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Which Empire Was More Unequal: Rome, Han China, or the Aztec Empire? A New Study Solves the Mystery
For centuries, the splendor of Rome and the mythical grandeur of the Han dynasty in China have captured the imagination of ...
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A Semicircular Classroom Found in the Gymnasium of Agrigento Is the Oldest Known in the Greek World
Photo taken with drone of the gymnasium discovered during excavations in Agrigento. The auditorium (Hörsaal) is seen in the center. Credit: Thomas Lappi – Monika Trümper / FU Berlin, Institut für ...
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Many Medieval Manuscripts Found to Be Bound in Seal Skins from the Arctic
A specimen of Erignathus barbatus. Credit: Ansgar Walk / Wikimedia Commons Left, Romanesque binding from Clairvaux covered with a chemise with hairs on (Médiathèque du Grand Troyes, ms. 35, ca.
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Remains of Men, Women, and Children Buried as Heroes Found in Circular Pits of the Chuquibamba Culture in Peru
25 individuals buried as heroes of their community in pre-Inca Peru. Credit: Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego In October 2024, the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Wrocław ...
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Sequoyah, the Cherokee Who Invented the Syllabary of His Language, Enabling the Full Literacy of His People
As almost everyone knows, sequoia is the name given to a giant tree typical of California’s Sierra Nevada that can exceed one hundred meters in height and ten meters in diameter. However, one of its ...
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A 42-Meter-Deep Lake Once Existed in the Middle of the Arabian Desert, Study Reveals
The brown traces represent the beds of ancient streams, organized in dendritic drainage networks that are now abandoned. Credit: Antoine Delaunay/Guillaume Baby/Abdallah Zaki The research, published ...
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A Prehistoric Community Lived for a Thousand Years Without Hierarchies or Inequality in the Largest Copper Age Settlement in Europe
Image of the research excavation (2022 campaign) at Cerro de la Cabeza.Image of the research excavation (2022 campaign) at Cerro de la Cabeza. Credit: German Archaeological Institute of Madrid The ...
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Scientists Find an Exception to the Laws of Thermodynamics: A Physical Phenomenon That Defies Textbooks
Properties of certain liquids defy the laws of thermodynamics. Credit: Anthony Raykh / UMass Amherst A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has identified an unusual ...
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Bias of Priene, the most prominent of the Seven Sages, recommended loving friends as if they were enemies and freed women from slavery
In the 6th century BC, at the peak of the Greek Archaic period, Priene was a small Ionian city overlooking the Aegean Sea. Located on the coast of Caria in Anatolia, north of Miletus, Priene was not ...
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The Extraordinary Sweden Solar System That Spans the Entire Country
The Sweden Solar System is the largest scale model of the Solar System in existence, and it spans the entire Swedish territory. It was created by astronomers Nils Brenning and Gösta Gahm to help ...
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How European Hunter-Gatherers Survived Climate Change 12,000 Years Ago
A new archaeological investigation led by the University of Cologne has revealed how hunter-gatherer populations in Europe faced an extreme climate event over twelve millennia ago. And what scientists ...