Tag: Ancient
‘Classic’ Hymn Deciphered From Ancient Babylonian Library : ScienceAlert
Rediscovering the Ancient Hymn to Babylon Some 3,000 years ago, the city of Babylon stood as a grand…
An ancient Egyptian’s complete genome has been read for the first time
A fresco from the Theban necropolis depicting potters in ancient EgyptDeAgostini/Getty Images The Complete Genome of an Ancient…
Ancient Neanderthal ‘Fat Factory’ Reveals How Advanced They Really Were : ScienceAlert
The Neanderthal "Fat Factory": A Fascinating Discovery The Neanderthals, our closest extinct relatives, continue to captivate us as…
Ancient Roman Bigfoot? ‘Unusually Large’ Shoes Puzzle Archaeologists : ScienceAlert
Uncovering a Mystery: Large 2,000-Year-Old Shoes Found at Roman Site in England Archaeologists at the Vindolanda Charity Trust…
Ancient mass extinction shows how Earth turned into a super-greenhouse
Global warming is causing forest die-offs today, just as it did during the Permian-Triassic extinction event After a…
First Human Genome from Ancient Egypt Sequenced from 4,800-Year-Old Teeth
4,800-Year-Old Teeth Yield First Human Genome from Ancient Egypt Forty years after the first attempt to extract mummy…
Ancient DNA reveals make-up of Roman Empire’s favourite sauce
Ancient DNA Reveals Secrets of Roman Fish Sauce A modern recreation of garum, a fermented fish sauce dating…
Ruins of Ancient Temple Belonged to Mysterious Pre-Inca Civilization : ScienceAlert
Uncovering the Enigmatic Tiwakanu Civilization: The Discovery of Palaspata Temple Exploring the rich history of the Andes reveals…
Ancient Blueprint For Human Bodies Discovered in Sea Anemones : ScienceAlert
Sea Anemones Revealed to Hold Ancient 'Blueprint' for Animal Bodies Sea anemones may appear otherworldly, but recent scientific…
Ancient mammoth-tusk boomerang is twice as old as we thought
An artefact made from a mammoth tusk is the oldest known boomerangTalamo et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY…
Ancient people took wallabies to Indonesian islands in canoes
Brown forest wallabies spread to several islands thousands of years agoMehd Halaouate, Birdingindonesia.com Research suggests that as early…
Ancient humans only evolved language once, but why?
Language is a remarkable ability that sets humans apart from other species. While animals can communicate basic needs…