News tagged with ancient artefacts
Leading edge facility to strip history bare
Feb 15, 2009 |
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A new facility opening later this year at the Diamond synchrotron is set to revolutionise world heritage science. A new research platform soon to be available at the leading UK science facility, Diamond Light ...
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Origins of Pompeii-style artefacts examined at ISIS
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Roman artefacts which are nearly two thousand years old with similarities to ancient remains found at Pompeii in Italy will be examined at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s ISIS ...
Ancient tombs discovered by Kingston University-led team
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 09, 2009 |
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A prehistoric complex including two 6,000-year-old tombs representing some of the earliest monuments built in Britain has been discovered by a team led by a Kingston University archaeologist. Dr Helen Wickstead and her colleagues ...
Via Tiburtina -- an interdisciplinary journey through Rome's urban landscape
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Via Tiburtina is the name of the ancient road that is still in use, connecting Rome with the town of Tivoli. Architect Hans Bjur, a professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and professor Barbro Santillo ...
Evolution axe goes on display
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Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A flint hand axe that helped reveal the very ancient age of humankind goes on display at the Natural History Museum October 2009.
Surprising find: Medieval China was religious melting pot
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Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Though it has gained a reputation for being closed off to the outside world, new research shows China has a long history of multiculturalism that extends back to the dynastic era.
How chemistry can reveal the secrets of ancient worlds
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 30, 2009 |
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The day-to-day lives of prehistoric humans have been revealed following new research developed by chemists at the University of Bristol. The research, which combines archaeology with cutting-edge chemistry ...
Ancient Egyptian glassmaking recreated
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Dec 14, 2007 |
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A team led by a Cardiff University archaeologist has reconstructed a 3,000-year-old glass furnace, showing that Ancient Egyptian glassmaking methods were much more advanced than previously thought.
First evidence of humans in Britain under microscope
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Oct 13, 2006 |
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Archaeologists at the University of Bradford are putting 24 pieces of ancient stone under the microscope to determine how they were used as tools by humans – 700,000 years ago.
Lost sounds of the past brought to life (w/ Video, Audio)
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Salpinx, barbiton, aulos, syrinx. Never heard them? Never heard of them? Neither had anyone else, for centuries. Until now.
Ancient DNA: reconstruction of the biological history of Aldaieta necropolis
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Apr 08, 2008 |
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A research team from the Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology & Animal Physiology in the Faculty of Science and Technology at the Leioa campus of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), and led by Ms Concepción ...
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