italy, more than 24 Etruscan-Roman era bronze statues in ... describes them as “an exceptional discovery for Italy” and “immense and unique treasures.” It is the ...
Gary Manners - 08/11/2022 - 18:00
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Archaeologists Uncover Rare 2,000-year-old Roman Sundial and it Tells Them More than Just the Time
... Roman town of Interamna Lirenas, near Monte Cassino, in Italy. A 2,000-year-old intact and inscribed sundial – one ... Roman town of Interamna Lirenas, near Monte Cassino, in Italy. Not only has the sundial survived largely undamaged ... own money). The nomen Novius was quite common in Central Italy. On the other hand, the cognomen Tubula (literally ...
ancient-origins - 09/11/2017 - 22:58
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Divers Find Four Naval Roman Battering Rams From the 241 BC Punic War
... discovered by divers near Ustica Island, north of Palermo, Italy. These rare artifacts of ancient naval warfare are ... rams (or Roman rostrums) found near Ustica Island, Italy. The left side would have been attached to the front of ... of the Roman battering rams found near Ustica Island, Italy. ( RPM Nautical Foundation ) The Romans Learned About ...
ashley cowie - 01/09/2021 - 18:55
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A rare treasure of ancient Roman frescoes comparable to Pompeii has been unearthed in France
... fresco paintings from the ancient Roman era outside of Italy, and in France these frescoes are unique. Though these ... to find even fragments of ancient Roman frescoes outside Italy, but to find these relatively well-preserved murals in ... in 79 AD. A fresco from the Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii, Italy (Photo by MatthiasKabel/ Wikimedia Commons ) In Arles, ...
Mark Miller - 13/07/2015 - 22:30
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Why the Bones of San Gennaro Were Removed from the Catacombs
The city of Naples in Italy has much to offer and is said to be the birthplace of ... are the catacombs of San Gennaro The city of Naples in Italy has much to offer and is said to be the birthplace of ... other Christian cemeteries. During the Allied Invasion of Italy, the underground passageways were used as air raid ...
Ed Whelan - 09/05/2020 - 01:56
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The Lupercal Cave: A Refuge for Romulus and Remus and the Roman Festival of Lupercalia
... Wolf suckling Romulus and Remus. Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy. ( CC BY 2.0 ) The Story of Rhea Silvia and Her Sons ... probe beneath the Domus Livia on the Palatine Hill, Rome, Italy. Photo source: ( Fair Use ) Insert: Close-up of Romulus ... Schulz, M., 2007. Working the Roman Myth: Is Italy's Spectacular Find Authentic?. [Online] Available at: ...
dhwty - 14/11/2015 - 00:48
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A Banquet Frozen in Time: Rare Painted Tomb Discovered in Italy
... A Banquet Frozen in Time: Rare Painted Tomb Discovered in Italy ...
ancient-origins - 27/09/2018 - 22:56
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Castellaccio di Messina: Italy’s Most Haunted Castle (Video)
... Siciliafan.it By Robbie Mitchell Castellaccio di Messina: Italy’s Most Haunted Castle (Video) ...
Robbie Mitchell - 14/06/2023 - 17:02
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Italian Archaeologists Find a Rare Solar Observatory Hewn Into Rock to Highlight the Winter Solstice
... group of friends surveying World War II bunkers in Sicily, Italy, uncovered something much older—a rock on a hill with ... It is a sundial that has been dubbed the Stonehenge of Italy. A group of friends surveying World War II bunkers in Sicily, Italy, uncovered something much older—a rock on a hill with ...
Mark Miller - 10/01/2017 - 03:48
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Like Something Out of The Walking Dead: Medieval Warrior Found with Knife Hand Prosthesis
... The Longobard necropolis of Povegliano Veronese in Veneto, Italy, consists of more than 160 tombs containing the remains ... Ostrogothic Kingdom, the Lombards had been able to invade Italy with little opposition. They established a Lombard Kingdom in central and north Italy, which was eventually conquered by Frankish King ...
aprilholloway - 13/04/2018 - 18:57
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The Cerveteri Necropolis, Etruscan City of the Dead
Prior to the rise of Rome, Italy was inhabited by a number of different peoples. The coastal region of southern Italy and Sicily, for instance, was colonized by the Greeks, ... and competed with Rome for the control of central Italy. By the 3 rd century B.C., however, the Etruscans had ...
dhwty - 28/05/2018 - 21:24
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Unfortunate Medieval Woman Underwent Surgery of the Skull—Twice!
... examination of the skull of a woman who lived in central Italy in the medieval settlement of Castel A detailed ... examination of the skull of a woman who lived in central Italy in the medieval settlement of Castel Trosino more than ... skull was examined by a team of experts from Italy, Spain, France and the United Kingdom, under the ...
Nathan Falde - 13/02/2023 - 21:53
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Coastal Neanderthals Went Diving For Tools
... and volcanic rock from the beach and coastal waters of Italy during the Middle Paleolithic. Neanderthals are known ... and volcanic rock from the beach and coastal waters of Italy during the Middle Paleolithic. This information comes ... archaeological cave site of Grotta dei Moscerini in Italy, one of two Neanderthal sites in the country with an ...
ancient-origins - 16/01/2020 - 14:44
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Naples’ Hidden Ancient Aqueducts Could Save the City from Unbearable Heat
... years, scientists, architects, and design students from Italy and the United States have been collaborating on an ... Tourists in Roman-era tunnels located underneath Naples, Italy. (Neil Howard / CC BY-NC 2.0 ) "Naples is sometimes ... midday sun because of where it's located in the south of Italy," said Nick De Pace, an architect and professor at the ...
Sahir - 08/10/2022 - 22:52