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LiDAR is a remote sensing technology that analyses the light reflected off a target that has been illuminated by means laser. Continue reading “LiDAR being used to 3D scan the Maya landscape”
The 26,000 year old piece of carved woolly mammoth tusk, which is only 4.8 cm long smaller than a thumb, was discovered in Moravia (the Czech Republic). Continue reading “The first ever portrait of a woman”
The 1,800 year old Sarcophagus was discovered by accident in an Ashkelon construction site. Continue reading “Roman Sarcophagus found in Ashkelon”
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Romulus Augustulus, the 16 year old last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was forced to abdicate Continue reading “AD 476 – The Western Roman Empire Falls”
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Although the Linothorax is considered purely a Greek armour by many people, in fact a number of non-Greeks are known for having used the Linothorax. Continue reading “Vespasian wore Greek Armour”
Mummies can be found all over the world and Papua New Guinea is no different. Continue reading “Papua New Guinea cliffside mummies”
In an innovative new program Seljord folk high school in Telemark Norway gives students the opportunity to learn viking skills and crafts. Continue reading “School program uses experimental archaeology to learn to live like a Viking”
A group of researchers trying to determine the reason for the number of mummified birds of prey found in Egyptian tombs are one step closer after recent research. Continue reading “Overfed Kestrel indicates active breeding in Egypt”
Legio I Italica, the 80 strong Imperial Roman Army, will be descending on England Continue reading “Hadrian’s wall will be manned by Romans again soon”
A group of international scientists have used forensic reconstruction techniques to determine what the oldest mummy at the Egyptian museum of Florence actually looked like when he was alive. Continue reading “Forensic facial reconstruction of Mummy”
Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a huge marble sarcophagus. Continue reading “Thracian burial tumulus discovered”
Police raids on a house in Heyuan city in southern Guangdong Province on 29 July uncovered 231 fossilised dinosaur eggs Continue reading “Smugglers caught with 231 fossil dinosaur eggs”
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