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2014.01.11 08:50
Mycenaean Greeks used portable souvlaki grills
The ancient Mycenaeans have a reputation as palace-builders and warriors, but they were also quite sophisticated cooks. More than 3,000 years ago, they used portable grill pits to make souvlaki and non-stick pans to make bread, new cooking experiments suggest.
The Mycenaean civilization, which...
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2014.01.11 08:43
Ancient mural at Çatalhöyük may be first picture of volcanic blast
Volcanic rock dating suggests the painting of a Çatalhöyük mural may have overlapped with an eruption in Turkey according to results published January 8, 2014, in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Axel Schmitt from the University of California Los Angeles and colleagues from other...
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2014.01.08 12:15
More on Ancient Hebrew inscription refers to lousy wine
A possible decryption of the oldest inscription ever found at an archaeological site in Jerusalem has interesting implications. If correct, the decryption attests to an organized administration and system in which people were literate, and had a system for classifying wine by quality. More on...
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2014.01.05 08:33
Research reveals 2,000 year old fabrics from Israel dyed with extract from Murex snail
To date, only two pieces of fabric treated with actual dye-murex have been found in Israel. The fabrics identified by Dr. Na‘ama Sukenik of the Israel Antiquities Authority represent the most prestigious colors in antiquity: indigo, purple and crimson, which are mentioned in Jewish sources
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2014.01.05 08:26
Ancient Hebrew inscription refers to lousy wine
An ancient eight-letter inscription — dating back to King Solomon’s reign in Jerusalem some 3,000 years ago — was deciphered by a researcher from the University of Haifa, shedding light on the Solomonic kingdom’s impressively sophisticated administrative system.
The engraving found on a...
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2014.01.05 08:21
Diets of the middle and lower class in Pompeii revealed
University of Cincinnati archaeologists are turning up discoveries in the famed Roman city of Pompeii that are wiping out the historic perceptions of how the Romans dined, with the rich enjoying delicacies such as flamingos and the poor scrounging for soup or gruel. Steven Ellis, a University of...
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2014.01.05 08:18
Money talks when ancient Antioch meets Google Earth
There's a map of an ancient Syrian trade route that shows how one city's political sway extended farther than once thought.
This map isn't a time-worn and mysterious etching on a stone tablet. Turns out it's easily found on a different type of tablet -- the kind with apps. With the swipe of a...
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2014.01.05 08:14
Tomb of ancient Egyptian beer brewer unearthed
Egypt's minister of antiquities says Japanese archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of an ancient beer brewer in the city of Luxor that is more than 3,000 years old. Tomb of ancient Egyptian beer brewer unearthed.
Mohammed Ibrahim says Friday the tomb dates back to the Ramesside period and...
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2013.12.13 07:56
Nutrients in food vital to location of early human settlements
Research led by the University of Southampton has found that early humans were driven by a need for nutrient-rich food to select 'special places' in northern Europe as their main habitat. Evidence of their activity at these sites comes in the form of hundreds of stone tools, including...
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2013.12.11 07:22
Neolithic tridents discovered in northern England
Tullie House museum in Carlisle, Northwest England, has been donated two very rare Neolithic wooden tridents by Cumbria County Council and is putting them on display for the public to give their theories onwhat they were used for.
Tridents on display. Image Tullie...
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