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Innovation · ChinaA newly excavated archaeological site in central China is reshaping long-held assumptions about early hominin behavior in Eastern Asia. Led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers conducted archaeological excavations at Xigou, located in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region in central China, uncovering evidence of advanced stone tool technologies dating back 160,000–72,000 years ago.See the Story
Hafted Stone Tools in China Suggest Early Hominins Were More Inventive than Thought
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Health · SivasGlass unguentarium SIVAS, TURKEY—Live Science reports that archaeologist Cenker Atila of Sivas Cumhuriyet University, chemist İlker Demirbolat of Istanbul Kent University, and medical historian Rana Babaç Çelebi of Istanbul Medipol University analyzed residues in Roman glass vials held at western Turkey’s Bergama Museum with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Conclusive results were obtained from the contents of just one vessel, a sealed ungu…See the Story
Contents of 1,900-Year-Old Roman Vial Analyzed - Archaeology Magazine
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Essex, England · EssexA discovery on a farm in Essex, England, is a bit of an archaeological version of the 2010 film Inception. In September 2024, a metal detectorist scouring a farm about 45 miles northeast of London found a silver, oval pendant measuring about one-inch-long. The piece included an inscribed frame of mirrored Latin text that allowed for wax impressions. Once pressed onto the malleable material, the phrase “SECRETVM.RICARDI” (“Richard’s secret” or “R…See the Story
Metal detectorist finds medieval pendant with a Roman 'secret'
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