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“At a time of climatic and economic instability, people in southern Britain turned to feasting,” said study co-author Richard Madgwick. Madgwick also theorizes that there may even have been a transitional “feasting age” between the Bronze and Iron Ages, as populations and societal hierarchies shifted.
Columbian mammoths in Mexico are genetically different from those in the U.S. and Canada, surprise DNA study reveals.
Ancient Roman coins and ornaments were recently unearthed from a wealthy family's home in Histria. The treasure is now housed at Romania's National History Museum collections.
The ancient city of Tralleis, located in the Efeler district of Aydın in Western Türkiye and boasting a history of 3,000 years, will host its
The excavation of an ancient burial in northern Latvia dating back over 5,000 years challenges long-held assumptions about the roles of women and children in Stone Age societies. Analysis of remains uncovered at the Zvejnieki cemetery revealed that stone tools were buried not only with men, as traditionally believed, but women and children, too.
Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Christian care facility for the elderly near the Sea of Galilee, believed to be the world's oldest nursing home.
CNN anchor Laura Coates went fossil hunting in South Dakota’s Badlands National Park and found a giant skull. Paleontologists say it belonged to a 33-million-year-old “ancient beast” known as Archeotherium.
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The Skull of an Ancient Brown Bear Tells a Story of Brutality and Abuse at the Hands of Roman Entertainers
Many ancient records detail Romans’ use of brown bears in entertainment, according to Antiquity. They were apparently trained performers, gladiator opponents and executioners. But until the skull was found in Serbia, researchers never had physical evidence of these activities.
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